Blockchain could help fix IoT security after DDoS attack
GUEST: Chinese electronics manufacturer Hangzhou Xiongmai is in deep trouble. Its products are being blamed for having enabled last Friday’s historical DDoS attack, which shut down access to important...
View ArticleDyn’s massive attack: How startups can find opportunities in the chaos
GUEST: The Internet of Things has turned against us. Just last week, baby monitors, DVRs, and other connected devices were used as the launching point for a DDoS attack against the DNS infrastructure...
View ArticleServing up a better burger: How IoT and blockchain will reinvent the global...
GUEST: Say you get served a burger at a restaurant, and something about it isn’t quite right. Do you know what went wrong? Does your server? Does the restaurant? The suppliers? Hard to know. Each part...
View ArticleHow blockchain can change the future of IoT
GUEST: The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast-growing industry destined to transform homes, cities, farms, factories, and practically everything else by making them smart and more efficient. According...
View Article5 ways ‘things’ will change the Internet and your life in 2017
GUEST: In the next year, the Internet will connect to about 1.5 billion new “things,” and by 2020, over 20 billion devices will be online. In theory, every one of them will be able to connect to every...
View ArticleIoT, AI, and chatbots are boosting revenue across markets — but trust is key
GUEST: We have all heard the hype surrounding technological advancements in AI, VR, and robotics. These are just a few of the emerging forces that are drastically changing B2C and B2B operations....
View ArticleWithings and L’Oreal made a smart hairbrush that rates your hair
Because everything will be connected to the internet in 2017, Withings and L’Oreal created a smart brush that talks to your smartphone and critiques your hair. We’ve spent lots of time with Withings’...
View ArticleAT&T launches Internet of Things starter kits for AWS and Raspberry Pi
AT&T has expanded the toolkit it offers developers to build the Internet of Things with the introduction of two new versions: one for those using Amazon Web Services (AWS) and another geared...
View ArticleLaMetric Air displays home air quality, humidity, temperature, and more
Smart Atoms debuted prototypes of its LaMetric Air home environment monitor today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. With sensors built into the triangle-shaped device, LaMetric Air...
View ArticleFrench IoT unicorn Sigfox carries hopes of a nation hungry for a global...
FEATURE: Xavier Torres-Tuset saw his future the first time he heard of Sigfox. The French engineer had been interested in building a new type of tracking device for remote objects, one that was...
View ArticleWhy machine learning will decide which IoT ‘things’ survive
GUEST: No billion-dollar machine could replace a doctor. But a $25 machine can tell you when you need one. In 1996, the ER at Cook County Hospital of Chicago used an algorithm to determine when a...
View ArticleWhy IoT needs AI
GUEST: At one of my recent talks in New York about AI in the supply chain, one of the key questions that came up was “Are you talking about robots?” You see, AI has been romanticized into this abstract...
View ArticleGoogle Assistant can now control Belkin and Honeywell smart home gadgets
Google Assistant is now able to control smart home devices from Honeywell and Belkin Wemo, the search engine giant announced today in a blog post. Belkin Wemo makes light bulbs, smart plugs, and other...
View ArticleCisco, Bosch, and Foxconn are building blockchain tech for the internet of...
(Reuters) – Cisco, Bosch, and several other companies have set up a consortium to work on how blockchain can be used to secure and improve “internet of things” applications, as sectors beyond finance...
View ArticleOracle launches apps to surface predictions and insights from IoT sensor data
Oracle announced the launch of four new cloud-based software solutions today to give businesses actionable insights from the tracking of sensors connected to vehicles, machinery, and employees....
View ArticleNest adds automatic door detection and animated push notifications for...
Nest has updated its mobile app with additional features designed specifically for subscribers of its Aware program. Today, the Google-owned company announced that automatic door detection and animated...
View ArticleIBM Watson opens $200 million IoT headquarters in Munich
IBM Watson Group opened a $200 million Internet of Things (IoT) headquarters today in Munich, Germany, what the company is calling its biggest investment in Europe in more than two decades. There more...
View ArticleVisa and IBM Watson commit to putting payments inside cars and wearable devices
Visa and IBM Watson today announced a partnership to use the Watson IoT platform to extend digital payments to connected cars, wearables, and other devices. The announcement was made at the Genius of...
View ArticleTwitch taps IFTTT to turn lights purple when a channel you follow starts...
IFTTT launched a new channel today to give its users the ability to automate actions based on activity on livestreaming website Twitch. At launch, 15 pre-made applets available on the Twitch IFTTT...
View ArticleYour Amazon Echo will soon unlock doors
Amazon debuted a Door Lock API today that gives the makers of locks connected to the internet the power to lock or unlock doors with Alexa. The API is part of the Alexa Skills Kit. As part of the...
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