Tag: IoT technology
World’s first smart city research lab opens in Sydney
City Analytics Lab will help promote information sharing and collaborative decision-making
What is claimed to be the world's first lab for planning future cities has...
New VR/AR launches for Apple, Google, PayPal, Facebook, Snap
Apple, Snap, PayPal, and Google are all jostling for position in virtual and augmented reality this week – while Facebook goes for mass-market appeal...
FreeWave partners with McQ to offer low-power video streaming
Industrial Internet of Things networking company FreeWave has partnered with remote monitoring and surveillance firm McQ, to offer industrial users the ability to transmit...
Researchers find Amazon Alexa could eavesdrop on customers
NEWSBYTE Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability that enabled Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, to listen in on people’s conversations after the 'Alexa' wake-up word had...
Sprint, T-Mobile plan to merge in $26bn deal | Analysis
UPDATED US wireless companies Sprint and T-Mobile have announced that they are to merge in an all-stock deal which values the combined company at...
Robot eel uses artificial muscles for silent exploration
A team from the University of California has developed an eel-like robot capable of exploring the deep, operating in salt water, and silently propelling itself...
IoT is cost-cut led from the boardroom, says Ovum report
IoT leadership starts at the top, says analyst company Ovum. Any decision to deploy Internet of Things projects typically involves multiple stakeholders, but the...
Amazon: Alexa upgrades for memory, context, meaning = antitrust risk?
Amazon has announced three new upgrades for its Alexa AI platform on the back of healthy revenue increases, and is trailing a future of...
NSA’s IoT security algorithms rejected over surveillance fears
NEWSBYTE The US National Security Agency (NSA) has had two of its new encryption algorithms for the Internet of Things (IoT) rejected by an...
Why software defined networks demand Level 4 encryption
As software-defined networking rises, so the need for an agnostic, Layer 4 encryption solution increases – one that can secure any communications network without...
IoT immature, providers experimenting with strategy, says Ericsson report
The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most talked-about topics in the technology industry, and yet the provider landscape is immature and...
Smart cities: Intel’s IoT chief on how communities can win |...
Intel sponsored a recently published report that said smart cities will give every person back 125 hours a year. The report then went deeper, showing...