Partner content Smart cities need a connectivity upgrade 13th December 2021 If a smart city is one that puts data and digital technology to work to make better decisions and improve the quality of life of its inhabitants, then the ease, speed and security with which that data can be accessed and processed is paramount. Connectivity among these digital systems is key, which means that smart […]
News NextNav partners with Bosch to test barometric sensors for Z-axis vertical location 11th December 2021 NextNav this week announced a partnership with sensor manufacturer Bosch Sensortec, which will subject its barometric-pressure sensors to the NextNav certification program that is designed to enhance the accuracy and performance of its Z-axis vertical-location offerings for a variety of use cases. Dan Hight, NextNav’s vice president of business development and partnerships, said that Bosch […]
News Moving core to cloud for ‘suckers,’ tweets BT exec after AWS outage 10th December 2021 Hollywood is fond of recycling the apocalypse in all its flavors. In almost 90 years of filmmaking, Earth has been torched, flooded, battered by asteroids, attacked by aliens, ravaged by disease, decimated by conflict, hit by solar flares, overrun by AI and zombified (the most implausible apocalypse but a firm Hollywood favorite). It is still […]
News Newscan: Los Angeles neighborhood installing license-plate readers after spike in crime 10th December 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Los Angeles neighborhood installing license-plate readers after spike in crime House approves $768 billion defense bill with strong support, despite some discord among Democrats What caused Amazon’s outage? Will there be more? Ohio County officials call for more NG911 funding AWS outage: A warning shot that underscores breadth […]
Partner content Why cloud service providers are a single point of failure 9th December 2021 Cloud computing has been a global megatrend for the past decade and enjoyed skyrocketing adoption, and there is no end in sight. As this transition continues, cloud services will assume a dominant position as IT innovators produce more efficient, flexible, and faster products. A forecast by analyst firm IDC estimates that total worldwide spending on cloud services […]
Partner content Newly funded Cohere eyes huge prize in beamforming battle 8th December 2021 Since the early eighteenth century, visitors to St Paul’s Cathedral have been able to whisper against the gallery walls inside its immense dome and be heard clearly on the opposite side – as if the speaker’s lips were pressed against the listener’s ear. Not an intention of Christopher Wren’s original design, this Whispering Gallery phenomenon […]
Partner content Global pandemic ignites new era of public-safety innovation 8th December 2021 History shows that times of crisis and disruption are often the driving force behind technological innovation and growth. Nowhere is this more evident than in public safety, where those on the frontlines in law enforcement and emergency response need to adapt quickly to meet the safety and security needs of the communities they serve. One […]
Partner content T-Mobile debuts new 5G layer cake 7th December 2021 WAIMEA, Hawaii – T-Mobile once again brought a layer cake to a smartphone summit, but this year’s confectionery creation is shorter. The dessert prop that the carrier has traditionally used to visualize a three-spectrum-band approach to 5G – a wide bottom layer for lowband spectrum, a narrower one above for midband, and a small top tier for […]
Partner content USB devices the common denominator in all attacks on air-gapped systems 6th December 2021 Cyberattacks on air gapped systems, including the sophisticated and dangerous 2010 Stuxnet attack that crippled a uranium enrichment facility, all have one thing in common: a USB stick. A new ESET study of 17 malware frameworks that threat actors have used over the past decade to target air-gapped systems showed every one of them used a USB drive to […]
Partner content Military vets share lessons that helped them build infosec startups 3rd December 2021 It’s always interesting to hear how security practitioners got their start and the many lessons they apply from their experiences outside the world of infosec. Some began their careers at a help desk; others began with the basics of network architecture. Quite a few started in the military. J.J. Guy, co-founder and CEO of Sevco Security, was […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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