Internet of Things
Runaway Latvian drone found meditating in tree after shutting down nation's skies
It crashed the same day it went missing despite 3-day closedown and hunt
22 May 11:15 | 37
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Railway cables overpowered errant drone's compass and flung it back to terra firma
25kV + lots of wiggly amps = big local magnetic field
21 May 09:55 | 68
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Internet of Tardiness: Microsoft puts on a brave face as IoT boat prepares to set sail
Lots of previews and coming-soons, but is it too little, too late?
21 May 08:15 | 8
Internet of Things
Latvian drone wrests control from human overlords and shuts down entire nation's skies
Please phone us if you see our missing 26kg aircraft, say authorities
04 May 13:29 | 48
Internet of Things
Three things in life are certain: Death, taxes, and cloud-based IoT gear bricked by vendors. Looking at you, Belkin
Ubiquitous consumer kit maker EOLs netcam. Oh, AND the cloud services that make it work
29 Apr 15:58 | 49
Internet of Things
Happy birthday, ARM1. It is 35 years since Britain's Acorn RISC Machine chip sipped power for the first time
VideoSomewhere in your phone, something is blowing out candles on a cake
27 Apr 15:50 | 45
Internet of Things
Chinese carmaker behind Volvo and Lotus ships first two satellites for planned IoT ‘OmniCloud’
Plans to connect and observe all the things as-a-service, from low-Earth orbit, while building 500 sats a year
27 Apr 05:31 | 22
Internet of Things
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away
20 Apr 16:30 | 19
Internet of Things
The 'IoT' in Microsoft IoT Hub means Internet of Trying-to-kill-off-whiffy-crypto-protocol: TLS 1.0/1.1 spared axe again
Stay of execution granted after customer 'feedback'
15 Apr 17:17 | 4
Internet of Things
Remember Tapplock, the 'unbreakable' smart lock that was allergic to screwdrivers? The FTC just slapped it down for 'deceiving' folks
And you can still open its improved version with a strong magnet
06 Apr 21:39 | 52
Internet of Things
Tech tracker Tile testifies in Congress: Apple's geolocation nagging is so not fair
Alleges anticompetitive behaviour in the walled garden. There's no party like a third party, eh?
02 Apr 16:30 | 5
Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is a security nightmare reveals latest real-world analysis: unencrypted traffic, network crossover, vulnerable OSes
And the best part of it? Hospitals are most at risk
11 Mar 06:07 | 41
Internet of Things
Computer, deactivate self-destruct system requirement, says Sonos... were it on a starship in space, and not a smart-speaker slinger
Audio gear maker drops 'recycle mode' aka 'e-waste mountain candidate'
06 Mar 02:09 | 46
Internet of Things
Drones must be constantly connected to the internet to give Feds real-time location data – new US govt proposal
'Does it have its own satellite dish, sir?' 'You can tell your son it has its own satellite'
02 Mar 21:55 | 99
Internet of Things
Dear makers of smart home things. Yeah, you with that bright idea of an IoT Candle. Here's an SDK from Amazon
UpdatedManagement software for smart devices to ease entry into ecosystem
26 Feb 09:58 | 12
Internet of Things
Hey, remember Microsoft's IoT Linux gear? After two years, Azure Sphere is finally here
Internet of Security is the name of the game, instead of that other 'S' word
24 Feb 17:11 | 5
Internet of Things
Ring in the changes: Mandatory two-factor authentication, login alerts, targeted ads opt-out after punters voice privacy gripes
Smart-home kit slinger does the right thing... under commercial duress
19 Feb 06:03 | 30
Internet of Things
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a flying solar panel: BAE Systems' satellite alternative makes maiden flight in Oz
Spindly thing claimed to stay airborne for a year with 15kg payload
17 Feb 12:30 | 76
Internet of Things
Ding-dong. Who's there? Any marketing outfit willing to pay: Not content with giving cops access to doorbell cams, Ring also touts personal info
UpdatedAnd yes, Facebook is involved, as ever
28 Jan 22:39 | 41
Internet of Things
Well, well, well. Internet-of-Things speaker biz Sonos to continue some software support for legacy kit after all
Punters can still run old and new gear on same network, for now
24 Jan 16:18 | 60
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Internet of Things
Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons
UpdatedPlanned obsolescence strikes again
21 Jan 20:53 | 276
Internet of Things
Behold the Internet of Turf: IoT sucks waste energy from living plants to speak to satellites
Surely only a matter of time before the Matrix has you?
