Partner content The latest threat to drinking water systems? Cyberattacks, EPA says 30th May 2024 Muleshoe is a town of about 5,000 people located in north Texas. In January, it became the victim of a cyberattack by a hacking group with possible ties to the Russian government, CNN reported. The hackers’ target? The town’s drinking water system. Few city infrastructures are more critical than drinking water systems—and many of those drinking water […]
Partner content Spectrum efficiency a more likely business case for 6G than AI or XR 29th May 2024 It has been clear for some time that operators – at least here in Europe – are very reluctant to commit to another spending spree once the vendors come knocking on their door to sell 6G equipment. This telco reluctance to a big 6G spend is not new – European MNO executives have been saying […]
Partner content Flying-vehicle startup signs deal with Air Force 29th May 2024 Flying vehicle company Pivotal has signed a two-year deal with the U.S. Air Force to accelerate the testing and system verification of its eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle. The contract gives Pivotal access to test facilities, expert resources and numerous sites in restricted airspace. The Pivotal Helix is a tilt aircraft with eight fixed rotors and tandem […]
Audio Verizon Frontline: Cory Davis talks about carrier’s solutions at Interop 2024 exercise 29th May 2024 Cory Davis, vice president of Verizon Frontline, discusses some of the critical-communications capabilities the carrier showcased earlier this month at the Interop 2024 event conducted earlier this month at Texas A&M University’s Disaster City facility. In addition to a wide range of deployable solutions, Verizon Frontline partnered with Qualcomm to demonstrate 5G Sidelink, the […]
Partner content Microsoft’s ‘Recall’ feature draws criticism from privacy advocates 28th May 2024 Microsoft’s plans to introduce a “Recall” feature powered by artificial intelligence in its Copilot+ PCs lineup has evoked considerable privacy concerns. But the extent to which these concerns are fully justified remains a somewhat open question at the moment. Recall is technology that Microsoft has described as enabling users to easily find and remember whatever they […]
Partner content White House seeks critical cyber assistance for water utilities, healthcare 28th May 2024 National Cyber Director Harry Coker Jr. said the administration is taking new actions to strengthen key critical infrastructure sectors, including healthcare and water utilities, and will pursue additional steps to fight ransomware and boost resilience, in a keynote speech Wednesday at Auburn University’s McCrary Institute in Washington, D.C. The Department of Health and Human Services will implement […]
Partner content Robotic head-transplant surgery plans revealed 28th May 2024 A biomedical robotics startup has introduced what it claims could be the world’s first robotic head transplant system. The startup, BrainBridge, said the procedure could offer patients suffering from terminal illnesses a new chance of life by transplanting their heads onto healthy donor bodies. Robots would carry out the procedure and use AI and molecular-level […]
Partner content EPA puts teeth into water-sector cyber efforts 23rd May 2024 Nearly 70% of the United States’ community drinking water systems fails to comply with the Safe Drinking Water Act, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — including the cybersecurity standards that it lays out. New EPA enforcement plans aim to turn that around. According to an EPA alert out this week, Russia and Iran in particular […]
Partner content Peachtree Corners smart city rolls out IoT-driven traffic optimization tech 23rd May 2024 Curiosity Lab is rolling out traffic optimization technology for 5G-connected smart city Peachtree Corners in a new partnership with video software developer Network Optix. Under the partnership, the smart city will integrate Network Optix’s Nx Go solution into its IoT Control Room to collect data from traffic camera feeds and sensors installed on roads to […]
Partner content Service outages for AT&T customers in Virginia, North Carolina 23rd May 2024 It’s hardly a “happy hump day” for AT&T with reports of service outages beginning around 4 a.m. this morning. AT&T said the service issue has been resolved. “We worked as quickly as possible to restore service to some customers in the coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina whose service may have been affected this […]
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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