Between CES requiring me to fly to Las Vegas last Sunday–which itself required that I spend last Saturday working to get ready for the show–and then the ShmooCon information-security conference occupying my attention in D.C. Friday through Sunday, I’ve had 11 days in a row of work. And I am a little tired now.

Patreon readers got a bonus post this week: my annual breakdown of where my income came from, as sorted by the business models of my clients.

1/8/2024: CES 2024: Punkt. Partners With Apostrophy for Privacy-First Phone, PCMag

My PCMag colleague Eric Zeman wrote the first take of this from the East Coast, then I met Apostrophy co-founder and CEO Steve Cistulli for a hands-on inspection of the first smartphone running this startup’s privacy-optimized fork of Android’s open-sourced code. The next morning, I updated the story with my observations and quotes and added myself to the byline.

1/11/2024: At CES, Dish touts $50 million grant alongside spectrum transaction, Light Reading

I had an off-Strip field trip Wednesday morning to see Charlie Ergen, chair of Dish Wireless’s parent firm EchoStar, speak alongside National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Alan Davison about Dish winning a $50 million award from the government to set up a center to test wireless network gear for Open RAN (radio access network) compatibility.

1/11/2024: ‘Dronesoccer’ Gets a Noisy Turn in the Spotlight at CES 2024, PCMag

Hands-on experience Tuesday and spectating Wednesday allowed me to file this report from CES exhibits of a new, soccer-derived sport in which handballs are impossible but “droneball” in-flight collisions are all but assured.

1/11/2024: Cloud Security – The Safest Altitude?, CES

I led this panel discussion Thursday morning between Mason Clutter, chief privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Security; Peter Prizio, CEO of the infosec firm SnapAttack, and Melissa Smith, head of strategy and tech partnerships at Google’s infosec subsidiary Mandiant.  We had a great conversation onstage, and then I was confused to see nobody in the audience step up to ask a question or even offer a question that was more of a comment.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/01/14/weekly-output-apostrophys-version-of-android-dish-wireless-5g-dronesoccer-cloud-security/

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Finally im on Dish 5G. Its truly something. Im excited to see what these folks do, but god im excited.

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