Partner content Will driverless cars need remote human supervision? 13th March 2023 Over the last few years autonomous vehicle start-ups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on their cars being truly self-driving. Yet, international news agency Reuters reported in September 2022 that they may not in the end be totally autonomous. Industry experts and executives believe there may be a need for remote human supervisors […]
Partner content Impact of quantum technologies on the telecommunications industry 13th March 2023 Quantum technologies will have a profound impact on the telecommunications industry, from improving the speed, fidelity and integrity of wired or satellite communications to creating the next generation of Quantum Internet and more. In the meantime, telecommunications providers are both a prime target for and a critical first line of defense against emerging quantum threats. […]
Partner content Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Dish have all been targets of hacks this year 12th March 2023 2023 is shaping up to be the year of telecom hacks. All of the big 5G operators in the US – Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T and Dish Network – have been involved in some kind of security incident already this year. Broadly, the situation doesn’t come as a surprise. Hacks and other cybersecurity troubles have become de […]
Partner content Unpatched zero-day bugs in smart intercom allow remote eavesdropping 11th March 2023 A popular smart intercom and videophone from Chinese company Akuvox, the E11, is riddled with more than a dozen vulnerabilities, including a critical bug that allows unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). These could allow malicious actors to access an organization’s network, steal photos or video captured by the device, control the camera and microphone, or […]
Partner content T-Mobile’s Ray updates his 5G ‘layer cake’ analogy one last time 10th March 2023 Roughly five years after first debuting the concept of a “layer cake” (depicted in the above graphic) to explain T-Mobile’s 5G strategy, the operator’s top networking executive added one last tweak to the concept this week. And, not surprisingly, he did so to highlight his company’s 5G progress against its competitors AT&T and Verizon. “What you […]
Partner content New world record set for longest eVTOL flight 9th March 2023 Aviation company AutoFlight has achieved the world’s longest flight by an eVTOL aircraft on a single charge. The Shanghai-based firm said its Gen4 Prosperity I electric Vertical Take-off and Landing craft recorded a distance of 155.5 miles, beating the previous best of 154.1 miles, which was achieved by California’s Joby Aviation in 2021. Video footage shows […]
Partner content Most satellite D2D services will fail, predicts Iridium CTO 9th March 2023 Most direct-to-device (D2D) satellite companies now hitting the market are likely to fail, Iridium CTO Greg Felton has warned. Speaking in an online forum Tuesday, he said the new players are yet to test out their business models. “Right now there’s a lot of investment and a lot of different ideas being tried out and most […]
Partner content Report: Technology can aid wildfire response that’s ‘stuck in the last century’ 9th March 2023 With each passing season, the growing threat of wildfire and its impact on life safety, property, and the economy is underscored by dramatic fire events that ecologically alter entire regions, uproot communities and cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Last year, 68,988 wildfires burned 7.6 million acres of American land. And as of the end of […]
News UK Home Office targets ESN rollout by 2029, CMA document says 7th March 2023 UK Home Office officials told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) that it hopes to replace Motorola Solution as a vendor for the Emergency Services Network (ESN) in about a year and intends to complete the LTE-based public-safety network by 2029, according to a CMA document released last week. Home Office officials provided the informal […]
Partner content Biden’s cybersecurity strategy calls for software liability, tighter critical-infrastructure security 6th March 2023 The Biden-Harris administration on March 2 announced a sweeping new National Cybersecurity Strategy that, among other things, seeks to establish meaningful liability for software products and services and sets mandatory minimum cybersecurity requirements in the critical infrastructure sector. When fully implemented, the strategy will also strengthen the ability of both federal and private sector entities […]
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