News Newscan: Comptroller tells NYPD that surveillance-tech expenses can’t be kept secret 31st July 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations City comptroller tells NYPD that surveillance-technology expenses can’t be kept secret ‘Perfect storm’: Defund the police, COVID-19 lead to biggest police budget cuts in decade What happens when a hurricane hits a COVID-19 hot spot? Lankford: Time to ‘reinvent the wheel’ on telework in federal workforce Minneapolis Charter […]
News Unlocking telehealth benefits hinges on data integration 31st July 2020 While telehealth has seen unprecedented growth in the first half of 2020, its continued popularity will depend in part on the availability of expanded remote patient monitoring capabilities. Even though scores of internet-connected health and medical devices have been developed, they frequently haven’t been incorporated into routine clinical care. “The ability to integrate [remote health […]
Partner content SpaceMobile deal could kill all of AT&T’s dead zones 31st July 2020 According to SpaceMobile, AT&T is putting the final touches on an agreement with the startup that could allow the operator to connect its customers’ existing phones directly to SpaceMobile’s satellites. If the service works as promised, the result could essentially eliminate all of AT&T’s 4G and 5G dead zones with the flip of a switch. A […]
Audio Zetron: John Martyn outlines features of MAX Fire Station Alerting 29th July 2020 John Martyn, a product manager for Zetron, highlights the capabilities of the company’s Max Fire Station Alerting, a newly launched solution that is designed to help reduce valuable time during a fire response without requiring fire departments to make significant hardware investments.
News EMS, healthcare solutions highlighted in latest Verizon 5G initiative 29th July 2020 Applications designed to aid healthcare and emergency medical services (EMS) outcomes are the focus of current testing in Verizon’s 5G First Responder Lab that is scheduled to extend through the end of the year, according to a company official. Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-sector product development, said the company’s previous work in the 5G […]
News Newscan: DHS fears widespread mask wearing will break facial-recognition software 29th July 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations DHS fears widespread mask wearing will break facial-recognition software Seattle police claim protesters blocked way to dying man. In fact, miscommunication with Seattle Fire was problem Ransomware attack on Garmin thought to be the work of Russian cybercrime gang Are newer medical IoT devices less secure than old […]
Partner content Common Internet of Things security pitfalls 29th July 2020 Only a minority of consumers trust the brands they use. And the Internet of Things (IoT) itself has a trust problem in the consumer sector. Privacy concerns and poor user experience have “stymied adoption and created a hesitance among users to trust IoT devices,” wrote William Webb and Matthew Hatton in “The Internet of Things […]
Partner content Anterix wants to be a private LTE powerhouse 27th July 2020 Fresh off the FCC’s May 13 order making 6MHz of spectrum in the 900MHz band available for broadband technologies and services, Anterix is positioning itself to become a private LTE enabler for utility companies. The company, which holds about 60% of the 900MHz spectrum licenses in the top 20 markets in the US, is hoping […]
Partner content Data-privacy challenges for California COVID-19 contact-tracing technology 27th July 2020 Developers, governments, and regulators must work with the cybersecurity industry to apply rigorous standards to contact-tracing apps to make sure that the societal impact of COVID-19 doesn’t extend into personal privacy. As opt-in contact-tracing applications across the US are being built for state-specific usage, attention inevitably turns to the privacy risks they present, and how […]
News Newscan: Chinese consulate in Houston accused of being ‘spy center’ 24th July 2020 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Chinese consulate in Houston accused of being ‘spy center’ China is harvesting the DNA of its people. Is this this future of policing? Popular Chinese-made drone is found to have security weakness AT&T’s low-band 5G network is now available nationwide Washington’s King County pushes to take away power […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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