Tag: IoT
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...
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...
Amazon launching new ‘Vesta’ domestic robots in 2019: report
Retail and Web services giant Amazon is said to be working on a new breed of domestic robots, in a project codenamed ‘Vesta’ –...
NIST demands lightweight cryptography to protect IoT devices
New class of defence needed against cyberattacks, says US standards body.
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has called on the IoT...
Google losing to AWS and Azure for cloud IoT platforms
NEWSBYTE Developers are favouring AWS and Azure to create cloud-based IoT platforms, according to a developer survey by the Eclipse Foundation. But Google’s Cloud...
Qualcomm layoffs suggest the chips are down for industry
NEWSBYTE Embattled US chip giant Qualcomm has confirmed in a WARN filing (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) that it is cutting 1,500 jobs in...
Drones: FLIR eyes emergency services market with DroneSense investment
Thermal imaging specialist FLIR has announced a strategic investment in DroneSense, a Texas-based software platform that aims to help emergency services manage drone operations.
The move...
Retail IoT: Why AI is the big opportunity | Special report
There was initial scepticism about AI in retail, but it is now generating considerable buzz, with companies realising that the technology is here to...
Facebook developing chips for AI and own-brand IoT devices
When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sat before Congress like a besuited rabbit in 100 senators’ headlights, he was famously asked by Orrin Hatch how...
Will 5G be the big casualty of China-US trade war?
As the war of words hots up between the US and China over some $150 billion in bilateral trade tariffs, evidence that 5G and...