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Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data [telecom]
Facebook sent a doctor on a secret mission to ask hospitals to share patient data * Facebook was in talks with top hospitals and other medical groups as recently as last month about a proposal to...
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Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users [telecom]
Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users Mr. Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive, will appear before multiple congressional committees next week. It is part of the...
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Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network [telecom]
Cyberattack Shows Vulnerability of Gas Pipeline Network An attack on a shared data network forced four natural-gas pipeline operators to temporarily shut down computer communications with customers....
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AT&T executives meet in Macoupin County, Illinois to learn more about cell signal [telecom]
MACOUPIN COUNTY, Il (WRSP) - AT&T Illinois executives met with a resident from Macoupin County Thursday to learn more about the weak cell signal out in the county. Gerald Brand, the man who started...
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Waushara County Wi - Waushara & Green Lake Sheriff's Departments Lose Phone Service April 5-6 [telecom]
On Thursday afternoon, April 5, the Waushara County 911 Center lost all regular phone and 911 phone service, which was the same service disruption that affected several other 911 Centers in the...
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Santa Fe, N.M., Considers Small Cell as Answer to Coverage Woes [telecom]
Though some are not happy about the proposal to let telecoms install small antennas in the public right of way, city officials believe the decision will spur more competition and better service to...
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Friday Harbor, WA: The 411 on anticipated communications disruption [telecom]
Submitted by San Juan County Department of Emergency Management Both San Juan County and Town of Friday Harbor governments, as well as local emergency response agencies, are monitoring updates from...
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Facebook: 'Malicious actors' used its tools to discover identities and collect data [telecom]
Facebook: "Malicious actors" used its tools to discover identities and collect data on a massive global scale. Facebook said it would severely restrict the information developers and other companies...
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Verizon Testing Drones for Cell Service [telecom]
By Paul Bertorelli As airborne drones find ever more applications, Verizon is testing unmanned aircraft to provide cellphone service after a natural disaster. The 200-pound drones are being used in...
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FCC Rejects Request to Pause Transfer of Spectrum Licenses to Verizon [telecom]
By Andy Szal The Federal Communications Commission this week rejected a request from an industry group to halt Verizon's acquisition of spectrum licenses held by Straight Path Communications. The...
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AT&T questions credibility of key government data point in antitrust trial [telecom]
by Hadas Gold and Tom Kludt AT&T and Time Warner attorneys on Tuesday questioned the method and motivation behind a consulting firm's research used as a key factor in the government's lawsuit to stop...
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CenturyLink contributes orchestration developments to open source [telecom]
By Caroline Gabriel AT&T has led the charge in contributing inhouse developments to open source processes, in a bid to accelerate adoption of new software-driven network technologies, and increase its...
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DHS has detected possible cellphone surveillance in D.C. -- and doesn't know who's doing it [telecom]
DHS has detected possible cellphone surveillance in D.C. - and doesn't know who's doing it The Department of Homeland Security revealed it has observed activity consistent with the use of "StingRay"...
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History--Bell "Dew Line" defense network [telecom]
In the 1950s, AT&T (Bell System) contributed toward building a network of radar stations in the far north. LIFE magazine had various ads and articles about it: Western Electric advertisements, 1955,...
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The MyFitnessPal Hack May Affect 150 Million People [telecom]
The MyFitnessPal Hack May Affect 150 Million People. It Could've Been Even Worse. One of the long-held fears about our wearable data-tracking habits is that the vast collection of information would be...
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