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Newscan: The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections The spy war in your pocket FBI Director Wray, MI5 chief raise alarm over China spying China poses ‘biggest long-term threat to economic and national security,’ FBI Director Wray warns Regulatory agency issues first document addressing AI in nuclear […]

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Newscan: Japanese carrier outage lasts multiple days

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations KDDI network ‘almost restored’ as Japan assesses outage’s full impact Up to 39.15 million KDDI mobile lines affected during nationwide disruption Vendor outage affects state unemployment, job-seeking sites Supreme Court deals blow to net-neutrality fans How many satellites are too many? TSA implements ‘surge team’ to allow pipeline […]

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Tesla recalls 59,000 vehicles over emergency-call software glitch

A software glitch has prompted Germany’s automotive regulator to call for the recall of more than 59,000 Teslas. The country’s Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) agency published a notice on its website notifying Model Y and Model 3 owners of a bug with the Emergency Call (eCall) safety system on the vehicles. Tesla describes eCall as a “call system that automatically contacts […]

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Sesame Solar leverages mobile solar, hydrogen to power efforts beyond the grid

Michigan-based startup Sesame Solar recently launched the latest version of its easily deployable nanogrids that promise to deliver electric power indefinitely—without the need for diesel-powered generation—via complementary solar and hydrogen-fuel-cell technologies, according to company co-founder and CEO Lauren Flanagan. “What we’re announcing is the world’s first 100% renewable, mobile emergency-response nanogrid,” Flanagan said during an […]

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China-backed APT pwns building-automation systems with ProxyLogon

A previously unknown Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) is exploiting the ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange vulnerability to deploy the ShadowPad malware, researchers said — with the end goal of taking over building-automation systems (BAS) and moving deeper into networks. That’s according to researchers at Kaspersky ICS CERT, who said that the infections affected industrial control systems […]

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Militarized drone swarms coming

The effectiveness of drones in combat has been proven with deadly effect in the war in Ukraine, where single, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used for observing the enemy or deploying weapons against them. The effectiveness of multiple drones working together in combat, however, has yet to be seen, due to the technology’s current limits, […]

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Polaris Wireless: Manlio Allegra talks 911 Z-axis tech, future IoT opportunities

Manlio Allegra, co-founder and CEO at Polaris Wireless, outlines the latest developments in 911 location, including recent announcements of industry compliance with FCC requirements to provide Z-axis vertical-location information for all 911 callers, even when calling wirelessly from inside a multi-story building. In addition to providing this Z-axis location for feature-phone makers like Schok, […]

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Cabinless self-driving trucks get the green light

Autonomous freight trucks with no driver’s cabin will be on American roads later this year. Swedish start-up Einride has received approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to operate its Autonomous Electric Transport (AET) trucks in a breakthrough pilot. The Pod trucks will be monitored by a human Remote Pod Operator. According to Einride, this will mark […]

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Autonomous vehicles in slow lane as robots accelerate

While robotics advances at pace in many industrial settings these days, the robotic or autonomous vehicle remains a nebulous prospect for many. Emily Shao, partner at McKinsey & Co, says the reality is that the widespread adoption of Level 5 autonomous vehicles is decades away from becoming a common reality. She also clarifies the prevalence […]

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Newscan: NYPD’s bomb-sniffing dogs get a high-tech upgrade to keep city safe

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations NYPD’s bomb-sniffing dogs get a high-tech upgrade to keep city safe Neighbors app usage grows among police, fire departments Allied cybersecurity agencies advise against disabling popular tool for cyberattakers Viasat shareholders approve Inmarsat acquisition Telecom players divided on Gigi Sohn’s FCC prospects as August recess looms Op-Ed: The […]

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Newscan: The results are in: U.S. moves toward paper-based elections

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Newscan: Japanese carrier outage lasts multiple days

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Tesla recalls 59,000 vehicles over emergency-call software glitch

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Sesame Solar leverages mobile solar, hydrogen to power efforts beyond the grid

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China-backed APT pwns building-automation systems with ProxyLogon

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Militarized drone swarms coming

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Polaris Wireless: Manlio Allegra talks 911 Z-axis tech, future IoT opportunities

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Cabinless self-driving trucks get the green light

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Autonomous vehicles in slow lane as robots accelerate

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Newscan: NYPD’s bomb-sniffing dogs get a high-tech upgrade to keep city safe

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Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services

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