Newscan: Satellite-technology revolution means there are swarms of spacecraft in orbit

President Joseph Biden has announced his bold plans to rebuild America’s infrastructure. Part of the $2 trillion American Jobs Plan is $100 billion to revitalize the country’s digital infrastructure, including improving high-speed broadband to reach 100-percent coverage. In releasing the plan, the White House stated that broadband internet is the new electricity. “It is necessary […]

The IoT Cybersecurity Act is a good start for IoT pros to implement more security features on devices. However, securing assets through proactive measures, including vulnerability assessments and disclosure programs are options that could back the wider builder community in the fight against bad actors. Signed into law in December 2020, the bipartisan legislation forces any Internet […]

Sensor-based Internet of Things (IoT) technologies can introduce significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities to jurisdictions, and this risk factor should be considered by decision makers as they determine whether to proceed with smart-city initiatives, according to researchers from the University of California-Berkeley. Entitled “The Cybersecurity Risks of Smart-City Technologies: What do the experts think?” the white paper—written […]

This year’s MWC show in Barcelona has taken another battering with news that Intel, Google and Microsoft will not be attending the physical show. The US technology firms join a flotilla of other big exhibitors who had booked exhibition space but have subsequently decided they will not set sail for Catalonia in June because of […]