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NSA Hacks Into SIM Card Makers Giving US and UK Criminals Access to Millions of Cell Phones

MishTalk

The hack was perpetrated by a joint unit consisting of operatives from the NSA and its British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ. Among its clients are AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and some 450 wireless network providers around the world. It’s unbelievable. says the ACLU’s Soghoian.

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Return of the Buggy Whip; Streetcar Named Imprudent

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Tucson''s $196 million Sun Link Streetcar Project, recently named the Public Works Project of the Year by the American Public Works Association, will operate on a 3.9-mile which announced last month that it had selected a vendor to operate and maintain its planned two-mile downtown streetcar line. will open its $135 million, 2.4-mile

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

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Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Hospitals Are Dramatically Overpaying for Their Technology

Harvard Business

It’s a similar situation for much of the data that is fed from wireless monitors of patients’ heart rate, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, and breathing rate: This data doesn’t link to the medical record. Yet at one of our hospitals, that data is unusable — it’s in a format that our system cannot read.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business

There is still a need for accountants and face-to-face meetings, but typically accountants now require such visits for only the more complicated cases that can’t be managed with software or a call. Diabetes has long been managed this way, using forms of self-care that have advanced as self-monitoring technology has improved.

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A Short History of Radio Explains the iPhone’s Success

Harvard Business

The iPhone roared into the marketplace 10 years ago today, and overwhelmed the wireless world. Wireless is the same, but without the cat. ” The interference problem was the stated premise, but the object of regulators’ desire — and of the interests they loved (or feared) most — was control over wireless markets.

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Robot Truck Convoy Tests in Nevada; Driverless Trucks Before Cars, and Before the End of the Decade

MishTalk

Moreover, driverless truck convoys will be safer and more fuel efficient than human-driven trucks. " The fuel savings witnessed by trucks in a platoon has a significant impact on the operating profits of the operator, not to mention the environmental impact of reduced CO2 and emissions.” It now seems very likely, if not a given.