Chinese power restrictions

In the last week of September, the production line of a solder company in Kunshan was silent. In previous years, the factory was busy, stocking up for the National Day holiday. However, due to strict local power restrictions, they have temporarily had…

A record-breaking 44 container ships are stuck off the coast of California

Freight ships sitting off the coast of California in January. US ports have experienced some of the worst bottlenecks in morethan a decade throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty-four container ships are stuck outside California ports, worsening shipp…

Global shortage in computer chips 'reaches crisis point'

Consumer price rises loom while dearth of semiconductors slow production from Samsung to FordFord recently cancelled shifts at two car plants and said profits could be hit by $1bn to $2.5bn due to chip shortages. Photograph: Krystian Nawrocki/Getty Im…

Suez Canal, Ships stuck in 'traffic jam' as salvage efforts continue

image copyright EPAimage captionMore than 230 ships are waiting to enter the Suez Canal, through which all navigation has been suspendedThe blockage of Egypts Suez canal by a giant container ship is causing a "traffic jam" in the Red Sea, ac…

A Smaller, More Powerful Single Board Computer - Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Launched

Everyones impression of Raspberry Pi is that its size is as small as a credit card-sized, but in fact, there are two other forms: Zero and Compute Module, and amount them, the Compute Module has hardware performance close to the original Raspberry Pi,…

Reopening Wave Sweeps Europe, Are You Ready For This?

Good news on reopening dates for events has been coming out of Europe over the past week, with Switzerland moving to allow events for more than 1,000 from 1 September.