Technology

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Announces $1 Million In Broadband Infrastructure To Tribal Communities In New Mexico

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U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Chair of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband, has announced $1 million in grants from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) to the Pueblo of Jemez and Pueblo of Nambé.

Each Pueblo will receive $500,000.

The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program is a $3 billion grant program directed to Tribal governments for broadband deployment, broadband affordability, and digital inclusion on Tribal lands. Read More

Spaceport America Announces Completion Of First Successful Stratospheric Flight

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The HAPS Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) – PHASA-35. Courtesy/Spaceport America

SPACEPORT AMERICA News:

LAS CRUCES — Spaceport America, the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, recently added another success story to its growing list of high-altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) systems launched from the Land of Enchantment.

In June of 2023, British engineers from BAE Systems utilized Spaceport America, and its partner U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, as a proving ground to complete a stratospheric flight of its HAPS Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS) – PHASA-35.

Attaining a peak Read More

It’s A Whole New Game For National Laboratories

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LANL Director Thom Mason speaks to a crowd Monday afternoon at Fuller Lodge during the LANL Showcase and Demo Day, which was a part of ScienceFest. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Fuller Lodge was filled during LANL Director Thom Mason’s talk Monday afternoon. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

During the Cold War, the U.S. enjoyed being the biggest, best player on the world stage but then the Cold War ended, and the U.S. found itself in a completely different playing field.

During his talk for the Los Alamos National Read More

Santa Fe Community College Offers Coding & Creativity Opportunities With Support From Apple

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SFCC News:

SANTA FE — This fall, Santa Fe Community College will offer the Santa Fe region new learning opportunities around coding and creativity, with the support of Apple’s Community Education Initiative.

Community partners include Santa Fe Public Schools, Santa Fe Indian School, Boys & Girls Club of Santa Fe/Del Norte, and STEM Santa Fe, which will work with the college and Santa Fe Community College Foundation to cultivate digital literacy, digital equity, and coding and creativity experience to Santa Fe’s diverse community.

SFCC President Becky Rowley, Ph.D., said, “Santa Read More

LANL’s John Sarrao Selected To Lead SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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John Sarrao

LANL News:

John Sarrao has been selected as SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory’s sixth director. He will be leaving Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in mid-September for this exciting new opportunity.

Sarrao has served as the deputy director for Science, Technology, and Engineering overseeing the directorates for Chemistry, Earth & Life Sciences; Global Security; Physical Sciences; and Simulation & Computation as well as the Partnerships and Pipeline Office since the Triad transition.

His personal research and technical leadership career emphasize Read More

Scenes From ‘Toast To Technology At Demo Day’ As Part Of 2023 Los Alamos ScienceFest At Fuller Lodge

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As part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023, Scott Ziegler of Space Kinetic Corp. in Berkeley, Calif., is presenting a talk this morning at Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge. All types of innovators and entrepreneurial-minded people are invited to attend this day of deep-tech presentations and roundtable conversations with Lab experts, area entrepreneurs investors and government leaders. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene from Toast to Technology at Demo Day that runs until 6 p.m. today at Fuller Lodge as part of Los Alamos ScienceFest 2023. Read More

Mega Hiring Event At Intel’s Rio Rancho Facility July 28

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Rio Rancho Event Center. Courtesy/EDD

EDD News:

RIO RANCHO — Intel in New Mexico is working with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and the New Mexico Economic Development Department to host a MEGA Hiring Event, providing numerous growth opportunities for individuals interested in joining the semiconductor manufacturing sector.

The event will take place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 28 at the Rio Rancho Event Center, at 3001 Civic Center Circle NE.

In 2021, Intel announced a $3.5 billion expansion in New Mexico, enabling the manufacturing of cutting-edge semiconductor packaging Read More

State Covering Bill For First Responder Radio Service

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DoIT News:

SANTA FE — At the direction of New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, the state will pay monthly subscriber fees for radio service for federal, local, and tribal first responders.

The decision comes following the failure of a bill in the last legislative session that would have reimbursed public safety agencies for the cost of the subscription.

The statewide system is managed and operated by the state Department of Information Technology.

Senate Bill 409, sponsored by Senators William Burt and Brenda McKenna and Rep. Joshua Hernandez, would have reimbursed first responders from Read More

DPS Forensic Lab Continues International Accreditation

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DPS Cabinet Secretary Jason R. Bowie

NMDPS News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Public Safety’s (NMDPS) Forensic Laboratory Bureau achieved international reaccreditation in the disciplines of forensic biology (DNA and serology), firearms and toolmarks, controlled substance analysis, methamphetamine quantitation and latent prints under the International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC 17025:2017) standards. 

The NMDPS Forensic Laboratory Bureau supports all New Mexico law enforcement, criminal justice, and Read More

Catch Of The Week: DDoS Hacktivist Attack On AO3

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By REBECCA RUTHERFORD
Los Alamos

This week popular fan-fiction site, Archive of Our Own, was taken offline intermittently for a day due to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. What is a DDoS attack? From CloudFlare; a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic.

Archive of Our Own is a website hosting a wide collection of fan-fiction for various fandoms, including Harry Potter, Star Wars, Marvel Read More