Partner content Weather still a challenge to autonomous vehicles 10th August 2021 In the drive towards full autonomy, vehicle makers and solutions providers must tackle a nearly impossible variety of factors. Some of these, often necessarily, are more attention-grabbing than others but there are numerous ones just as critical that don’t typically appear in auto technology headlines. One is the weather, which is somewhat odd because information […]
Partner content Smart-city technology drives efficient disaster response and recovery 10th August 2021 From heatwave-induced wildfires in the West to unrelenting hurricanes in the Southeast, natural disasters are increasing in frequency and severity due to climate change. As evidenced in 2020’s historic year of extreme cases, totaling 22 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, we can expect this trend to continue. Today, wildfire season is longer and more severe […]
Partner content FragAttacks foil two decades of wireless security 9th August 2021 The evolution of wireless security could at best be described as trial and error. The initial standard that debuted in the late 1990s — Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) — had significant security problems, and the first two version of Wireless Protected Access, WPA and WPA2, both have been found to be vulnerable to a variety […]
Partner content 5 key lessons from ICS attacks through the ages 6th August 2021 Imagine it’s 1903 and you’re standing in front of a large hotel on a remote peninsula cliffside in Poldhu (Cornwall, UK). Despite the large antennas next to it or the huge kite that sometimes flies antennas even higher, you might not realize you are looking at the site of historic wireless telegraph communications — or the victim of the […]
Partner content Why supply-chain attacks are destined to escalate 6th August 2021 BLACK HAT USA 2021 – Las Vegas – The epic software supply chain attacks over the past year, including the high-profile breaches of SolarWinds, Microsoft Exchange Server, Kaseya, and Codecov, were only the beginning. “Supply chain attacks are only just starting, and mostly with pretty small vendors that most people had not heard of beforehand,” […]
Partner content Trying to apply ethics to driverless technology 5th August 2021 Nearly a year ago the European Commission published a report on the ethics of data and artificial intelligence in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). Part of the discussion in the text is about data and artificial intelligence (AI) ethics to provide some insight into the data protection issues automakers are expected to overcome. According to […]
Commentary Collaborative PS-IOT could supply missing pieces in public safety’s common operating picture 3rd August 2021 The explosive growth of the LTE ecosystem results from standardized open interfaces that enable the interconnection of innovative devices and networks. Much as LTE has grown thanks to a virtuous cycle spawned by standardized interfaces, so will future advances in public-safety command and control systems. At Fire Rescue International 2021 in Charlotte, innovators brought at […]
News Newscan: U.S. Senate bill seeks to require anti-drunk-driving vehicle tech 3rd August 2021 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations U.S. Senate bill seeks to require anti-drunk-driving vehicle tech Where is Biden’s permanent FCC boss? Full bodycam video released after claims that Wisconsin cop planted evidence How AI is revealing the secrets of Iran’s nascent centrifuge factory Senate finishing crafting $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure proposal, setting delicate debate […]
News NG911 funding not included in $1 trillion bipartisan Senate infrastructure proposal 3rd August 2021 Federal funding to accelerate deployment of IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology is not included in the bipartisan infrastructure bill introduced in the U.S. Senate, according to the text of the massive $1.2 trillion spending package that was released yesterday. Many in the public-safety community have been anticipating the language in the infrastructure bill, in hopes […]
Partner content Multiple zero-day flaws discovered in popular hospital pneumatic-tube system 2nd August 2021 Tucked behind the interior walls of thousands of hospitals in the US are little-known networks of air-pressurized tube systems that transport medications, bloodwork, and test samples among hospital departments, lab, and the operating room. One of the most popular of these so-called pneumatic tube system (PTS) stations recently was found to be harboring several vulnerabilities […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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