Newscan: Hackers behind Texas ransomware attacks want $2.5 million

Startup Allerio announced that its easy-to-use Mobile Hub broadband platform designed for EMS use and the healthcare community has been certified for use by the FCC and multiple U.S. carriers—FirstNet/AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and U.S. Cellular. “One of the unique things about this is that there’s one button on it—it turns the device on, and it […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Wrongfully accused by an algorithm Lawmakers propose indefinite nationwide ban on police of facial recognition House passes Democratic police reform bill as impasse deepens Fairfax County, Virginia, is ready for next-generation 911 Cities reconsider once-untouchable police budgets Oakland City Council approves budget with $14.6 million cut to police […]

“Waiting for NB-IoT” could be a new telecom-themed play in tribute to Samuel Beckett. It would feature a couple of world-weary executives reminiscing about their time in the industry as they await the arrival of NB-IoT. Like Godot in the Beckett original, the eponymous technology would be destined never to show up. Flung together as […]

Motorola Solutions this week asked a federal judge to issue a global permanent injunction that would block most Hytera Communications’ sales of DMR products, claiming that China-based Hytera has “no intention” of paying a $764 million court-ordered award and continues to sell DMR offerings absent a court order. In the final brief submitted on the […]