Partner content The race to space is getting pretty wild 10th February 2023 The most interesting battle in the cellular industry is playing out across the sky. Apple, Dish Network, Viasat, AST SpaceMobile and Globalstar are among the many companies beginning to compete against one another in the race to connect mobile phones directly to satellites. If you don’t think that’s interesting enough, one of the latest skirmishes […]
Partner content Samsung stays grounded when it comes to satellite 10th February 2023 Last week, Samsung announced its upcoming flagship phone, Galaxy S23, won’t take to the skies quite like its greatest competitor, the iPhone 14 – at least in terms of connectivity. The South Korean tech giant has opted not to include emergency messaging via satellite, citing limited functionality. While that may be the case for now, […]
Partner content Senators reintroduce bill to exempt broadband grants from taxation 10th February 2023 US Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Thursday reintroduced the Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act: a piece of legislation that would exempt broadband grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, American Rescue Plan and Tribal Broadband Connectivity Fund from being treated as taxable income. The bill was first introduced last year, […]
Partner content Robosense to supply lidar for self-driving Toyotas 10th February 2023 China’s RoboSense has agreed to a deal to provide lidar to Japanese automaker Toyota for its self-driving cars. In confirming the arrangement, RoboSense, based in Shenzhen in Guangdong province, just north of Hong Kong, becomes the first Chinese Lidar provider in Toyota’s supply chain. Although Toyota has a massive presence across the world and again […]
Partner content 7 critical cloud threats facing the enterprise in 2023 10th February 2023 Securing the cloud has been an unwieldy and daunting task since the beginning: The idea of using an enterprise architecture built on delivering computing services over the internet naturally represents a unique threat surface. But cloud computing is rapidly becoming a ubiquitous part of the IT landscape, with Gartner estimating that more than 95% of […]
Partner content Your multi-line phone system and federal rules about 911 calls: What you need to know 10th February 2023 When someone’s heart is pounding in an emergency, hopefully that person can remember to dial 911. With today’s Enhanced 911 (E911) technology, often merely placing the call means emergency responders can identify where the caller is located, enabling help to arrive on-site with little additional information from the caller. This can be a life-saving tool. […]
Partner content U.S. government plans to block all tech exports to Huawei–reports 8th February 2023 The Biden administration is weighing a plan to block the export of all US-sourced technologies to Huawei – the latest escalation in Washington’s years-long campaign to throttle the Chinese firm. The new bans, first reported by Financial Times (paywall applies), would likely fall most heavily on firms such as Intel and Qualcomm that sell Huawei server and […]
Partner content Command-injection bug in Cisco industrial gear opens devices to complete takeover 8th February 2023 A security vulnerability has been found in Cisco gear used in data centers, large enterprises, industrial factories, power plants, manufacturing centers, and smart city power grids that could allow cyberattackers unfettered access to these devices and broader networks. In a report published on Feb. 1, researchers from Trellix revealed the bug, one of two vulnerabilities discovered that […]
Partner content AR-based next-gen maps aim to rebalance detail and simplicity 7th February 2023 Every sat-nav user is familiar with the chagrin of missing their turn because the map’s lines and circles don’t resemble the real world. Yandex is blaming maps, not users, for these errors. At its annual conference in December, the company presented its re-designed maps boasting natural-looking 3D objects such as trees, bus stops, colored buildings, […]
Partner content Vodafone UK starts ‘risky’ shift to 5G standalone 7th February 2023 Vodafone’s Andrea Dona has unflattering words for some of the IT products that could sit inside his high-performance 5G network. “There are OSS limitations,” said the chief network officer of the UK service provider, referring to operational support systems from unnamed vendors. “If there is full automation on the 5G element, and the OSS is […]
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