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Nov

Judgment-Durban cell tower case against municipality and MTN dismissed with costs

November 16, 2020
Photo by Wesley Tingey on Unsplash Judgment: Moore and Others v Mobile Telephone Networks and Another (D9017/2018) [2020] ZAKZDHC 59 (30 October 2020)   http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAKZDHC/2020/59.html
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13
Nov

DARPA and Academia Jumpstart 5G IoT Security Efforts

November 13, 2020
With 5G IoT devices projected to hit 49 million units by 2023, researchers launch programs to keep IoT from becoming a blackhole of exfiltration. Open standards were supposed to drive interoperability of Internet of Things devices, allowing cybersecurity software to interrogate devices across the network. Many vendors even hoped to install apps or agents inside...
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11
Nov

2020 Consensus Statement of UK and International Medical and Scientific Experts and Practitioners on Health Effects of Non-Ionising Radiation (NIR)

November 11, 2020
Author: Dr. Erica Mallery-Blythe Release date: 10/11/2020(Signed by groups representing > 3500 medical doctors) This UK and International Consensus Statement regarding health effects of non-ionising radiation has been written on behalf of both Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation (PHIRE) and British Society of Ecological Medicine (BSEM). https://phiremedical.org/2020-nir-consensus-statement-read/ The statement reflects the consensus from the most...
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11
Nov

5G Networks Could Pose a ‘Major Risk’ to Your Airplane’s Radar, a New Report Says

November 11, 2020
November 10, 2020 A white paper by an aviation watchdog warns of ‘catastrophic failures’ if 5G moves into the spectrum traditionally used by civil aircraft. BY MICHAEL VERDON A white paper by the RTCA, a private-public aviation partnership that advises the Federal Aviation Administration, warns that 5G technologies could pose a “major risk…of harmful interference” to radar on...
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10
Nov

Koreans unhappy with 5G performance

November 10, 2020
Source: https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/koreans-unhappy-5g-performance-2020-11/ By David Manners, 9th November 2020 “As many as 562,656 people have switched from 5G to LTE,” says a member of Korea’s National Assembly, Hong Jung-min, who sits on the country’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee. That represents about 6.5% of total 5G subscribers at SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus – the three Korean...
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09
Nov

Army Wants Smaller Brigades, Stronger Divisions & Lots Of Robots

November 9, 2020
New technologies and organizations will give soldiers an edge, Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe said, but tanks and foot troops will still face brutal close combat. Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2020/11/army-wants-smaller-brigades-stronger-divisions-lots-of-robots/ By  SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.on November 06, 2020 WASHINGTON: The Army wants the first casualty of the next war to be a robot, not a human being. But no...
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08
Nov

Pope’s November prayer intention: that progress in robotics and AI “be human”

November 8, 2020
In his video message on his prayer intention for November, Pope Francis emphasizes that progress in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) be oriented “towards respecting the dignity of the person and of Creation”. By Vatican News staff writer During the month of November, Pope Francis draws our attention to the epochal change that humanity is...
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07
Nov

The 5G challenges the next White House will inherit

November 7, 2020
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/06/5g-wireless-challenges-white-house-434533 U.S. carriers don’t have the right airwaves or network architecture for widespread 5G use just yet. By JOHN HENDEL 11/06/2020 09:00 AM EST The buzz about super-fast 5G wireless service has been building in the U.S. for years. The next White House now stands poised to deliver — at a time when U.S. rivals...
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07
Nov

Great news for South Africans waiting for fibre

November 7, 2020
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/fibre/373135-great-news-for-south-africans-waiting-for-fibre.html Hanno Labuschagne 7 November 2020 The rollout of fibre in South Africa could soon be faster and more effective, according to major fibre network operators. This is if the regulations contained in the Proposed Policy and Policy Direction on the Rapid Deployment of Electronic Communications Networks and Facilities come into effect. This policy...
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