Newscan: First fatality from ransomware? Cyberattacks suspected in German woman’s death

Assured Wireless this week announced its AW12 family of high-power user equipment (HPUE) products that have been approved for use on FirstNet, the nationwide public-safety network built by AT&T that leverages 700 MHz Band 14—the only U.S. spectrum where the highest-power HPUE equipment can be used. With HPUE gear, FirstNet subscribers on Band 14 spectrum […]

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations New simulation technology helps get the jump on wildfires PG&E installs more than 300 weather stations, 130 fire-watch cameras so far in 2020; more planned by year end San Francisco sued over alleged police use of surveillance cameras to spy on protesters Activists sue San Francisco, claim police […]

Smart cities with autonomous traffic will have to work with all the stakeholders to become a workable reality. That’s the message from the launch of London’s Smart Mobility Living Lab (SMLL) dedicated to testing automated driving technologies both in the real and virtual worlds. The Lab launched last week boasts a host of on-road and […]

This year, Internet of Things (IoT) projects continued apace, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Two-fifths of  respondents (41%) expect their IoT budgets to increase by the end of 2020; 51% expect them to expand in Q1 2021. Further, 51% of respondents to the 2020 IoT Adoption Survey said that COVID-19 has spurred digital transformation projects, including […]