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

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

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 6th April 2021

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The revolution in satellite technology means there are swarms of spacecraft no bigger than a loaf of bread in orbit

Democrats win crucial tool to enact Biden’s plans, including infrastructure

911 Saves Act reintroduced in U.S. House

Large Florida school district hit by ransomware attack

LG is quitting the smartphone business

AP sources: SolarWinds hack got e-mails of top DHS officials

Nuclear agency awards Palantir $90 million contract for data platform

Supreme Court sides with Google in copyright dispute with Oracle

Army wants to automate base access with facial recognition at drive-thru checkpoints

Facebook data on 533 million users reemerges online for free

Texas to ban government-mandated ‘vaccine passports’

Computer giant Acer hit by $50 million ransomware attack

Biden’s plan to fix America’s broken Internet, briefly explained

 

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FCC announces inquiry into 911 location-accuracy rules

FCC announces tentative agenda for April 22 open meeting

USDA outline application process for distance-learning and telemedicine grants

FirstNet cell site launches in Onondaga County, N.Y., to support public safety

FirstNet launches health and wellness coalition

FirstNet keeps healthcare coalition connected and prepared

Verizon Business brings private MEC to enterprise customers with AWS

Unfair exchange: Ransomware attacks surge globally amid Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile unveil launch plans for space-based mobile network initially reaching 1.6 billion

MERA retains Federal Engineering for radio-system implementation support

Softil appoints Akio Agiso as Japan’s business-development director

 

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