Are you a first time WISPAPALOOZA attendee?

If you are attending the annual WISPA event known as WISPAPALOOZA in Vegas this October as a first time attendee then you may want to check out this upcoming webinar. https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/712802794809924108 You’re going to WISPAPALOOZA for the first time – …

CBRS Moving forward

https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/fcc-approves-initial-commercial-deployments-cbrs The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) released a public notice today saying that the Spectrum Access Systems (SASs) operated by Google, Federated Wireless, CommScope, Amdocs and Sony have passed the commission’s …

FCC Fines AT&T $75,000 for CAFII communications

https://www.lightreading.com/regulation/atandt-amgs-nextlink-fined-by-fcc-for-talking-during-auction/d/d-id/754129? The FCC fined AT&T $75,000 and AMG Technology Investment Group $100,000 for holding prohibited communications during the agency’s CAF II auction last year. The FCC said that Baker was “discussing AMG’s Auction 903 bids, its bidding strategies, and bidding …

Google voice to do away with voicemail-to-text

As reported on Cnet Google will apparently be removing a Google Voice feature over carriers’ efforts to fight robocalls. In a message shared on Twitter by journalist Brian Krebs, the company has seemingly begun alerting users that by the end …

Defcon News: Vulnerable Windows Drivers

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Another privacy story: Facebook transcribes audio chats

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/19/08/13/200217/facebook-paid-contractors-to-transcribe-users-audio-chats Facebook has been paying hundreds of outside contractors to transcribe clips of audio from users of its services, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the work.