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Aug

Timing of the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Incites Lawsuit

August 6, 2020
Source: https://insidetowers.com/cell-tower-news-poor-timing-of-the-fccs-notice-of-proposed-rulemaking-incites-lawsuit/ August 6, 2020 The City of Gig Harbor, WA recently joined 19 other cities and organizations in a lawsuit against an FCC Declaratory Ruling and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking concerning wireless infrastructure. The Tacoma News Tribune reported the city sent a letter to the FCC on June 1, opposing the NRPM due to social distancing...
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04
Aug

Locking down 5G

August 4, 2020
BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZAUG 03, 2020 Just as 5G wireless technology promises to be a significant technological and societal disruptor, it also opens the potential for new cybersecurity challenges, a new report states. Although “proposed 5G architectures are designed to close security gaps from previous iterations of cellular networks … the pervasive nature of 5G introduces...
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04
Aug

President Trump withdraws FCC renomination after 5G controversy

August 4, 2020
Michael O’Rielly served as FCC commissioner for six years. By Russell Brandom  Aug 3, 2020, 6:01pm EDT President Trump has withdrawn the nomination of FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly, a six-year FCC veteran who was expected by many to be renewed for a third term, as first reported by Reuters. The withdrawal comes less than a week after Sen. Jim...
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02
Aug

Vumacam webinar- Tuesday (4 August) at 1pm

August 2, 2020
Webinar with Digital Media Law expert Emma Sadleir, Vumacam CEO Ricky Croock, and Corporate Advisor James Mc Cormack. Tuesday (4 August) at 1pm Register at the link below: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/80/wyg05h7g Please get as many people to dial into this webinar. Let's make sure this session is bombarded with questions about privacy, audited consultation, Bylaw used, Constitutional...
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02
Aug

Major concerns over South Africa’s COVID-19 contact tracing

August 2, 2020
Hanno Labuschagne, 1 August 2020 The National Department of Health’s use of the COVIDConnect platform as a contact tracing solution is a misguided attempt to make its previously failed contact tracing more palatable. This is according to Associate Professor Co-Pierre Georg of the University of Cape Town, a fintech expert who is part of the...
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01
Aug

COVID-19 pandemic to delay 5G rollouts in Europe by 12-18 months: PwC

August 1, 2020
By Juan Pedro Tomás on JULY 31, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic will delay the rollout of 5G networks in Europe by 12 to 18 months, according to a recent by PwC. According to the report, European telcos’ investment spending over the next two years will fall by €6bn-€9bn ($7.1bn-$10.6bn). “Telcos need to act urgently to address the squeeze...
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01
Aug

AI Weekly: Big Tech’s antitrust reckoning is a cautionary tale for the AI industry

August 1, 2020
By Seth Colaner, July 31, 2020 3:19 PM This week, as the heads of four of the largest and most powerful tech companies in the world were called before a virtual congressional antitrust hearing to answer inquiries into how they built and run their respective behemoths, you could see that the bloom on the rose of Big...
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01
Aug

Durban residents reject 5G towers on their property

August 1, 2020
Source: https://bereamail.co.za/242445/berea-residents-reject-5g-towers-on-their-property/ AUTHOR Thabiso Goba, Journalist/Photographer July 30, 2020 The draft proposal, which was gazetted by Stella Ndabeni-Abarahams, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, is part of the government’s expansion into the 5G network. Excerpt – for the full article, please see the link above. Heather Roos, chairperson of Umbilo Community Policing Forum, said the...
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01
Aug

Training a single AI model can emit as much carbon as five cars in their lifetimes

August 1, 2020
Deep learning has a terrible carbon footprint. By Karen Hao June 6, 2019 The artificial-intelligence industry is often compared to the oil industry: once mined and refined, data, like oil, can be a highly lucrative commodity. Now it seems the metaphor may extend even further. Like its fossil-fuel counterpart, the process of deep learning has an outsize environmental...
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