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Horizon cutting-room links: Monday, 28 July 2025

Horizon cutting-room links: Monday, 28 July 2025

"Trump bump drives D.C. demand for house managers and private chefs," Axios The demand for household staffing in DC has surged as affluent individuals from President Trump's administration and political sphere relocate to the area. This influx has led to an increase in requests for

DOD’s private 5G strategy emphasizes tailored networks for military advantage

DOD’s private 5G strategy emphasizes tailored networks for military advantage

As tipped by RCR Wireless, DOD has released its Private 5G Deployment Strategy, emphasizing a blend of public and private 5G networks to support "asymmetric warfighter advantage" across installations. The strategy aligns with the 2022 National Defense Strategy and prioritizes secure, scalable private 5G networks to manage mission-critical

Samsung reconsiders TSMC partnership amid HBM market challenges

Samsung reconsiders TSMC partnership amid HBM market challenges

Samsung Electronics may partner with rival TSMC for base die manufacturing on its next-gen HBM4 memory chips, marking a departure from Samsung's usual "vertical integration" strategy, as reported by the Korea Herald. As Samsung contends with slower-than-expected earnings and strong competition from fellow chaebol SK Hynix,

NASA's SEWP VI November 2024 industry day emphasizes collaboration for upcoming IT procurement

At NASA's Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) VI Industry Day, held 6 November 2024 at the College Park Marriott in Maryland, NASA and federal IT industry reps discussed updates to the somewhat delayed SEWP VI, GWAC with a 10-year ceiling of over $100 billion potentially. Plus, NASA adds

HHS focuses on API compliance to combat health IT information blocking

HHS focuses on API compliance to combat health IT information blocking

Health and Human Services (HHS) is ramping up efforts to address information blocking among health IT developers. Micky Tripathi, head of HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), highlighted ongoing issues with electronic health record (EHR) developers blocking or illegally restricting access to application programming interfaces,

Decade’s old security feature coming soon to USDA food security payment cards

Decade’s old security feature coming soon to USDA food security payment cards

USDA supports farmers and the nation’s food security through programs such as the National School Lunch Program; School Breakfast Program; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and perhaps the best known, SNAP. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is funded by the feds and largely administered

FCC’s 4.9 GHz decision sparks public safety debate, faces legal challenge

FCC’s 4.9 GHz decision sparks public safety debate, faces legal challenge

As tipped by Fierce Wireless, the FCC’s recent decision to allocate 50 megahertz of 4.9 GHz band spectrum to FirstNet, AT&T's public safety network, has sparked controversy. While the Fraternal Order of Police praised the decision for enhancing first responders who selected FirstNet for