Manufacturing is big business in San Jose, and it’s ready to get back to work

Virag Saksena’s whisky, which he makes at 10th Street Distillery in San Jose, is sitting in barrels ready to bottle, but his hands have been tied for months due to the shelter-in-place order that prohibited nonessential manufacturers from operating starting in mid-March. He set aside whisky making for producing hand sanitizer, but now Saksena is ready

Ericsson steels itself for mass 5G protest

Ericsson ordered a near two-day shutdown of work on North American tower sites to protect staff during an expected protest against 5G technology prompted by misinformation around negative health impacts. A company representative told Mobile World Live (MWL) the stoppage, scheduled to run from late on 5 June until the morning of 7 June, was taken to

The Impact of COVID-19 on Consumer Electronics

The “The Impact of Coronavirus on Consumer Electronics” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has already had a wide-ranging impact on sales of consumer electronics and the industry’s forecast outlook. Some categories like computers and peripherals have benefited as consumers are working from home, leading to more sales. With the pandemic having both an