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5G streetlights installed a Peachtree Corners: Smart City USA

The smart city at Peachtree Corners is beaming with innovative technologies, even though some of it is hiding in plain sight. There are solar panels built into street pavement that the autonomous shuttle continually drives over for testing, lidar sensors high up on poles sending signals to the IoT control center and streetlights that look […]

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Green-light priority-traffic technology possible solution for school-bus driver shortages

Across the United States, communities of all sizes and regions are facing school bus driver shortages. New research from Georgia shows promise in a technological solution to this widespread problem. A pilot program conducted this spring at the Fulton County School System in Alpharetta, Ga. tested out devices that give vehicles the right of way at traffic […]

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An inside look at AT&T’s 5G and fiber focus

DALLAS – Earlier this month, AT&T gave a few journalists a chance to see what the telecom network of 100 years ago looked like (some of it is still operational). We also got to hear what the near future holds for AT&T’s edge computing plans, which aim to blend its fiber and 5G networks to power […]

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Apple’s constant battles against zero-day exploits

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 […]

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Airbus-Capgemini consortium chosen for France public-safety-broadband system

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, […]

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Airlines start asking for permanent changes to C-band 5G

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,” […]

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Newscan: Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times?

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 […]

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Smart helmet helps firefighters make faster rescues

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 […]

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Rural Minnesota community test drives autonomous shuttle service that features ADA-compliant minivans

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 […]

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Verizon still faces a 3G problem

Verizon has been talking publicly about shutting down its 3G network for roughly seven years now. But in the next few months, it looks like the company will finally, officially do it. If Verizon does shutter its 3G network on January 1, 2023, as it has promised, it will be the last big US wireless network operator […]

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5G streetlights installed a Peachtree Corners: Smart City USA

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Green-light priority-traffic technology possible solution for school-bus driver shortages

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An inside look at AT&T’s 5G and fiber focus

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Apple’s constant battles against zero-day exploits

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Airbus-Capgemini consortium chosen for France public-safety-broadband system

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Airlines start asking for permanent changes to C-band 5G

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Newscan: Could one hospital’s new EMS app improve response times?

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Smart helmet helps firefighters make faster rescues

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Rural Minnesota community test drives autonomous shuttle service that features ADA-compliant minivans

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Verizon still faces a 3G problem

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