Partner content Verizon buries Skyward, its drone company 9th May 2022 Verizon is shutting down Skyward, the drone startup it purchased in 2017. According to her LinkedIn profile, Skyward President Mariah Scott moved into Verizon’s new Robotics Business Technology division, which will focus on robots on the ground. It’s not clear how many total employees were affected by the shutdown. “Skyward, a Verizon company, announced that it was exiting its […]
Commentary LTE and liability: Why the fire service must move forward with digital incident command 6th May 2022 The grief following a firefighter line-of-duty death (LODD) is beyond words. Fellow firefighters are devastated. Families are shattered. In the aftermath, questions arise about the circumstances: Was the loss preventable? What was the chain of actions leading to the catastrophe? Central to these questions is the role of incident command (IC), the command’s situational awareness, […]
Partner content China-backed Winnti APT siphons reams of U.S. trade secrets in sprawling cyber-espionage attack 6th May 2022 China’s Winnti cyberthreat group has been quietly stealing immense stores of intellectual property and other sensitive data from manufacturing and technology companies in North America and Asia for years. That’s according to researchers from Cybereason, who estimate that the group has so far stolen hundreds of gigabytes of data from more than 30 global organizations […]
News Motorola Solutions to lead CISA-recognized cybersecurity group for public safety 4th May 2022 Motorola Solutions recently announced the establishment of the Public Safety Threat Alliance, which is believed to be the first information sharing and analysis organization (ISAO) dedicated to public safety that is recognized by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Public-safety members of the Public Safety Threat […]
Audio NextNav: Dan Hight talks GeoComm partnership, Z-axis location for 911 4th May 2022 Dan Hight, NextNav’s vice president of business development and partnership, discusses the significance of the company’s new partnership with GeoComm, which plans to integrate the vertical-location (Z-axis) information into its Public Safety Location Intelligence platform when callers dial 911 from inside a building when seeking help during an emergency. This 911 Z-axis solution from […]
Partner content The ransomware crisis deepens, while data recovery stalls 3rd May 2022 When it comes to ransomware, more companies are seeing attacks and have had data encrypted, according to research out this week. And even though more companies are backing up or paying ransom demands, less data was recovered in 2021 compared with the previous year. For instance, in its “State of Ransomware 2022” report, cybersecurity firm Sophos […]
Partner content Driverless Robosweeper brings AV tech to street cleaning 3rd May 2022 There’s a new tool in the battle to keep the streets of China clean – Robosweeper. What’s claimed to be the country’s first mass-produced, purpose-built, self-driving street sweeper has been revealed by WeRide, and a fleet of 50 will be put to the test next month. The groundbreaking vehicle is a result of a collaboration between […]
News RapidSOS hires Parkinson to head public-sector efforts 28th April 2022 RapidSOS yesterday announced that it has hired Ed Parkinson—the FirstNet Authority CEO who announced his departure plans earlier this week—to be president of the company’s public-sector unit that works with 911 centers in North America today and potentially emergency control rooms in the future. “I’ve been looking for something with a mission, and I think […]
Partner content Verizon Robotics to test drones at Oregon’s Pendleton Range 28th April 2022 Verizon Robotics has chosen the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range in Oregon as the new proving ground for its drone development. The telecom giant’s robotics unit is expanding its operations and will base its advanced air R&D, drone partner and long-range robotics at the Pendleton Range, which offers more than 14,000 square miles of FAA-approved […]
Partner content Cyber conflict overshadowed a major government ransomware alert 28th April 2022 As the cyber dimension of the Ukraine conflict erupted, demonstrating the ungoverned and unstable nature of full-on cyberwar, a parallel ransomware alert from the US government got comparatively scant coverage. But it, too, merits attention. The alert served as a reminder of the two species of cyber threat: the unpredictable, spinning-pinball threats that can lurch out of […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
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