Partner content Huawei sees heavy early demand for its smart cars 29th May 2021 Remember Huawei’s emphatic denials that it’s absolutely not going to make cars? It’s true. Huawei is not making cars – it’s selling them. It began taking orders in April for the Seres SF5, an electric vehicle made by a little-known motorcycle and component manufacturer, Chongqing Jinkang, from China’s southwest. In a demonstration of the power of […]
News FCC approves stay order to halt leasing rules for 4.9 GHz spectrum 28th May 2021 FCC commissioners this week released an order that grants a request from the Public Safety Spectrum Alliance (PSSA), indefinitely suspending the 4.9 GHz rules passed last year that would have let states lease the longtime public-safety spectrum to commercial entities. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, Geoffrey Starks and Nathan Simington delivered the three supporting votes for […]
Partner content How are cyber-insurance companies assessing ransomware risk? 28th May 2021 Colonial Pipeline recently shelled out $4.4 million to recover its data following a ransomware attack that forced it to shut down thousands of miles of pipeline. The decision potentially left its insurer on the hook for the bill. Such events are of increasing concern to the firms that underwrite cybersecurity for large organizations. In fact, […]
Partner content Cloud compromises cost organizations $6.2 million per year 28th May 2021 Cloud compromise is expensive, and its costs continue to rise. A new report finds compromised cloud accounts led to an average financial loss of $6.2 million for surveyed organizations, or an average of 3.5% of their total revenues over the past 12 months. To learn more about how businesses protect confidential data in the cloud, […]
Partner content Robot-only roads face costs and limited benefits 28th May 2021 Somewhere down the road, around the bend, and over the horizon, fully autonomous vehicles will be operating freely on highways and byways. They will deliver goods and transport people and pets from Point A to Point B but will the robot-piloted vehicles force human drivers off the road, perhaps with a little help from regulators? […]
Partner content SUSECON 2021: Vendors aim to enhance Kubernetes edge computing 28th May 2021 With noncloud networks projected to be processing the lion’s share of global data by 2025, developers have turned to containerization tools such as Kubernetes, which is poised to accelerate edge software deployment. Containers for edge development were a focus at the SUSECON Conference, enabling developers to create development environments that enable workloads to be moved from […]
News Motorola Solutions CEO anticipates extension of Airwave contract in UK by end of year 26th May 2021 A new deal between the Home Office and Motorola Solutions to extend the life of the Airwave TETRA system that provides mission-critical LMR communications to first responders in the United Kingdom (UK) likely will be finalized by the end of this year, according to Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown. “I’m not going to […]
News Lynk files with FCC, plans to offer LEO satellite-to-phone service next year 25th May 2021 Lynk today announced that it has applied for a commercial operator’s license with the FCC to offer its “cell towers in space” services around the world as early as next year, so unmodified cellular devices can communicate directly with Lynk LEO satellites to fill coverage gaps in terrestrial networks. “We’re getting ready to roll out […]
Partner content Cyber-insurance firms start tapping out as ransomware continues to rise 24th May 2021 In early May, global insurer AXA made a landmark policy decision: The company would stop reimbursing French companies for ransomware payments to cybercriminals. The decision, which reportedly came after French authorities questioned whether the practice had fueled the current epidemic in ransomware attacks, may be just the beginning of a general retreat that will force companies to […]
Partner content How Australia came to ban Huawei 24th May 2021 Australian cybersecurity experts spent eight months trying to find a way to secure Huawei equipment but concluded they could not prevent it being shut down on Beijing’s orders, according to revelations in a new book. The book, Red Zone, reports that after war-gaming a Huawei 5G deployment hackers from intelligence agency Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) estimated it would […]
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