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AT&T, Dedrone team up on IoT platform to protect against malicious drones

Wednesday 10 October 2018 | 11:18 CET | News

AT&T and Dedrone, a San Francisco-based drone detection technology startup, are teaming up on a drone detection platform that helps protect military bases, venues, cities, and businesses, from malicious drones. AT&T is the sole LTE connectivity provider for Dedrone’s drone detection platform. Dedrone detects drones of all kinds, including commercial, consumer and military-grade, as well as autonomous drones. The airspace security platform uses IoT sensors and LTE connectivity to detect, classify, mitigate, and localise drone-based threats. Since 2014, Dedrone has been working with correctional facilities, public utilities, and other organisations to help protect their lower airspace from drone incursions.

Dedrone’s software-centric platform identifies approaching drones by means of radio frequency, visual, radar, and other sensor data. Analysis of sensor da..

If you're looking into buying a drone, it's important to know what you can expect.
With some drones are available for under £50 and others north of £1000, you won't find many other items in the technology market with such a massive disparity in price.
We'll quickly get into the reasons why, but first consider this: if you've never flown a drone before, how willing are you to fly a £1000 piece a kit in the air for your trial run?
In order to get used to the intricacies of flying one, this Potensic Mini Drone – a 'Quadcopter for Beginners' – is a handy and relatively inexpensive way to learn at £21.99.
If you're looking for a drone that's also installed with a camera, even the cheapest alternatives are twice that price. This LBLA FPV at £39.99 is tagged as an 'Amazon Choice' and receives largely favourable reviews from previous customers.
Once you're feeling a little bit more confident in your handling of them, you might ..

The Department of Homeland Security said it has no reason to question denials by U.S. technology companies of a report that Chinese spies had used a microchip to hack into American computer networks.
“At this time we have no reason to doubt the statements from the companies named in the story,” Tyler Houlton, press secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said in an emailed statement late Saturday. The companies, including Amazon.com and Apple, have denied that their systems were compromised.
The infiltration of the computer systems, which stemmed from servers assembled by San Jose-based Super Micro Computer, was investigated as part of an FBI counter-intelligence probe, according to national security officials familiar with the matter. DHS may not be involved in such inquiries, several people familiar with them said.
Bloomberg Businessweek reported on Thursday that Chinese spies exploited vulnerabilities in the U.S. technology supply chain to infiltrate the computer networks..

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