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Virtual crisis care: How real-time telemedicine counseling can improve outcomes and conserve resources

The nation’s mental health crisis is taking a serious toll on first responders. Real-time access to a virtual behavioral health professional can aid de-escalation efforts, avoid involuntary committals and save law enforcement resources. Estimates show that up to 20 percent of police calls involve a mental health or substance use crisis, and that number appears to be […]

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Samsung fills its 2G hole in new challenge to Ericsson and Nokia

“If you can make gigabit speeds through software on vRAN, how difficult can 2G be?” said Woojune Kim, Samsung’s global head of sales, when confronted at this year’s Mobile World Congress with the 2G hole in its product portfolio. Three months since then, “not that difficult” seems to be the answer, although the virtualized 2G […]

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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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Only 3% of open-source software bugs are actually attackable, researchers say

With vulnerability-management workloads ballooning in the era of heightened software supply chain security risks, a study out today suggests that only about 3% of today’s flaws are actually reachable by attackers. The data implies that if application security (appsec) pros and developers work to focus on fixing and mitigating what’s truly attackable, they could drastically […]

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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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California grants first permit to test AVs using only Lidar sensing

The fiercely fought battle in California among self-driving tech companies has taken a new twist with the granting of a permit to Korean firm Vueron. The permit, issued by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, is the first in the state to sanction the testing of autonomous vehicles (AVs) using one Lidar sensor only. Generally, the […]

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AT&T, Verizon agree to another year of C-band mitigation around airports

AT&T and Verizon have agreed to curtail their 5G networks around select airports for another year, until July 2023, under a new agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). “The wireless companies offered Friday to continue with some level of voluntary mitigations for another year,” the FAA wrote in a release. The agency did not provide […]

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New self-driving tech to be featured in Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler

Stellantis will use third-generation Scala Lidar from French supplier Valeo to enable Level 3 autonomous driving in its vehicles. The Valeo technology will be deployed across multiple models of the automaker’s brands from 2024. Stellantis has one of the most diverse portfolios in the entire auto industry, with Jeep, Dodge, Ram, Chrysler, Peugeot, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Opel, Vauxhall, Fiat, Abarth, Alfa Romeo, […]

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Virtual crisis care: How real-time telemedicine counseling can improve outcomes and conserve resources

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Samsung fills its 2G hole in new challenge to Ericsson and Nokia

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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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Only 3% of open-source software bugs are actually attackable, researchers say

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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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California grants first permit to test AVs using only Lidar sensing

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AT&T, Verizon agree to another year of C-band mitigation around airports

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New self-driving tech to be featured in Jeep, Ram, Dodge, Chrysler

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