US wireless emergency alerts are now more locally targeted

As promised, Wireless Emergency Alerts should now be more sophisticated -- and importantly, more relevant. The FCC has announced that a slew of improvements are now in place for alerts, including significantly improved geographic accuracy that doesn...

AT&T’s giant blimp will provide network coverage to first responders

FirstNet, the nationwide broadband network for first responders being built with AT&T, just added a giant blimp to its arsenal. The 55-foot aerostat, dubbed FirstNet One, is meant to hover over disaster sites and provide wireless communication fo...

800,000 Californians could be without power by the end of the day

By the end of the day, more than half of all California counties could be without power. In an attempt to prevent wildfires, the state's largest utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is rolling out a planned power outage. Once fully implement...

Amanda Angelica Budino Becomes American Citizen At 100 Years Old


Amanda Angelica Budino is now an American citizen: A 100-year-old American citizen.Budino's wish was to be a U.S. citizen before she dies. She originally hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina.Government...

President Obama Limits Police Access to Weapons


President Obama has started his campaign against police brutality in response to the United Nations sanctions that took place last week, and his first step is to curb police access to military style...

Chicago Fire Actor visits Local Fire Station


Joe Minoso the actor of NBC’s Chicago Fire has met a lot of fans since he was cast on the show and according to him it never gets old especially when it comes to the fire fighters.  He stated...

EFF Raises Privacy Concerns over Xerox’s Automated Vehicle Occupancy Detection


Xerox developed a system called Automated Vehicle Occupancy Detection. The brochure of the system says that the Vehicle Passenger Detection System identifies the number of occupants in a vehicle with...