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Lifeguard drone saves 14-year-old swimmer’s life

A drone lifeguard service saved a 14-year-old boy’s life last month by delivering him an auto-inflating life vest as he struggled against a heavy tide off the Spanish coast, Reuters reported. The Auxdrone, manufactured and operated by General Drones of Sagunto, dropped a lifejacket to the unidentified child as he struggled to stay afloat in high seas […]

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T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech

T-Mobile yesterday announced plans to leverage SpaceX low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites deliver a lower-bandwidth service to existing cellular devices that is designed to eliminate most outdoor coverage gaps and provide a redundant path to deliver calls when terrestrial networks are incapacitated by a natural disaster. “This partnership has a vision that is the end of mobile […]

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From integrating new technologies to staffing shortages, report highlights challenges faced by 911 answering centers

Over the last decade, administrators of public safety answering points (PSAPs) and 911 answering centers have faced innumerable challenges—from securing systems against cyberattacks, to keeping up with the latest technologies and meeting staffing demands in an increasingly stressful environment. It hasn’t been easy. “The public safety leaders tasked with managing today’s 911 centers face tremendous pressure—staying on […]

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Newscan: Police chief: Dallas officers must wear body cameras during off-duty jobs

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Police chief: Dallas officers must wear body cameras during off-duty jobs Advisory board sends critical-infrastructure cyber recommendations to White House Securing the grid: A cybersecurity how-to for utilities Back to school, with panic buttons: The post-Uvalde scramble Cybersecurity for critical infrastructure to get a $45 million funding infusion […]

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Coalition asks Senate leaders for $15 billion, borrowing authority for NG911

A coalition of public-safety associations yesterday asked Senate leadership that legislation for next-generation 911 (NG911) be altered to call for “at least $15 billion” in federal funding nationwide and borrowing authority to ensure that deployments can begin as soon as possible. NG911 funding language was passed in the House last month as part of the […]

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The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices

LAS VEGAS – Wireless carriers may be the next cast of characters to learn the hard way about the security risks created by IoT devices. This warning came in a recent briefing at the Black Hat information-security conference here by Altaf Shaik, a senior security researcher at Technische Universität Berlin. “There is increased threat when it comes to 5G, […]

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Expiring root certificates threaten IoT in the enterprise

So many everyday items in the developed world are now connected to the Internet, often inexplicably. It adds another layer of potential technology failure that for personal appliances can be something of an amusing annoyance: blinds that won’t open, microwaves that don’t adjust for time changes, refrigerators that need firmware updates. But in the enterprise, when Internet of […]

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UMass researchers develop sweat-powered electricity

A team of researchers has created a sweat-powered biofilm that sticks onto the skin like a bandage, converting the wearer’s perspiration into electricity in a process that could be harnessed for wearable devices. The design from the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst uses the process of a person’s sweat evaporating to generate energy, with the […]

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From Ligado to Verizon to Dish, spectrum conflicts continue brewing

The FCC and other US government agencies are working feverishly to coordinate their spectrum agendas in the wake of a very public battle between the wireless industry and the airline industry over 5G. But it’s clear the efforts haven’t stopped spectrum disagreements. The latest dustup involves ongoing concerns that Ligado Networks’ planned wireless network will […]

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Legal talks in Hytera criminal-conspiracy case continue, with key extradition expected

Initial federal-court conferences in the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) criminal-conspiracy case against Hytera Communications and several individuals will be continued in October, by which time one key individual is expected to be extradited to the U.S., according to statements made during a conference conducted this week. On Tuesday, U.S. District Court John Tharp Jr. […]

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Lifeguard drone saves 14-year-old swimmer’s life

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T-Mobile, SpaceX unveil plans to ‘end dead zones’ and ‘save lives’ with satellite-direct-to-phone tech

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From integrating new technologies to staffing shortages, report highlights challenges faced by 911 answering centers

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Newscan: Police chief: Dallas officers must wear body cameras during off-duty jobs

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Coalition asks Senate leaders for $15 billion, borrowing authority for NG911

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The next wave of wireless security worries: API-driven IoT devices

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Expiring root certificates threaten IoT in the enterprise

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UMass researchers develop sweat-powered electricity

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From Ligado to Verizon to Dish, spectrum conflicts continue brewing

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Legal talks in Hytera criminal-conspiracy case continue, with key extradition expected

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