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FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said it is likely the technology will be "used for real-time traffic management that can reduce congestion and increase safety for the vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians who share our roads."The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to expand the use of vehicle drone and other short-range radar operations.The decision by the U.S. telecommunications regulator will support technologies to detect children left behind in hot cars…

The White House on Thursday pushed Silicon Valley CEOs to limit the risks of artificial intelligence, in the administration's most visible effort to confront rising questions and calls to regulate the rapidly advancing technology.For roughly two hours in the White House's Roosevelt Room, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials told the leaders of Google; Microsoft; OpenAI, the maker of the popular ChatGPT chatbot; and Anthropic, an AI startup, to seriously consider concerns about the technology. President Joe…

The technology, if widely used in U.S. vehicles, could prevent at least 600,000 crashes annually, government studies show.The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday approved a request by U.S. state agencies, some automakers, universities and others to use spectrum to deploy connected vehicle technology to prevent crashes, especially at intersections.The 5.9 GHz spectrum block was reserved in 1999 for automakers to develop technology for vehicles to communicate…

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Hikvision, a Chinese surveillance camera company restricted in parts of the US and the UK, knew its tech was used to monitor the country’s Uyghur Muslim minority despite previously denials of exactly that, according to a war crimes investigator hired by Hikvision itself. New leaked recordings give more credibility to allegations lobbed against Hikvision, which could threaten its ability to maintain its leading spot in the global CCTV & video surveillance equipment market.Pentagon Employees Too Horny to Follow…

America's cybersecurity watchdog has no confidence that the cellular network used by American first responders and the military is secure against digital intrusions, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said in a letter released Wednesday. The letter from the Oregon Democrat, a member of the intelligence committee, was addressed to the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). It concerns FirstNet, a dedicated mobile network for public safety officials such as emergency workers,…

It’s inevitable that we’ll be seeing the launch of the Google Pixel Tablet at some point later this year, but a new piece of information suggests that we’ll be seeing it sooner rather than later. First spotted by 9to5Google, the upcoming tablet has seemingly finally been submitted for approval from the FCC. While getting FCC approval is an extremely standard part of putting devices on store shelves, the fact that it’s finally happening for the Pixel Tablet means that Google is beginning to gear up for its launch.…

The $50 billion CHIPS and Science Act will bar firms that win grants from expanding output by 5% for advanced chips and 10% for older technology, according to officials at the Commerce Department, which will disburse the funds.  The department on Tuesday will outline the new restrictions, which will include a $100,000 spending cap on investments in advanced capacity in China, as well as other measures, said the officials, who asked not to be identified as the information…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed it is implementing rules against scam texting, becoming the first rule of its kind to combat an influx of targeted spam texts in recent years. Robotic text messages are “highly likely to be illegal,” the FCC said in a press release and confirmed that under the new rules, mobile service providers will be required to block robotext messages. Robotexts can be identified if they come from invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers and includes numbers that are identified by…

Photo: Pool (Getty Images)Gigi Sohn, Joe Biden’s pick to end a nearly two-year deadlock in the Federal Communications Commission, withdrew her nomination Tuesday. The exit, which Sohn blamed on stonewalling from dark money groups, means the FCC will remain without any one-party majority for the foreseeable future. That 2-2 commissioner gridlock will prevent Democrats from pushing even moderately progressive policy priorities forward because they would need Republican commissioners’ cooperation.Sohn didn’t leave the…