Dec 13, 2022

The SEC charges Sam Bankman-Fried with defrauding investors

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The charges come shortly after the former FTX chief was arrested in the Bahamas. Elsewhere, in the second installment of our series on the invention of the transistor, we take a look at Nokia Bell Labs and its innovative history.

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The Transistor at 75

Bell Labs: The research center behind the transistor, and so much more

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder

Dec 13, 2022

Bell Labs was the research arm of AT&T, a monopoly at the time the transistor was invented.

Physicists John Bardeen (left), William Shockley (center) and Walter Brattain won the Nobel Prize for their work on the transistor. It's one of nine Nobel Prizes that Bell Labs researchers have received.

Nokia USA Inc. and AT&T Archives

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David Brancaccio Host

Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer

Alex Schroeder Producer

Erika Soderstrom Producer

Redmond Carolipio Digital Producer

Ariana Rosas Producer

Jarrett Dang Digital Producer (gone fishing)

Jesson Duller Media Producer

Brian Allison Technical Director

Nick Esposito Media Producer

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