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The FCC under Brendan Carr has used its new supply-chain blocking power for the first time, barring two gadgets from authorization because they contain a HiVision Hi3516CV610 camera SoC deemed a 'foreign surveillance chip' — a precedent that threatens any hardware relying on covered-list Chinese chips.
Verge Decoder interview with LightShed's Walter Piecyk dissecting SpaceX's ~$28B spectrum buying spree ($8B for T-Mobile/Grain 800 MHz plus ~$20B EchoStar) as the foundation for a terrestrial-plus-satellite fourth US wireless carrier, with detailed analysis of CapEx requirements, telco competitive vulnerabilities, and FCC dynamics.
A Chinese-made 4-foot humanoid robot touted as an influencer faces US regulatory headwinds, notably the July FCC ban on new Chinese-made humanoid robots.
FCC updates the foreign inverter ban to include wired devices and introduces a 45X domestic manufacturing pathway that can exempt eligible producers from foreign-made labeling.
FCC adds foreign-made inverters to the Covered List, potentially accelerating U.S. PV inverter/PCS manufacturing to >100 GWac annually by 2027, per Wood Mackenzie.
FCC moves to ban lidar-equipped foreign drones from the US.
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