15 Jan 11:30 | 30
Internet of Things
Ring of fired: Amazon axes multiple workers who secretly snooped on netizens' surveillance camera footage
This Internet of Things in the cloud is working out so well, so, so well, so well
09 Jan 02:26 | 46
Internet of Things
Beset by lawsuits over poor security protections, Ring rolls out 'privacy dashboard' for its creepy surveillance cams, immediately takes heat
CESPlatform makeover declared a 'total joke' by internet activists
07 Jan 01:52 | 43
Internet of Things
The IoT wars are over, maybe? Amazon, Apple, Google give up on smart-home domination dreams, agree to develop common standards
The bad news: You may have to buy all new kit if you want things to work
18 Dec 19:41 | 104
Internet of Things
Internet of crap (encryption): IoT gear is generating easy-to-crack keys
Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study
16 Dec 14:00 | 18
Internet of Things
Den Automation raised millions to 'reinvent' the light switch. Now it's lights out for startup
ExclusiveFrom 'boy genius' to 'oh boy'
03 Dec 14:37 | 187
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Amazon straightens up its IoT house, complete with virtual Alexa, ahead of Las Vegas shindig
re:InventCoffee machines will listen to you if vendors implement it
26 Nov 14:46 | 13
Internet of Things
Heads up from Internet of S*!# land: Best Buy's Insignia 'smart' home gear will become very dumb this Wednesday
Alexa! Turn off my lights. Alexa! Alexa? Oh FFS
05 Nov 02:26 | 191
Internet of Things
Talk about a killer feature: Home, Home Mini gear replacements promised after fatal update bricks gadgets
Web giant insists 'small number' of voice-controlled gizmos killed by firmware bug
24 Oct 21:42 | 32
Internet of Things
Samsung on fridge cert error: Someone tried to view 'unsavoury content' in middle of John Lewis
At least it'll wipe clean
21 Oct 09:06 | 97
Internet of Things
Welcome to the World Of Tomorrow, where fridges suffer certificate errors. Just like everything else
Behold the Samsung Family Hu- oh, bugger
15 Oct 08:06 | 282
Internet of Things
Criminalise British drone fliers, snarl MPs amid crackdown demands
Geoblocking, weaponisation and more in Parliamentary committee's sights
11 Oct 08:10 | 145
Internet of Things
Second MoD Airbus Zephyr spy drone crashes on Aussie test flight
Delicate thing doesn't like turbulence, apparently
09 Oct 14:12 | 41
Internet of Things
Chinese sleazeball's 17-year game of hide-and-seek ends after drone finds him on mountain
Back to jail for people trafficker
01 Oct 11:30 | 33
Internet of Things
In 21st-century tech dystopia, smart TV watches you, warns Princeton privacy prof
You make de-legitimising targeted advertising as a business model sound easy
01 Oct 10:00 | 37
Internet of Things
Sussex Police gives up on £790k Gatwick drone shutdown probe
No new arrests, no idea what happened
27 Sep 14:20 | 37
Internet of Things
Those furious gun-toting Aussies were just a glitch. Let's try US drone deliveries, says Wing
UpdatedPrepare for aerial droppings, Virginians
20 Sep 14:20 | 74
Internet of Things
Stalking cheap Chinese GPS child trackers is as easy as 123... 456 – because that's the default password on 600k+ of these gizmos
It's 2019 and, like, duh, insecurity comes as standard
05 Sep 22:45 | 32
