News Newscan: Musk says SpaceX will continue to fund Starlink service in Ukraine amid backlash 18th October 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Musk says SpaceX will continue to fund Starlink service in Ukraine amid backlash A new space race targets the smartphone 4 critical-infrastructure sectors to get new cyber rules, per White House official Pentagon must harness commercial tech to deter China in Taiwan Strait, former officials say Dallas police, […]
Partner content Apple’s constant battles against zero-day exploits 17th October 2022 Over the past few years, there’s been an increase in the number of attackers targeting Apple, especially with zero-day exploits. One major reason is that a zero-day exploit might just be the most valuable asset in a hacker’s portfolio — and hackers know it. In 2022 alone, Apple has discovered seven zero-days and has followed up […]
News UK competition watchdog proposes price controls on Motorola Solutions’ Airwave system 14th October 2022 Motorola Solutions could see its projected annual profits shrink by as much as $178 million for providing United Kingdom (UK) public-safety personnel with mission-critical communications via the company’s nationwide Airwave TETRA network, according to a new proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA today released its proposal for price control on Airwave services […]
News Airbus-Capgemini consortium chosen for France public-safety-broadband system 13th October 2022 The French Ministry of the Interior and Overseas Territories has selected the consortium led by Airbus and Capgemini to play the key integrator role in the Réseau Radio du Futur (RRF, or Radio Network of the Future) that is designed to provide public-safety broadband services throughout France. When completed, the RRF is expected to provide secure, […]
Partner content Airlines start asking for permanent changes to C-band 5G 13th October 2022 The airline industry has begun petitioning the FCC to make permanent changes to the operation of some 5G networks around airports. “These concepts … would appear to not compromise wireless operators’ actual use cases while further assuring aviation safety and providing a workable RF environment against which future radio altimeters can be designed and built,” […]
Partner content U.S. airports in cyberattack crosshairs for pro-Russian group Killnet 13th October 2022 Hot on the heels of attacks against US state government websites, pro-Russian threat group Killnet on Monday disrupted the websites of multiple US airports in a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. It also called on similarly aligned groups and individuals to carry out DDoS attacks on other US infrastructure targets, in what appears to […]
News Newscan: Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times? 11th October 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times? GAO: Communications breakdowns hurt otherwise positive view of federal ransomware support Ukrainian officials reportedly say there have been ‘catastrophic’ Starlink outages in recent weeks Patient care delayed at large hospital chain after ransomware attack To pay, or not to […]
Partner content Smart helmet helps firefighters make faster rescues 10th October 2022 Researchers in Scotland have unveiled a new smart helmet for firefighters, using sensor technology, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to help wearers locate people faster. The team comes from the newly opened National Robotarium in Edinburgh, which developed the helmet in collaboration with Scottish Fire and Rescue services. The fire service’s training facility in […]
Partner content CISA: Multiple APT groups infiltrate defense organization 10th October 2022 Multiple advance persistent threat (APT) groups gained access to the network of a US-based defense organization in January 2021, extensively compromising the company’s computers, network, and data for nearly a year, three government agencies stated in a joint advisory on Oct. 4. The attackers had access to the organization’s Microsoft Exchange Server and used a […]
Partner content Rural Minnesota community test drives autonomous shuttle service that features ADA-compliant minivans 10th October 2022 To this point, experimentations with autonomous vehicle technology has been mostly centered in large, connected cities like Las Vegas. A rural region in Minnesota is working to change that: In a first-of-its-kind rural pilot program called goMARTI (Minnesota’s Autonomous Rural Transit Initiative), a fleet of five self-driving Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS minivans, three of which will be American […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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