News Vodafone exec expresses confidence in AST SpaceMobile’s satellite-to-phone tech 16th February 2022 Mobile service provider Vodafone this week reiterated its faith in the satellite-to-phone technology of AST SpaceMobile, a Midland, Texas-based startup that has partnered with Vodafone and received investment money from the international carrier. In a video posted by AST SpaceMobile, Vodafone CTO Johan Wibergh said his company—an international wireless carrier giant with 300 million subscribers […]
Partner content Microsoft’s AI model identifies when medical treatments harm more than help 15th February 2022 Microsoft researchers have built an AI model that can identify when medical treatments meant to help patients actually ended up harming them. The model, Dead-end Discovery, uses the reinforcement learning ML framework – where an agent learns from trial and error – because it is well-suited to health care. Health care is characterized by sequential decision-making: […]
Partner content Could a solar storm bring down the Internet? 14th February 2022 The star at the center of our planetary system delivered a reminder of its power last week when it took out as many as 40 Starlink satellites. The launch of 49 LEOsats last Thursday hit a geomagnetic storm that caused atmospheric drag to increase up to 50% higher than during previous launches, SpaceX said. The satellites […]
Partner content BlackBerry seeks to restore its past glory with services push 14th February 2022 BlackBerry was once king of the smartphone world, reaching more than 40% market share in the US in 2010. But those days are long past. At the beginning of this year, the Canadian company finally pulled the plug on its device business, ending support for its smartphone and tablet operating systems. CEO John Chen argued […]
Partner content FirstNet’s CEO on 5G, priorities in 2022 and what’s next 12th February 2022 Edward Parkinson this year is celebrating a full decade of work on what is today FirstNet. Roughly ten years ago he was a staffer for former Rep. Peter King of New York, working on the legislation that would eventually create FirstNet. He then joined the nascent agency in 2013 as its chief of government affairs […]
News Newscan: FBI: Ransomware attackers have code to halt critical infrastructure 11th February 2022 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations FBI: Ransomware attackers have code to halt critical infrastructure Fiber cut in space? Starlink loses a batch of satellites to geomagnetic storm AI could match ‘fingerprints’ of texts to their authors under new intelligence program T-Mobile isn’t only one rankled about C-band giving 5G a bad name Gigi […]
Partner content Linux malware on the rise 10th February 2022 With Linux frequently used as the basis for cloud services, virtual-machine hosts, and container-based infrastructure, attackers have increasingly targeted Linux environments with sophisticated exploits and malware. New analysis, based on telemetry collected from attacks on VMware customers, shows an increasing number of ransomware programs targeting Linux hosts to infect virtual-machine images or containers; more use of cryptojacking to […]
Partner content U.S. Border Patrol is going to the (robot) dogs 10th February 2022 Faced with almost 2,000 miles of oftentimes inhospitable terrain to monitor, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has long been a proponent of using advanced technology to replace boots on the ground when possible. Most recently, the agency has been experimenting with four-legged drones, or Automated Ground Surveillance Vehicles (AGSV) — read: robot dogs — […]
Partner content Anterix stumbles in pursuit of private wireless 10th February 2022 Eight months ago, Anterix said that it expected to ink a handful of private wireless networking deals worth over $200 million in “contracted proceeds” by March of 2022. However, the company isn’t sure all the contracts will come through before the end of the quarter. “I’m also a realist,” said Ryan Gerbrandt, the company’s CFO, during Anterix’s […]
Partner content Cybercriminals carried out a record number of ransomware attacks last year; experts expect more in 2022 10th February 2022 It might be a different year, but old threats linger—especially in cyberspace. An advisory covering the current cyberthreat situation issued by federal agencies and international partners Wednesday outlines a growing threat posed by ransomware that’s expected to continue through 2022. “Cybercriminals are increasingly gaining access to networks via phishing, stolen remote desktop protocols, credentials or brute force, […]
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