Partner content Killnet threatens imminent SWIFT, world banking attacks 19th June 2023 The pro-Russian hacktivist collective known as Killnet claims to be working in concert with a resurgent form of the notorious ReVIL ransomware gang. The goal? To mount an attack on the Western financial system. The group is warning that attacks are imminent, as in the next day or so; but it’s unclear whether the threats […]
Partner content Telia is building 5G cell towers for the battlefield 19th June 2023 Tank behind her, a young woman dressed in combat fatigues sports an incongruous-looking pink smartphone on a muddy road somewhere in Ukraine. Named Dasha, she is a practitioner of BYOD (bring your own device), a phenomenon normally observed in the office rather than on the battlefield. At one time, her Ukrainian military superiors would probably […]
Partner content Self-driving taxi kills dog in San Francisco 19th June 2023 A report filed with the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles detailing the circumstances surrounding the collision suggested that it could not be avoided. But the negative headlines the story has generated will do little to silence mounting criticism of the continued expansion of autonomous vehicle (AV) operations in the city. The report states: “On May 21, 2023 […]
News RapidDeploy announces plans for RapidONE cloud-based 911 call-handling solution 16th June 2023 RapidDeploy today announced its plans for RapidONE, a cloud-based call-handling solution that is designed allow 911 call-takers to in locations outside a public-safety answering point (PSAP) while integrating all information related to an emergency call on a single screen. RapidDeploy CEO Steve Raucher said RapidONE will be embedded in the company’s Radius platform, allowing that […]
News Carbyne announces resell relationship with AT&T for cloud-based 911 offerings 15th June 2023 Cloud-based 911 vendor Carbyne today announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with AT&T that will allow the carrier giant to resell Carbyne’s APEX and Universe emergency-call management and mapping solutions. Carbyne CEO Amir Elichai said that his company’s cloud-based 911 technology currently is deployed in “a bit less than 100” public-safety answering […]
Partner content German Huawei ban to cost €2.5B and take years, no thanks to EU 15th June 2023 Huawei’s European empire is slowly crumbling. Ejected from smaller markets such as Sweden and left to gradually rot in bigger ones like the UK, the controversial Chinese equipment maker now faces the prospect of a comprehensive EU-wide clampdown on the use of its products. Thierry Breton, a former telco boss who now works as the […]
Partner content Mercedes’ ‘hands-off, eyes-off’ tech OK’d in California 15th June 2023 California has become the second American state to allow Mercedes’ Level 3 “hands-off, eyes off’ autonomous tech Drive Pilot. The Golden State’s decision follows approval from Nevada earlier this year, which marked the first time such advanced self-driving tech had been made available on production cars that the general public can lease or buy in the United […]
Partner content Why critical infrastructure remains a ransomware target 15th June 2023 There continues to be a lot of pressure on security leaders to do more with less, but today’s sophisticated and frequent cyberattacks only exacerbate the situation. And the bad news is these cyber incidents, particularly ransomware attacks, are not going away any time soon. In fact, they are becoming more prevalent in areas like critical […]
Partner content One month after ransomware attack, Dallas reports 90% of its network has been restored 14th June 2023 More than a month after a crippling ransomware attack on May 3, administrators from Dallas, Texas say they’ve restored more than 90% of the city’s network. “Our staff has worked tirelessly to restore and rebuild systems and return all systems to full functionality as quickly and securely as possible,” reads a statement issued last week from the […]
Partner content Big telcos cut another 85K jobs in 2022 as generative AI loomed 13th June 2023 Generative AI’s founding fathers have gone all J. Robert Oppenheimer. The man widely credited with developing the atom bomb worked furiously on the science and then panicked that he had given mankind the tools of its own destruction. Having unleashed destructive forces of a different nature, today’s software masters are suddenly calling for a moratorium […]
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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