Newscan: NYC budget deal shifts a billion from NYPD, but threat of municipal layoffs still looms

FCC commissioners are scheduled to vote Sept. 30 on rules that would let states lease 4.9 GHz spectrum—50 MHz of which currently is designated for public-safety use—to “commercial entities, electric utilities and others,” according to a blog released yesterday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai outlined the proposal in his monthly blog previewing items on […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Start of school in Hartford delayed by ransomware attack Storm-resilient communications requires layers of options How AI will automate cybersecurity in the post-COVID world States experiment with automation to bolster cybersecurity New hybrid quad-rotor UAS is being used on fires this summer Drones have earned their place in […]

A 5G deal with Verizon valued at $6.6 billion will establish Samsung as one of the main suppliers of radio equipment to the operator that is still North America’s largest. Following recent speculation Verizon was courting Samsung as a replacement for Nokia, it also bodes ill for the struggling Finnish vendor. Other than the contract […]

In what many traditionalists will see as a seismic change, UK drivers could be in charge of vehicles without holding the steering wheel by as soon as next spring. The nation’s government has announced consultations on the legal hands-free use of Automated Lane Keeping System (ALKS) in what could pave the way to rapid acceptance […]