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Newscan: Cyberattacks on DoE national labs draw lawmaker scrutiny

Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Cyberattacks on DoE national labs draw lawmaker scrutiny Blinken postpones trip to Beijing after Chinese spy balloon spotted over U.S., officials say To protect satellites, secure your networks, chief of space ops says Ransomware offlines Arizona’s largest school district Mending the fabric: FCC says to file broadband-location challenges […]

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The shine begins to wear off 5G private wireless

Verizon had high hopes for private wireless networking. The company had predicted that by now it would be well on its way to making billions of dollars from the sale of custom 4G and 5G networks dedicated exclusively to its enterprise customers. Indeed, during 2021 Verizon execs pegged the total addressable market for private wireless at around […]

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Phishers trick Microsoft into granting them ‘verified’ Cloud Partner status

Late last year, a group of threat actors managed to obtain “verified publisher” status through the Microsoft Cloud Partner Program (MCPP). This allowed them to surpass levels of brand impersonation ordinarily seen in phishing campaigns, as they distributed malicious applications bolstered by a verified blue badge only ever given to trusted vendors and service providers in […]

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Shapeshifting robot can morph from a liquid to a solid

A new shape-shifting robot can reversibly morph between liquid and solid shapes. The novel design was created by a team of engineers from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Carnegie Mellon University. Inspired by sea cucumbers’ ability to go both soft or rigid depending on its environment, the miniature robot was built using magnetic […]

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Automakers against stampede to BEV dominance

When the president of the world’s biggest carmaker talks, people listen. So, when Toyota President Akio Toyoda said, in September of last year, that bans on ICE cars within 10 to 15 years will be “rather difficult to achieve” because EVs “are just going to take longer than the media would like us to believe,” […]

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NATE: Todd Schlekeway highlights organization’s safety, legislative initiatives

Todd Schlekeway, executive director of NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, discusses many of NATE’s planned activities for 2023, including a legislative visit to Capitol Hill in May, safety/training initiatives, and a broader release of the Vertical Freedom documentary that focuses on the lives of tower climbers in the communication arena.

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Cybercrime ecosystem spawns lucrative underground Gig Economy

Over a 30-month period, cybercriminal gangs and threat groups posted more than 200,000 advertisements seeking workers with skills in software development, maintaining IT infrastructure, and designing fraudulent sites and email campaigns. The demand for technically skilled individuals continues, but it peaked during the coronavirus pandemic, with double the average job advertisements coming during March 2020, […]

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FAA approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights in North Dakota

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) avionics company uAvionix received Federal Aviation Administration approval to conduct advanced beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of small UAVs in North Dakota. The flights will be conducted at the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Site (NPUASTS) in Grand Forks, one of seven FAA-run UAV test sites in the U.S., using […]

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AT&T wireless growth keyed by FirstNet—now provides 24,000 agencies with 4.4 million connections

AT&T this week reported that FirstNet ended 2022 supporting more than 24,000 public-safety agencies with “about” 4.4 million connections, including 377,000 connections that were added during the last three months of 2022—a total that represents more than half of the carrier’s post-paid wireless growth for the quarter. AT&T officials released these figures in conjunction with […]

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Report: Remote work causing offices to empty, but walkable cities still in high demand

Given the reliance on vehicular transportation in the United States, some American cities historically haven’t prioritized being walkable in past planning and or design. But amid an unprecedented shift in the economy toward remote work, those that have are increasingly desirable for prospective residents. A new report from Smart Growth American and Places Platform, “Foot Traffic Ahead […]

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Newscan: Cyberattacks on DoE national labs draw lawmaker scrutiny

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The shine begins to wear off 5G private wireless

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Phishers trick Microsoft into granting them ‘verified’ Cloud Partner status

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Shapeshifting robot can morph from a liquid to a solid

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Automakers against stampede to BEV dominance

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NATE: Todd Schlekeway highlights organization’s safety, legislative initiatives

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Cybercrime ecosystem spawns lucrative underground Gig Economy

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FAA approves beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights in North Dakota

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AT&T wireless growth keyed by FirstNet—now provides 24,000 agencies with 4.4 million connections

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Report: Remote work causing offices to empty, but walkable cities still in high demand

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