Electronics & Industrial

• Qualcomm unveils tech to combat dodgy phones

  21-Sep-18 - Qualcomm has launched a device identification system that could help fight the trade in counterfeit and stolen phones.
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  Blockchain: Closing the supply chain trust gap

  20-Sep-18 - Will blockchain technology truly change the way we do business? Can it be trusted?

• South Dakota uni wins NSF grants for illicit trade projects

  14-Sep-18 - SD Mines has been awarded grants worth $3.3m for two projects targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting.

• Scientists embed anti-fake features in metal parts

  11-Sep-18 - 3D printing is a potential source of counterfeit metal parts, but could also used to make components harder to copy.

• IBM works with DARPA on SHIELD electronics defense

  28-Aug-18 - DARPA is working with IBM to integrate its SHIELD electronics anti-counterfeit system with the tech giant’s blockchain platform.

• Israeli startup Security Matters plans IPO on ASX

  14-Aug-18 - Israeli anticounterfeit company Security Matters Ltd is gearing up for a public listing in Australia.

• Philippines preps for fuel-marking scheme roll-out

  08-Aug-18 - The Bureau of Customs in the Philippines has set up a task force to oversee a fuel-marking scheme.

• Counterfeit clippings: news in brief

  25-Jul-18 - Fake car parts, Chinese customs seizures, Interpol operation, and UK and Jamaica illicit trade recommendations.

• UK police warn of fake university fraud

  23-Jul-18 - UK companies are being swindled out of hundreds of thousands of pounds by fraudsters posing as universities.

• Blockchain system 'guards against aerospace counterfeits'

  17-Jul-18 - Working system from Accenture and Thales can eliminate counterfeit and grey-market supplies, say developers.

• What makes a country a counterfeit exporter?

  12-Jul-18 - Corruption, weak IP enforcement, and free trade zones are some of the main drivers, says EUIPO report.

• Cryptomice wins EU blockchain anti-counterfeit challenge

  01-Jul-18 - Italian team was the overall winner in a competition to design blockchain-based measures to curb counterfeit.

• Online retailers ‘not doing enough to curb fake electrical devices’

  07-Jun-18 - A UK investigation suggests Amazon, eBay and Fruugo have a big counterfeit electrical goods problem.

• Fake flash memory can now be detected with simple technique

  31-May-18 - Researchers have come up with a way to detect fake flash memory, one of the most widely counterfeited electronic components.

• IBM unveils application for AI-based counterfeit detector

  30-May-18 - The first use of IBM's crypto anchor platform will be to identify, grade and eventually authenticate diamonds.

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