The Commerce Department has been “slow” to complete a series of export control reviews mandated by the Export Control Reform Act, including the agency’s upcoming controls on emerging and foundational technologies, Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said.
Google said the FCC should consider allowing carriers to transmit information on the floor level of a wireless call to 911 as an alternative to providing height above ellipsoid (HAE) data. Commissioners are to vote on an order Friday (see 1911130030). “An HAE estimate may not provide actionable information in the short term, particularly with regard to identifying which floor to search,” Google said in a filing posted Monday in docket 07-114: Google understands that “not every person in public safety is (or is on a clear path to be) equipped with technology capable of interpreting HAE information.” The National Emergency Number Association disagreed. “A handset’s location, including z-axis, must be delivered to the 9-1-1 system in its original format,” NENA said. “Google’s proposal -- to the extent it removes z-axis HAE from the location payload -- would reduce overall vertical location accuracy and upend the marketplace for downstream mapping and location solutions, disrupting many of the benefits of a ubiquitous standard for vertical elevation measurement.” NENA said “the vast majority of organizations representing public safety” support the z-axis mandate. A Monday news release from the FCC chairman's office laid out public safety support for the z-axis mandate.
SAN ANTONIO -- The FCC seems poised to allow unlicensed devices including Wi-Fi to use at least part of the 6 GHz band that utilities and some others occupy to monitor infrastructure like power grids. Even though utilities and state telecom regulators have concerns about that approach, the federal regulator seems ready to act in coming months, said stakeholders on all sides that we spoke with on the sidelines of NARUC.
The U.S. should study China’s efforts to dominate emerging technology sectors, said the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The congressionally created commission's annual report said China's outpacing the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Though it recommended Congress consider increased export controls, it said curbs on smart chips may “only accelerate China’s efforts to produce sophisticated chips domestically.” China faces “nearly insurmountable” hurdles in its effort to develop comparable technology to that of the U.S., as China’s semiconductor industry “is still heavily reliant on foundational technology dominated by U.S. firms,” the panel said Thursday. China's taking a “commanding position” in commercial satellite sectors, the commission found: That lets the country undercut some U.S. and other countries’ launch and satellite providers. The commission urged Congress to direct the National Science Foundation and the Trump administration to study China’s influence in international bodies charged with developing standards for emerging technologies. The China Embassy didn't comment.
The U.S. should study China’s efforts to dominate emerging technology sectors, said the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The congressionally created commission's annual report said China's outpacing the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Though it recommended Congress consider increased export controls, it said curbs on smart chips may “only accelerate China’s efforts to produce sophisticated chips domestically.” China faces “nearly insurmountable” hurdles in its effort to develop comparable technology to that of the U.S., as China’s semiconductor industry “is still heavily reliant on foundational technology dominated by U.S. firms,” the panel said Thursday. China's taking a “commanding position” in commercial satellite sectors, the commission found: That lets the country undercut some U.S. and other countries’ launch and satellite providers. The commission urged Congress to direct the National Science Foundation and the Trump administration to study China’s influence in international bodies charged with developing standards for emerging technologies. The China Embassy didn't comment.
The U.S. should study China’s efforts to dominate emerging technology sectors, said the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The congressionally created commission's annual report said China's outpacing the U.S. in artificial intelligence. Though it recommended Congress consider increased export controls, it said curbs on smart chips may “only accelerate China’s efforts to produce sophisticated chips domestically.” China faces “nearly insurmountable” hurdles in its effort to develop comparable technology to that of the U.S., as China’s semiconductor industry “is still heavily reliant on foundational technology dominated by U.S. firms,” the panel said Thursday. China's taking a “commanding position” in commercial satellite sectors, the commission found: That lets the country undercut some U.S. and other countries’ launch and satellite providers. The commission urged Congress to direct the National Science Foundation and the Trump administration to study China’s influence in international bodies charged with developing standards for emerging technologies. The China Embassy didn't comment.
State and federal officials vote this week on policies to advance IP captioned telephone services that offer speech captioning through internet-based communications for use by the deaf or hard of hearing. NARUC members at their conference in San Antonio will consider a resolution that would ask the FCC to adopt service quality standards for all IP CTS providers before migrating to exclusively automated speech recognition (ASR) services (see 1911050040).
The government should prioritize computing hardware, software infrastructure and developing new “real-world” applications, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said Thursday in an update to the national strategic computing initiative. The document, an update to the 2016 Strategic Computing Plan, emphasizes a computing hardware focus on the “10-year horizon and beyond.” Software infrastructure should enable “effective and sustainable use of new computing.” Agencies should also promote overall infrastructure related to “data usage and management to cybersecurity, foundries, and prototypes.” OSTP recommended integration with “emerging data-driven applications.”
The government should prioritize computing hardware, software infrastructure and developing new “real-world” applications, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said Thursday in an update to the national strategic computing initiative. The document, an update to the 2016 Strategic Computing Plan, emphasizes a computing hardware focus on the “10-year horizon and beyond.” Software infrastructure should enable “effective and sustainable use of new computing.” Agencies should also promote overall infrastructure related to “data usage and management to cybersecurity, foundries, and prototypes.” OSTP recommended integration with “emerging data-driven applications.”
The U.S. should expand export controls against China and study the country’s efforts to dominate emerging technology sectors, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission said. In its 2019 annual report, the USCC painted a somewhat grim picture for the prospects of U.S technology competition with China, saying China is committed to maintaining a dominant economic role in trade negotiations and is focused on outpacing the U.S. in the artificial intelligence sector -- a key area of concern for upcoming U.S. export control regimes. To combat this, the commission made several recommendations to Congress to safeguard U.S. technologies, improve foreign market access for U.S. exporters and pre-empt Chinese attempts to undercut U.S. companies and sanctions.