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The challenges of making ancient cities smart

In 2009, an earthquake devastated L’Aquila, Italy, killing more than three hundred people in this historic mountain town, and displacing 70,000 more. While rebuilding has been slow, the destruction provided an opportunity to make the urban center a test bed for smart-city innovation. The city administration created a digital transformation strategy, L’Aquila Smart City, and […]

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Wearable tech startup SpaceBands sets its sights on workplace safety

Wearable tech company SpaceBands is looking to move its devices from social distancing to workplace safety. SpaceBands, a U.K. software and wearable tech startup, is one step closer to bringing its work safety device to the market. The Bristol-based group entered the wearables market with its social distancing device in March 2020, gaining popularity with […]

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FirstNet adoption tops 3.3 million connections and 20,500 agencies

FirstNet gained 300,000 subscribers during the first quarter, meaning the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN) boasts more than 3.3 million connections provided across more than 20,500 agencies, according to NPSBN contractor AT&T. AT&T CEO John Stankey said during the company’s quarterly conference call that the carrier giant will be able to concentrate fully on its […]

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Newscan: Who will pay for community paramedicine in Montana?

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Montana emergency responders are making house calls, but who will pay for community paramedicine? Midterm politicking comes for Biden’s stalled FCC nominee, Gigi Sohn FCC addresses wireless emergency alerts Can AI help cyber-proof public-safety systems? U.S. taps industrial and cyber firms for help amid warnings of Russian hacks […]

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NHTSA probes Tesla’s autopilot tech after crashes with first-responder vehicles

Tesla has increasingly been under the microscope over the effectiveness of its self-driving technology. And now an American billionaire is running for Senate with the sole intention of getting the automaker’s Full Self Driving (FSD) beta software banned. News of Dan O’Dowd’s bid follows a report highlighting how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched two formal […]

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China exempts key factories to avert supply chain crisis

Chinese authorities have moved to head off a looming supply chain crisis as proliferating pandemic lockdowns take their toll on the economy. The Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission announced it had selected 666 local companies for exemption from the lockdown. Its “white list” includes at least 66 companies from the chip sector, among them chip fabs TSMC […]

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Most initial infections in cyberattacks come via exploits, supply-chain compromises

The length of time attackers remained undetected on a victim’s network decreased for the fourth year in a row, sinking to 21 days in 2021, down from 24 days in 2020, according to a new report on incident response (IR) investigations conducted by Mandiant. Mandiant in its IR cases found that companies have tuned their […]

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Largest cellular IoT rollout for COVID-19 vaccines is complete

Supply chain management firm Controlant has announced the successful conclusion of its cellular IoT rollout for COVID-19 vaccine distribution – the largest seen globally thus far. IoT modules from communications company Telit were used in the project to ensure connectivity and real-time monitoring of vaccine shipments. In an initiative that began in 2021, Controlant produced […]

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How to accelerate SLG cloud modernization through emerging technology solutions

State and local government (SLG) leaders have been on the road to IT modernization for more than a decade. First appearing on NASCIO’s State CIO Top Ten Priorities list in 2010, IT modernization has ranked a top-three priority every year since. For some organizations, the pandemic served as a catalyst for cloud adoption and as-a-service consumption models. […]

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Newscan: Most governments were hacked in the past year, reports reveal

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Most governments were hacked in the past year, reports reveal Lawmakers weighing critical-infrastructure designation for major cloud-service providers Democrats prepare to take second run at Biden spending plan Pentagon’s ‘mobile’ nuclear microreactor will be demonstrated at Idaho National Lab What CISA wants critical-infrastructure partners to report on cyber […]

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The challenges of making ancient cities smart

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Wearable tech startup SpaceBands sets its sights on workplace safety

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FirstNet adoption tops 3.3 million connections and 20,500 agencies

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Newscan: Who will pay for community paramedicine in Montana?

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NHTSA probes Tesla’s autopilot tech after crashes with first-responder vehicles

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China exempts key factories to avert supply chain crisis

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Most initial infections in cyberattacks come via exploits, supply-chain compromises

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Largest cellular IoT rollout for COVID-19 vaccines is complete

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How to accelerate SLG cloud modernization through emerging technology solutions

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Newscan: Most governments were hacked in the past year, reports reveal

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

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