Newscan: White House withdraws nomination of FCC Commissioner O’Rielly, who doubted Trump’s social-media executive order
Web Roundup
Items from other news organizations
President Trump withdraws O’Rielly renomination after 5G controversy
Facial-recognition algorithms struggle to detect faces under masks, NIST study finds
Critics say Chicago police need to rethink tracking gang members, curbing violence
These California wildfire maps let you track the Apple fire and smoke forecasts in real time
Police surveillance of Black Lives Matter shows the danger technology poses to democracy
‘Baby shark’ drones to help rescue helicopter missions in Wales
Home of Minneapolis City Council president vandalized
Motorola Solutions acquires Pelcom for $110 million
McCarthy signs off on $9.4 million Cecil County DES Motorola P25 enhancement project
Ransomware: You biggest security headache refuses to go away
Alleged mastermind behind massive Twitter hack is a 17-year-old from Florida
Unchecked power? How law enforcement could leverage facial recognition during protests
Amazon investing $10 billion to compete against SpaceX in satellite broadband
Details on SpaceX Starlink beta emerge, along with photos of user terminals
New Nokia CEO focused on ‘transformation, refinement and improvement
Minneapolis Downtown Council: ‘Defund the Police’ rhetoric killing deals
Minneapolis officials appear to backpedal from abolishing police
Chicago shootout suspect was paroled in April after gun sentence
Defunding Seattle police by 50% proving complicated for council
Defund the police, COVID-19 lead to biggest police budget cuts in decade
San Francisco mayor’s budget redirects $120 million from law enforcement to black community
The complaint files NYPD unions don’t want you to see
Liberate MKE pushing to defund Milwaukee Police Department
3-month budget gives Asheville leaders time to decide how to handle police funding
Newly promoted Chicago deputy police chief found dead of apparent suicide
Chicago Dunkin’ employee arrested after saliva found in state trooper’s drink, police say
Briefing Room
News announcements from our industry
President Trump issues executive order expanding access to telehealth services
NIST launches investigation of face masks’ effect on facial-recognition software
Facing hurricanes with FirstNet on your side
Motorola Solutions acquires global video-security solutions provider Pelco for $110 million in cash
JVCKENWOOD USA announces the NX-P1000 Series portable ProTalk radios
PCTEL expands its presence in Europe, Middle East and Africa
HigherGround launches new technology to livestream 911 emergency calls directly to police officers
Second step for Airbus in European BroadWay project
Out-of-the-box private broadband from Motorola Solutions supports distance learning
Mono County (Calif.) awards Federal Engineering a contract to assess regional dispatch center