January saw Americans grow markedly more pessimistic about the economy. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index fell almost ten points in one month, reaching its lowest level since 2014. Consumers

Free-market capitalism still delivers the goods. But its political coalition is fracturing — and that should worry anyone who cares about prosperity and freedom. Recent Gallup polling on Americans’ views of capitalism and socialism

Key Insights (AI-assisted): Sequans’ move into 5G eRedCap and licensable RF/modem IP underscores how IoT value is shifting from discrete modules toward scalable, re-usable platform assets. By offering a clear 4G-to-5G NR eRedCap migration

Key Insights (AI-assisted): By aligning a specialist IoT platform with a Tier-1 U.S. carrier, this move accelerates consolidation around federated, platform-to-platform roaming models. It reduces the structural advantage of regional MNOs with proprietary stacks

Key Insights (AI-assisted): This partnership signals a deeper convergence between hyperscale-cloud-native IoT connectivity and traditional enterprise tech advisory channels. Embedding multi-IMSI, software-defined cellular into Bridgepointe’s strategy portfolio positions IoT connectivity as a strategic IT

Key Insights (AI-assisted): By collapsing multiple smart home protocols onto a single LoRa-based silicon and SDK stack, Semtech is effectively turning protocol support into a software problem rather than a hardware redesign cycle. This

Note: As of January 31, 2025, data for four of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly indicators have not yet been published. While the remaining suspended economic data are expected to

The Atlantic recently ran a story headlined “He Was Homeschooled for Years, and Fell So Far Behind.” It profiles Stefan Merrill Block, who was homeschooled in his early years and later struggled to

It used to be said that the sun never set on the British Empire, so far-flung were its possessions. Britain has long since retreated from most of those territories, most recently, and controversially,

Key Insights (AI-assisted): By collapsing satellite, LTE-M, and GNSS into a single module, Iridium is pushing hybrid satellite-cellular IoT from niche use cases into mainstream, volume deployments. This integration shifts value from bespoke hardware