Partner content NASA one step closer to deploying humanoid robots in space 16th January 2024 NASA is one step closer to sending humanoid robots to space, with the agency’s humanoid design, Valkyrie, undergoing some of its final testing phases at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. According to the agency, Valkyrie is designed for “damaged or degraded environments” such as natural disaster sites, though NASA developed the robot with […]
Partner content Mandiant, SEC lose control of X accounts without 2FA 16th January 2024 Upon review, Google’s cybersecurity operation at Mandiant has determined it temporarily lost control of its X account to cryptocurrency drainer malware operators on Jan. 3 because it didn’t have two-factor authentication set up. Effective March 20, 2023, only paid, premium subscribers to X (formerly Twitter) have access to 2FA. It’s an embarrassing admission that experts say […]
News FCC to consider new outage-reporting rules, soliciting comments on FirstNet, deployable usage 12th January 2024 FCC commissioners this month are scheduled to consider new rules regarding the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) and the Network Outage Reporting System (NORS), as well as a proposal seeking comments whether FirstNet should have reporting obligations and whether deployable coverage should be reported. Under the proposed new rules, all cable, wireless, wireline and interconnected […]
Partner content Memphis utility puts $27M toward spectrum for private wireless network 11th January 2024 Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) is spending $27 million to buy a chunk of 600MHz spectrum in the pursuit of a private wireless network for its utility operations. The company has also allocated $31 million for construction of the network, with plans to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for the project sometime this […]
Partner content John Deere features automated cotton picking at CES 2024 11th January 2024 John Deere goes big at every CES. At one CES, Deere featured its totally self-driving tractor. It was so big, Deere erected a home for it in a parking lot outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. At the last CES, Deere showed its expansive ExactShot and See & Spray technologies on a massive farm machine. Those technologies are […]
News LMR licensing activity maintained recent low levels during 2023 10th January 2024 Public-safety and business-industrial land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing continued near historically low levels during 2023 but did not establish any new records, according to figures available in the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. In the public-safety space, FCC officials received 3,029 LMR licensing applications during 2023, with 2,999 of them being granted as of today, […]
Partner content How state and local CIOs can push their cyber resilience plans forward in 2024 8th January 2024 From Dallas, Texas to Lowell, Mass., it’s been evident that in 2023, state and local governments have been prime targets for ransomware attacks and other bad actors. Now, as we look to the year ahead, the reality is this: cyber threats are worsening, the attack landscape is growing more complex and severe by the day, and adversaries are […]
Partner content DOE $70M grid security and resilience funding targets cybersecurity, wildfires, other risks 8th January 2024 Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday announced it will make up to $70 million available to public and private sector stakeholders, universities and the national laboratory system, to research new security and resilience technologies for the U.S. power sector. The funding opportunity will be managed by DOE’s Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response office […]
Partner content Airbus looks to acquire Atos cybersecurity unit for nearly $2 billion 8th January 2024 Aerospace giant Airbus and French IT services company Atos are opening negotiations for a potential sale of Atos’ Big Data and Security (BDS) business. Following a stock-boosting Dec. 15 leak to Reuters, in a Jan. 3 market update, Atos revealed that it had, in fact, received two letters of interest in BDS, with Airbus’ encompassing the entire […]
Partner content Catching up on direct-to-cell in 2024: Testing, funding and stumbling 4th January 2024 The direct-to-cell sector didn’t seem to take much of a breather during the holidays, with players ranging from SpaceX to Lynk Global making waves throughout the latter days of December 2023 and the early days of January 2024. Some companies announced tests, some scored new funding, some argued for more favorable federal regulations, and some […]
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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