Smart city initiatives are becoming an increasingly important topic of conversation as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. A series of research studies issued this week have detailed citizen demands, as well as efforts being made by cities to progress.
A study by Capgemini, which...
IoT device maker Withings has raised $60 million in venture capital as it sets its sights on providing B2B services.
Withings has had an interesting story so far. The company was founded in France in 2008 and went on to build some acclaimed connected health devices, including scales...
Advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are showing no signs of slowing down despite the global coronavirus pandemic and they appear keen on exploiting the Internet of Things (IoT) for their attacks.
Recently, the Russian group APT28 has recently been reported to have been scanning...
WearOS may need to wait a bit longer for the spark it needs, with Oppo’s upcoming smartwatch appearing to miss a big opportunity..
Oppo has announced that it will debut a WearOS smartwatch on July 31st. The new watch could’ve been the first to market packing the Snapdragon Wear...
Elon Musk believes his ambitious computer-to-brain project, Neuralink, will solve a lot of brain and spine injuries.
Neuralink aims to achieve a symbiosis between AI and the human brain. First established in 2016, the project has been relatively quiet despite the company’s ~90...
Uber has been hit with a lawsuit by two British drivers in a bid to reveal how the company’s algorithm works.
The headquarters for Uber in Europe is in Amsterdam, so the drivers have taken their case to a Dutch court.
Uber’s drivers want to know what data is being...
The European Union loves antitrust inquiries and so it’s launching one into the entire consumer Internet of Things (IoT) sector.
EU lawmakers are concerned about the huge amounts of data being collected about consumers through IoT devices.
Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s...
Google is attempting to avoid an EU antitrust probe by promising that it won’t use Fitbit data for advertising purposes.
The web giant announced its intention to purchase Fitbit for $2.1 billion back in November 2019, but it’s caught the attention of regulators.
EU...
Telecoms industry association TM Forum has announced it's exploring the use of IOTA for trusted next-generation IIoT solutions.
IOTA is often mistakenly called a blockchain. The core purpose is similar, it's essentially a trusted ledger, but one which uses a DAG (Directed Acyclic...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a more ambitious timescale in mind for achieving Level 5 autonomous driving than many other experts.
Level 5 self-driving is defined as requiring no human driver at any time, can drive in any city, and in any weather conditions. The previous level is considered...
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