As supply chain disruption continues to befall the electronics industry globally and – of course – closer at home here in Canada – electronic engineering teams struggle in their journey to obtain necessary components required to achieve end-designs.

The Air Force has been quietly investigating potential procurement fraud for nearly two years, service officials revealed Friday.The Office of Special Investigations opened its probe in January 2021, spokesperson Linda Card told Air Force Times. She declined to provide details on the scope of the case or whether fraudulent products were used in military aircraft.

A new "urban mining" campaign aims to extract valuable metals from used smart phones, televisions and computers. The goal is to reduce Japan’s dependence on foreign suppliers and shaky supply chains.

Valerie Schmitz was used to her husband, David, training late at night as an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina. But she didn't understand why, around midnight on July 1, 2020, he chose to ring the doorbell, riling up their dog -- Toby -- instead of just using his key to come in. When she opened the door, David wasn't there.

Canada’s technology industry says flaring tensions between China and Taiwan are reminding companies how important it is to seek a broader range of sources for semiconductors – and to invest in the sector.

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China's southern city of Shenzhen on Monday shut down the world's largest electronics market and suspended public transport nearby as authorities enforced neighborhood-wide lockdowns in response to a small number of Covid cases.

After the successful bipartisan passage of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 and bill signing by President Joseph R. Biden, the Commerce Department announced Thursday the launch of the CHIPS.gov website. This new online resource, which includes implementation priorities established in an Executive Order signed by the President, will inform the implementation of the program.

Chip supplies are loosening up, according to analysts, which in normal times would also ease pricing. But the electronics supply chain is still far from normal. Prices continue to increase in certain sectors of the semiconductor market. Intel is the latest chip maker to announce a price hike – some estimates are as high as 20 percent.

BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday criticized a U.S. law to encourage processor chip production in the United States and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers as a threat to trade and an attack on Chinese business.

An electronics industry organisation has warned of a criminal using professional networking platform LinkedIn to defraud silicon chip producers by pretending to work for a UK-based electronics distributor.