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September 2020
25
Sep

Swisscom runs 5G Start-up Challenge with Ericsson, Qualcomm

September 25, 2020
Thursday 24 September 2020 | 13:32 CET | News Swisscom said it has partnered with Ericsson and Qualcomm to pick start-ups to develop 5G applications through the 5G Start-up Challenge competition. The winners of the competition can test their applications in March 2021 at Swisscom’s 5G laboratory or other locations and regions and even on trains,...
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25
Sep

Open is not forever: a study of vanished open access journals

September 25, 2020
[Submitted on 27 Aug 2020 (v1), last revised 3 Sep 2020 (this version, v3)] arXiv:2008.11933v3  Mikael Laakso, Lisa Matthias, Najko Jahn The preservation of the scholarly record has been a point of concern since the beginning of knowledge production. With print publications, the responsibility rested primarily with librarians, but the shift towards digital publishing and, in particular,...
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25
Sep

Sleep and immunity in times of COVID-19

September 25, 2020
Silva ESME, Ono BHVS, Souza JC. Sleep and immunity in times of COVID-19. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2020 Sep 21;66Suppl 2(Suppl 2):143-147. doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.S2.143. PMID: 32965373. SUMMARY BACKGROUND Analyze how the COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic and its social restriction measures affect sleep quality and the immunological system. METHODS An integrative bibliographical review was carried out...
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24
Sep

5G wireless may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts

September 24, 2020
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 by Todd Bates, Rutgers University Upcoming 5G wireless networks that will provide faster cell phone service may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts, according to a Rutgers study on a controversial issue that has created anxiety among meteorologists. “Our study—the first of its kind that quantifies the effect of 5G on weather prediction error—suggests that there...
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24
Sep

Column: The switch to 5G wireless could shut down SOS buttons in millions of cars

September 24, 2020
Source: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-09-24/column-5g-wireless-car-emergency-systems The switch to 5G wireless technology could leave millions of older vehicles cut off from emergency services unless manufacturers upgrade systems.(Cadillac) By DAVID LAZARUS, SEP. 24, 2020 Telecom companies want people to focus on the benefits of state-of-the-art 5G wireless technology: faster speeds, greater reliability. But for possibly millions of car owners, the transition...
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24
Sep

Pentagon’s AI center to field new psychological operations tool

September 24, 2020
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s clearinghouse on artificial intelligence is set to deliver a new tool to special operators to conduct psychological operations in near-real time in the information environment. The tool, called Entropy, is meant to reduce the cognitive burden on personnel performing military information support operations, an official said during a virtual presentation on...
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24
Sep

Growth in 5G and IoT presents new ‘physical’ cyber threats

September 24, 2020
Source: https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2020/09/23/growth-in-5g-and-iot-presents-new-cyber-threats/?slreturn=20200824112831 Cyber-related incidents resulting in damage to physical property have the potential to become an issue as big as data theft or ransomware in the next few years. By Camilla Walker | September 23, 2020 As cyber exposures continue to evolve, property underwriters (along with those in other traditional lines of insurance) are increasingly unwilling to include...
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24
Sep

FCC Responds to lawsuit

September 24, 2020
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUITNOS. 20-1025 AND 20-1138 Filed: 09/22/2020 Parties.Petitioners in Case No. 20-1025 are Environmental Health Trust, Consumers for Safe Cell Phones, Elizabeth Barris, and Theodora Scarato. Petitioners in Case No. 20-1138 are Children’s Health Defense, Michele Hertz, Petra Brokken, Dr. David O. Carpenter, Dr. Toril...
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23
Sep

Regulators Steamroll Health Concerns as the Global Economy Embraces 5G

September 23, 2020
Source: https://washingtonspectator.org/regulators-steamroll-health-concerns-as-the-global-economy-embraces-5g/ By Joel Moskowitz, Sep 18, 2020 In a Washington Post op-ed (June 4), “5G conspiracy theories threaten the U.S. recovery,” Thomas Johnson Jr., the Federal Communications Commission’s general counsel, declared: “Conjectures about 5G’s effect on human health are long on panic and short on science.” Snippet: According to Johnson, “if we delay 5G deployment based...
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23
Sep

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electric shocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis

September 23, 2020
Jalilian, H., Najafi, K., Khosravi, Y., & Röösli, M. (2020). Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and electric shocks: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Reviews on Environmental Health (published online ahead of print 2020), 000010151520200041. doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2020-0041 The authors:” The findings indicate that occupational exposure to ELF-MF, but not electric shocks, might be...
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