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Wireless charging firm Aira raises $12M

TechCrunch

We’ve written about the company’s wireless charging a few times over the years, including the “FreePower” technology it has baked into Nomad’s charging pads, which brings a more streamlined version of the Apple’s abandoned AirPower. Aira takes key investment to build its fantastic smartphone wireless charging pad into vehicles.

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Qualcomm Ventures invests in four 5G startups

TechCrunch

These companies are private mobile network specialist Celona , mobile network automation platform Cellwize , the edge computing platform Azion and Pensando, another edge computing platform that combines its software stack with custom hardware. The firm did not disclose how much it invested in these four new startups, though.

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Private 5G networks are sparking innovation at the edge

CIO

For the enterprise, planning edge strategies and reaping their rewards is often a complex and challenging process, with myriad applications to deploy, a proliferation of hardware devices to manage, multiple data types and sources to integrate, and significant security risks to avoid. To learn more, visit us here.

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HUAWEI eKit makes digital business easy for distributors

CIO

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) aren’t just businesses; they’re the pillars that uphold the global economy, accounting for 50% of global GDP and 70% of jobs. Its new HUAWEI eKit platform is a rebrandable, enterprise quality digital platform for SMEs to distribute Huawei products to their customers.

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Wireless Security | Roadmap to Securing Your Infrastructure

Linux Academy

Wireless security is not only a huge subject, but it’s also extremely important. Remember: Wireless signals are not contained to copper or fiber like a wired network — these signals leave your office and your building and travel a good distance. It was patched quickly but this raised wireless security questions about WPA2.

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You can see fires, but now Qwake wants firefighters to see through them

TechCrunch

Smoke and heat can quickly damage hardware, and interference from fires will disrupt most forms of wireless communications, rendering software all but useless. Qwake Technologies , a startup based in San Francisco, is looking to upgrade the firefighting game with a hardware augmented reality headset named C-THRU.

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO

Although Rogers – one of Canada’s major internet, broadcasting, and mobile wireless companies – restored service to most customers within a day, the catastrophic loss of service startled Canadian businesses. But their CIOs are determined experts accustomed to “accomplishing amazing feats using free software and donated hardware,” says Knight.

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