The 23rd edition of RFID Journal LIVE! 2025 is beginning to take shape. The world’s largest conference and exhibition focused on radio frequency identification and related technologies, LIVE typically features more than 100 exhibitors from 26 countries showcasing...
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RFID Journal 2025 Awards: Best RFID Implementation (Other Industry)
RFID Journal Awards 2025 are now accepting nominations for its annual awards that are handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2025. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize outstanding achievements in RFID and related technologies. The RFID Journal Awards honors companies...
NXP Semiconductors, Metrc, Cisco, UPS: RFID News Roundup
NXP Acquires Kinara in $300 Million Deal NXP Semiconductors has entered into an agreement to acquire Kinara, Inc., an industry leader in high performance, energy-efficient and programmable discrete neural processing units (NPUs). The acquisition will be an all-cash...
Surgere Unveils AI Assistant for Supply Chain Data
Sophia is fully integrated into Surgere’s Interius platform that enables intelligent supply chain companion The AI assistant offers customers with four validated use cases that are common to worldwide manufacturers, Surgere has unveiled a new agentic AI...
RFID Journal 2025 Awards: Best Retail Implementation
RFID Journal Awards 2025 are now accepting nominations for its annual awards that are handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2025. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize outstanding achievements in RFID and related technologies. The RFID Journal Awards honors companies...
RFID Journal 2025 Awards: Best Manufacturing or IIoT Implementation
RFID Journal Awards 2025 are now accepting nominations for its annual awards that are handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2025. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize outstanding achievements in RFID and related technologies. The RFID Journal Awards honors companies...
Nordic Semiconductor, GIC, Oracle: RFID News Roundup
Nordic Semiconductor’s PMIC Extends Bluetooth LE Battery Life Nordic Semiconductor's nPM2100 PMIC has been developed to prolong the operating time per battery for primary (non-rechargeable) battery applications by managing energy resources using an ultra-efficient...
IBM: AI Spending Expected to Surge 52 percent as Retail Embrace Enterprise-Wide Innovation
The report found that 81 percent of surveyed executives and 96 percent of their teams are already using AI to a moderate or significant extent Fewer than 25 percent have fully implemented tools for AI governance frameworks A new global study from the IBM Institute...
RFID Journal 2025 Awards: Best Healthcare Implementation
RFID Journal Awards 2025 are now accepting nominations for its annual awards that are handed out at RFID Journal LIVE! 2025. The awards, in their 19th year, recognize outstanding achievements in RFID and related technologies. The RFID Journal Awards honors companies...
DeepSeek Emergence Comes as Trump Focuses on AI in his First Days in Office
Trump announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence An executive order revokes the Biden Administrations policies that acted “as barriers to American AI innovation” President Donald Trump focused on...
Zebra to Track Players’ Performance At East-West Shrine Bowl
Zebra will offer RFID tracking technology to track players during the college all star game this weekend Tags attached to players’ shoulder pads to capture real-time data like speed, distance covered As football fans await the Super Bowl, Zebra Technologies is helping...
Clustag, Soracom: RFID News Roundup
RFID Intralogistics Leader Rielec Rebrands as Clustag Clustag, formerly known as Rielec, has announced a rebranding that marks the beginning of a new era for the company. According to company officials, the rebranding reflects its evolution and consolidation as a...








