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Submission + - General Motors Scraps Cruise Robotaxi Program, Will Work on ADAS and Autonomous (citiesofthefuture.eu)

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: General Motors has decided to abandon its Cruise robotaxi program and shift its focus toward developing advanced driver assistance systems for personal vehicles. This strategic realignment comes as a response to the significant time and financial resources needed to expand the robotaxi business, compounded by the increasingly competitive nature of the autonomous vehicle market. As part of the restructuring, GM plans to merge the technical teams from Cruise LLC and GM to streamline efforts in autonomous and assisted driving technologies.

Submission + - Trump Tariffs Flame Trade Concerns (epsnews.com)

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: Trump’s tariff threats aim to pressure Mexico and Canada into addressing issues related to illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl into the United States. Trump accused both countries of “facilitating illegal immigration and fentanyl abuse in the U.S.” He also announced plans for an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports, citing China’s failure to prevent chemicals used in fentanyl production from entering the U.S.

The tariffs would have far-reaching effects across various sectors of the U.S. economy, impacting consumers and businesses alike. The automobile industry, which has become heavily integrated with factories and suppliers in Mexico and Canada, is particularly vulnerable. Analysts at Wolfe Research estimate that the tariffs could increase the average price of a car by $3,000.

Submission + - IoT at risk from Quantum Algorithms (eetimes.com) 1

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: NIST is now getting near a new standard for post-quantum cryptography, expected to be published in 2024. While computers could use it to encrypt traffic and be protected from quantum computing, the billions of IoT devices don't have the processing and memory resources to use the new lattice-based crypto.

Submission + - Arm CEO says Chip Shortage will continue at least for another year (eetimes.com)

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: Talking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Simon Segars warned the audience that it would be impossible to get all the Christmas presents in time this year. "And the reason for that is because of this global shortage of semiconductors that you may have read quite a lot about in the news recently.” he said

He continued saying that this crisis, which he consider the worst ever in the semiconductor industry. will continue for some time, at least until the end of 2022.

“About $2 billion a week is going to be spent for the next couple of years to add capacity and build new facilities. And that’s going to add about 50 percent additional capacity over the next five years.”

But this huge investment is not a short term solution, because there is no short-term solution.
“Where are we going to be next Christmas? I expect these supply chain constraints to be a little better, but [they] won’t be completely fixed because this isn’t a short-term problem with a short-term solution"

Submission + - Autonomous vehicles in cities won't happen anytime soon, says 5GAA Chief (eetimes.com) 1

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: Dr. Johannes Springer, Director General for the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), believes that no city is willing to pay for the infrastructure needed just for the benefit of autonomous buses or taxis.

" if you have an airport, it might be different. But we cannot afford the necessary infrastructure, let's say, for monitoring the situation around the vehicle in real-time, whether it's a bus or another vehicle." says in an interview during this week's ITS World Congress in Hamburg.

Comment Re:You should not consider IoT at all (Score 1) 74

by dkatana (#61717691) Attached to: 2G and 3G Networks Are Shutting Down. Should You Consider 5G For IoT?

With 2G and 3G, you could buy little modules that had cellular connectivity and could run basic applications - a lot of older smart meters did this using the cellular network. Sorta like how the ESP32 has a complete network stack inside it so it can do WiFi applications out of the box. But these modules don't exist for 4G and up because those networks are solidly IP based and have no room in them for legacy stuff, like voice, lightweight reporting etc. You want to do those, your application must talk IP.

Plus, for many industrial applications, it's easier to embed Linux.

Several companies are now offering new integrated chipsets with basic processing, RAM, cellular modem (2G,LTE, 5G ready) and embedded SIM (eSIM). One example is SONY semiconductor (Altair).

Comment Re:It's still a wild west (Score 1) 74

by dkatana (#61716971) Attached to: 2G and 3G Networks Are Shutting Down. Should You Consider 5G For IoT?
5G New Radio (5GNR) uses many of the exisiting LTE spectrum but in a different way, allowing new services, more devices, and better performance. Also, the upcoming Standalone 5G networks (Rel 16 and above) do not require a LTE network to be present. It will take a few years to be around in most areas. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3gpp.org%2Fimages%2Far... https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3gpp.org%2Fimages%2Far...

Submission + - 2G and 3G networks are shutting down.. Should you consider 5G for IoT? (eetimes.com) 2

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: In 2017, AT&T announced that they will start shutting down 2G networks to free up the spectrum for LTE and the upcoming 5G radios. Additionally, Verizon Wireless phased out its 2G CDMA network in the US at the end of 2020; Sprint sunsetted its 2G CDMA network in December of 2021; and T-Mobile plans to sunset its 2G network in December of 2022.

While existing devices could continue to operate for the time being on those legacy networks, support will phase out, and carriers are no longer activating new 2G devices. The existing connections are now living on borrowed time.

Like 2G, many carriers are eager to sunset older 3G networks so that they can repurpose that spectrum to support 4G LTE and 5G. New devices need more speed, and 3G tops out around 3 Mbps. Besides being faster, 4G LTE is also more efficient, as it allows more devices to share channels and features massive IoT technologies such as Cat-M and NB-IoT.

Submission + - SPAM: Mobile World Congress postponed to June 2021

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: The GSMA and Fira Barcelona announced that next year's MWC Barcelona won't take place at the usual dates (early March). It has been postponed to late June to minimize the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

That has been a shock to Barcelona, as MWC is the most profitable event on the city. The biggest technology show brings over €500 million to the region's economy.

GSMA CEO John Hoffman commented that "MWC is more than just an event. It’s an experience that brings the whole industry together and provides a platform to unlock the power of connectivity so that people, industry, and society thrive.”
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Submission + - "Father of GPS" receives the IEEE Medal of Honor today (eetimes.com)

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: A former paperboy from Wisconsin passionate about maps led the team in the Air Force responsible of designing the navigation system we use everyday.

From IoT Times:

'At the IEEE honors ceremony today in San Francisco, Bradford Parkinson, a retired Air Force colonel who spent his life between maps and navigation systems, will be awarded the 2018 IEEE Medal of Honor, “For fundamental contributions to and leadership in developing the design and driving the early applications of the Global Positioning System.”'

The current Global Positioning System (GPS) did not exist until 1995, just 22 years ago, and the engineer who led the project for the US Department of Defense (DOD) was Mr. Parkinson.

Submission + - How Chromebooks became the go-to laptops for security experts (cnet.com)

Submitted by mspohr
mspohr writes: "Heading to my first security conference last year, I expected to see a tricked-out laptop running on a virtual machine with a private network and security USB keys sticking out — perhaps something out of a scene from "Mr. Robot."

That's not what I got.

Everywhere I went I'd see small groups of people carrying Chromebooks, and they'd tell me that when heading into unknown territory it was their travel device.
  "Drewry and Liu focused on four key features for the Chromebook that have been available ever since the first iteration in 2010: sandboxing, verified boots, power washing and quick updates."

Submission + - London's Mayor wants VW to pay $3 million in lost congestion charge revenue (citiesofthefuture.eu)

Submitted by dkatana
dkatana writes: Since the UK government has done nothing to make Volkswagen pay for Dieselgate, Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, is asking VW to come with £2.5 million ($3 million) to compensate the city and its residents for the 80,000 diesel cars fitted with cheat devices.

“I want to see a proper commitment from them [VW] to fully compensate the thousands of Londoners who bought VW cars in good faith, but whose diesel engines are now contributing to London’s killer air,”

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