Partner content Google, NLC issue AI guide for city leaders 16th November 2024 The National League of Cities and Google announced on Wednesday a report on how local governments can leverage artificial intelligence-driven technologies — and mitigate the risks they present. AI offers cities the opportunity to become more efficient, sustainable and livable, NLC CEO and Executive Director Clarence Anthony said in a foreword to the report. He pointed to applications […]
Partner content With new leadership, NextNav and Anterix boast of 900MHz momentum 16th November 2024 NextNav and Anterix both own tiny slivers of the 900MHz band, and both sport relatively new leadership. And both are expressing optimism about the future. “It is truly an honor to be leading this great organization, and I’m excited with all that lies ahead for the company,” said Anterix CEO Scott Lang on the company’s latest […]
Partner content How ambient IoT and generative AI can make products talk 15th November 2024 It’s not often that two synergistic, paradigm-shifting technologies mature at the same time, yet both generative artificial intelligence and the ambient Internet of Things are ascendant. These symbiotic advances are poised to reinvent industries, protect public health and help fight climate change. Let’s start with generative AI, which gets all the headlines (and investment) but […]
Partner content Trump 2.0 may mean fewer cybersecurity regs, shift in threats 15th November 2024 President-elect Donald Trump’s return and his promised shift to a more insular foreign policy will likely result in a new set of cyber threats, fewer regulations for most industrial sectors, and possible business-friendly federal privacy legislation, cybersecurity and legal experts say. The president-elect is moving quickly with nominations for cabinet officials and other high-level appointees. […]
News ZeroEyes earns key DHS designation, reducing legal liability for customers 15th November 2024 ZeroEyes recently announced that its gun-detection offering—an artificial intelligence (AI)-based video analytics platform—has earned full SAFETY Act designation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which eliminates third-party liability for ZeroEyes customers to claims made from acts of terrorism. ZeroEyes co-founder Sam Alaimo explained the legal and financial significance of the company’s new DHS designation […]
Partner content FAA approves NY Power Authority drone use beyond line of sight 14th November 2024 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a plan from drone-flight management company Anra Technologies and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to use Anra technology to enable beyond-visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations by NYPA’s drones. The FAA Letter of Acceptance (LOA) allows Anra to deploy its strategic conflict detection and aggregated conformance monitoring services, collectively known as strategic […]
Partner content Zero-days from top security vendors were most exploited CVEs in 2023 14th November 2024 Zero-days comprised the majority of the most routinely exploited vulnerabilities last year, an increase from 2022 which allowed cybercriminals to attack higher-priority targets, Five Eyes cyber officials said in a Tuesday advisory. The top five vulnerabilities exploited by attackers in 2023 were found in three vendors across networking devices, remote access servers and firewalls. Two vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-3519 and CVE-2023-4966, […]
Partner content Why telecommunication companies face unique data-security risks 11th November 2024 The recent AT&T data breach highlighted a critical data vulnerability: Even data that appears anonymized can be exposed when combined with other datasets. This demonstrated the implications of a systemic challenge for telecom companies—that of managing vast amounts of data across fragmented systems while defending against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. Telecoms is one of several […]
Partner content Ransomware presents a growing threat to vulnerable local governments 9th November 2024 In the past, cities and counties were not a prime target for ransomware attacks, says Rahul Mahna, a partner who leads the Outsourced IT Services team at Eisner Advisory Group LLC. The company is a licensed independent CPA firm providing tax and business consulting services to their clients, which includes governments. Mahna has more than 20 years of experience […]
Partner content Nokia: No evidence so far that hackers breached company data 6th November 2024 Nokia is investigating an alleged cyberattack in which threat actors claim to have stolen sensitive internal data. However, the company says that so far there is no evidence that either its data or systems were affected by a breach. Known threat actor IntelBroker on Tuesday posted what it claimed is Nokia’s online internal data — including SSH […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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