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Telecom Italia is how other telcos fear they may one day look

Sometime between the third and fourth centuries, the Roman Empire spun off its eastern half and then spent the next few hundred years being ravaged by marauding Visigoths and fanatical Turks as both parts crumbled. A similar story is playing out more quickly at Telecom Italia, an ancient institution that sells telecom services to modern-day […]

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Veterans Day salute: 6 reasons why you want vets in your cyber platoon

Security experts and ex-military folks in cybersecurity careers say that veterans offer skills and experience that are well-suited for careers in information security, especially in areas such as security operations, threat intelligence, and analysis. The message is an important one, amid what appears to be a deepening skills shortage across the industry. Numerous certification courses […]

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Amazon, Microsoft cloud leaks highlight lingering misconfiguration issues

A string of household names lately have been responsible for misconfigured cloud storage buckets overflowing with wide-open data — once again shining a light on a cybersecurity problem for which there seemingly is no plug. Just last week, security researcher Anurag Sen revealed that an Amazon server had exposed data on the viewing habits of Amazon Prime members. During the same […]

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Viasat, EchoStar and Iridium hint at cellular-to-satellite interest

Companies like SpaceX, AST SpaceMobile, Globalstar and Lynk Global have been loudly discussing the possibility of connecting regular smartphones directly to their satellites. Indeed, Lynk recently boasted of $2.3 billion in commercial contracts with almost two dozen mobile network operators for direct cellular-to-satellite services. But they aren’t the only ones that expect to play in the market. Executives from […]

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Electric agricultural robot combats labor shortages

Autonomous solutions have long been making waves in the agricultural sector, with robotic pickers, sprayers and planters seeing significant time and cost savings as industry members face continued labor shortages, high operational costs and yield insecurity. Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, has unveiled an autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for orchard and vineyard […]

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Anterix: Execs discuss federal-funding option for utilities’ private LTE

Anterix COO Ryan Gerbrandt (yes, that’s his name, despite what you hear in the audio), left, and Chris Guttman-McCabe—chief regulatory and communications officer for Anterix—explain how utilities may use federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to pay for private LTE networks that are capable of supporting important smart-grid applications.

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SBA pulls ahead in the edge-computing race

Cell-tower giant SBA Communications appears to be creating a sizable lead in the 5G industry’s race to edge computing. The company recently disclosed that it is in the midst of operating or constructing 30-40 edge-computing sites around the country – that’s more than many of the company’s competitors and customers. “I would say we probably […]

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Apple hit by iPhone delays as global handset sales sink to eight-year low

Deteriorating economic conditions have driven down global handset sales to their lowest level in eight years, says Counterpoint Research. It calculates Q3 shipments totaled 301 million units, down 12% from a year ago. Another analyst firm, Omdia (a sister company to Light Reading), put the decline at 7.6%, although it said shipments were up 2.5% sequentially. Counterpoint […]

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SolarWinds faces potential SEC enforcement action over Orion breach

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) appears poised to take enforcement action against SolarWinds for the enterprise software company’s alleged violation of federal securities laws when making statements and disclosures about the 2019 data breach at the company. If the SEC were to move forward, SolarWinds could face civil monetary penalties and be required […]

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Laser attack can blind self-driving cars

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are vulnerable to a laser attack that could potentially “blind” them, putting pedestrians at risk. That’s the alarming conclusion arrived at by a team of researchers from the United States and Japan. Researchers from the University of Florida, the University of Michigan and the University of Electro-Communications in Chofu, Japan conducted a series of […]

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Telecom Italia is how other telcos fear they may one day look

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Veterans Day salute: 6 reasons why you want vets in your cyber platoon

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Amazon, Microsoft cloud leaks highlight lingering misconfiguration issues

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Viasat, EchoStar and Iridium hint at cellular-to-satellite interest

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Electric agricultural robot combats labor shortages

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Anterix: Execs discuss federal-funding option for utilities’ private LTE

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SBA pulls ahead in the edge-computing race

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Apple hit by iPhone delays as global handset sales sink to eight-year low

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SolarWinds faces potential SEC enforcement action over Orion breach

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Laser attack can blind self-driving cars

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