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Mar

French MPs propose ‘moratorium’ on 5G rollout, citing health, environment

March 10, 2021
Source: https://tinyurl.com/yah8krhh By Mathieu Pollet | EURACTIV France | translated by Daniel Eck Three amendments proposing to have a “moratorium” on 5G deployment in France – first spotted by news websites Numerama and Next INpact – were tabled before the French National Assembly during its committee’s examination of the bill to combat climate change. EURACTIV France reports. The frequencies dedicated to 5G networks should be “provisionally suspended”...
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09
Mar

ICASA NOTES THE COURT INTERDICT ISSUED IN RESPECT OF THE LICENSING OF SPECTRUM – PURSUES AN APPEAL PROCESS

March 9, 2021
ICASA notes the outcome of Telkom’s application to interdict ICASA from proceeding with the auction process in terms of the Invitation To Apply (“ITA”) for high demand spectrum as well as the ITA for the Wireless Open Access Network (“WOAN”) both of which were issued on 2 October 2020. Pretoria – The Independent Communications Authority...
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09
Mar

SA spectrum auction on ice, again

March 9, 2021
Source: Connecting Africa http://www.connectingafrica.com/author.asp?section_id=761&doc_id=767928&&utm_s by Paula Gilbert, Editor, Connecting Africa 3/9/2021 South Africa’s long-awaited spectrum auction has once again hit a major speed bump after local operator Telkom won a court interdict to stop the auction process, which was supposed to take place at the end of this month. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa...
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08
Mar

The Pentagon Wants To Arm Drones With Non-Lethal Lasers And Microwave Cannon

March 8, 2021
Source: Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2021/03/08/the-pentagon-wants-to-arm-drones-with-non-lethal-lasers-and-microwave-cannon/?sh=29e1bd8f1727 Mar 8, 2021 Michael Peck The U.S. military wants to arm small drones and manned vehicles with non-lethal weapons. These devices would include exotic non-lethal gear, including directed energy weapons such as low-powered lasers and microwave beams, as well as more familiar weapons such as stun grenades and stink bombs. These weapons...
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08
Mar

Swisscom 5G installation vandalized, arsonists demand ransom from operators

March 8, 2021
By Julien Culet Posted: 03/04/2021 Auto-translated, original article: https://www.tdg.ch/ils-incendient-une-antenne-5g-et-reclament-une-rancon-482264401214 An installation was damaged near Thun. The arsonists threaten to attack other 5G antennas if the operators do not pay 9 million “for the children”. A 5G antenna was vandalized in the canton of Bern, in Uttigen, near Thun. The arsonists seriously damaged the installation belonging to Swisscom...
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06
Mar

AFRL’s Golden Horde To Test Swarming Munitions In Digital ‘Colosseum’

March 6, 2021,
Source:  https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/afrls-golden-horde-to-test-swarming-munitions-in-digital-colosseum/ The new simulation environment will use ‘digital twins’ to rapidly test and iterate “collaborative autonomous networked technologies,” AFRL explains. By THERESA HITCHENS on March 05, 2021 WASHINGTON: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is shifting the focus of its Golden Horde program from testing its own swarming weapons to developing a digital environment, nicknamed Colosseum, to...
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06
Mar

How to poison the data that Big Tech uses to surveil you

March 6, 2021
Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change. Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/03/05/1020376/resist-big-tech-surveillance-data/ by Karen Hao, March 5, 2021 Every day, your life leaves a trail of digital breadcrumbs that tech giants use to track you. You send an email, order some food, stream a show. They get back valuable packets of...
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04
Mar

Europe moves towards 6G

March 4, 2021
Source: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/blogposts/europe-moves-towards-6g BLOG POST BY PETER STUCKMANN 4 March 2021 Peter Stuckmann is currently managing the Commission’s policy on 5G communication systems and the related research and innovation programme. The Commission has adopted a legislative proposal for the upcoming European partnership on Smart Networks and Services (SNS) towards 6G. Extract From 5G to 6G 5G...
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01
Mar

Robots in schools: new teaching methods on the horizon?

March 1, 2021
Source: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/robots-in-schools–new-teaching-methods-on-the-horizon-/46410282 The pandemic is forcing us to rethink everything, even how we teach. What if robots are the future of education? This content was published on March 1, 2021 – 15:39 Sara Ibrahim Christian Raaflaub Thymio, Lexi, Elias, Pepper, Nao, Anastasia, Kaspar: they could be your child’s new classmates. They are diligent but not competitive, they...
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