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Personalizing the software-defined vehicle

The software-defined vehicle has arrived. Now automakers and Tier 1 suppliers are weighing whether personalization and customization for consumers will turn out to be the industry’s Holy Grail. Technological changes and updates were once incremental but the cycle has accelerated from gradual modifications and ad hoc software additions to real-time upgrades. “The car has evolved by bolting […]

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Public safety, critical-infrastructure entities make 4.9 GHz proposals to the FCC

Public-safety use of the 4.9 GHz spectrum band should be protected via a priority-and-preemption rules that allows sharing with critical-infrastructure entities, but exactly how this scheme is implemented remains a topic of considerable debate, according to dozens of comments to the FCC exploring the matter. Comments about the best use of 4.9 GHz (4940 MHz […]

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Rockley Photonics taps infrared for ‘clinic-on-the-wrist’ chip

Semiconductor advances are driving new medical smartwatch sensors with improved capabilities. Rockley Photonics’ new sensing platform, unveiled at CES 2022, uses a spectrophotometer chip to emit infrared lasers that pass through the skin. The company is working with a dozen unnamed consumer electronics companies including six it says are top 10 players in the wearable market. In […]

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mdGroup acquires GeoCue to strengthen drone surveying offering, plans U.S. expansion

mdGroup has bought aerial Lidar mapping technology provider GeoCue Group for an undisclosed sum from its founders. The company already owns Microdrones, a Germany-based business that supplies aerial data to make digital twins of industrial sites. The acquisition was announced Monday and is expected to complement Microdrones’s existing offering including high-end surveying drones, photogrammetric measurement […]

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CES 2022: John Deere showcases self-driving tractor

John Deere introduced a fully autonomous tractor at CES this week and brought one to display at the show. The machine is so large, Deere set up a building in the main CES parking lot to house it. Deere has been automating many of its tractor features for some time. “Advanced technology has always been […]

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7 Predictions for global energy cybersecurity in 2022

We now live in a world where cyberattacks can shut down critical infrastructure. Those who follow the mega-trends driving the global economy — like the convergence of the digital revolution and the energy transition — understand that with more and more critical infrastructure remotely operated or digitally managed, it was only a matter of time […]

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Newscan: AT&T, Verizon agree to delay C-band launch to Jan. 19

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations AT&T, Verizon agree to delay C-band launch to Jan. 19 When utilities burn your house down and get away with it The Pentagon’s cloud war is (finally) nearing conclusion The implications of publicly disclosing cyberattacks Remote work increases accessibility, widens talent pool Covid microchip developer says there’s no […]

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Verizon, AT&T reject federal request to delay 5G on C-band

On New Year’s Eve, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration chief Steve Dickson asked AT&T and Verizon to delay their launch of 5G in C-band spectrum by two weeks. That delay, they explained, would give federal regulators more time to figure out whether 5G operations in C-band spectrum might affect aircraft radio […]

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LEOsats, FWA and AI: What experts are saying about 2022

Light Reading has waded through a stack of forecasts for 2022 and beyond to glean some of the common themes. Chip challenge One topic no one could avoid is the semiconductor shortage. The consensus view is it will continue through 2022, although most likely will be less severe than 2021. ABI Research believes chip supply issues will take […]

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7 of the most impactful cybersecurity incidents of 2021

The Log4j vulnerability that became public on Dec. 10 quickly established itself as one of the most significant security threats of 2021. But, by far, it was not the only issue that security teams had to wrestle with through the year. As with every year, 2021 had its share of other big data breaches and […]

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Personalizing the software-defined vehicle

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Public safety, critical-infrastructure entities make 4.9 GHz proposals to the FCC

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Rockley Photonics taps infrared for ‘clinic-on-the-wrist’ chip

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mdGroup acquires GeoCue to strengthen drone surveying offering, plans U.S. expansion

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CES 2022: John Deere showcases self-driving tractor

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7 Predictions for global energy cybersecurity in 2022

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Newscan: AT&T, Verizon agree to delay C-band launch to Jan. 19

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Verizon, AT&T reject federal request to delay 5G on C-band

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LEOsats, FWA and AI: What experts are saying about 2022

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7 of the most impactful cybersecurity incidents of 2021

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

Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority?

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