Internet of Things
Drone smashes through helicopter's windscreen and injures passenger
Two feet sideways and it could have been the pilot: report
26 Jan 16:22 | 53
Internet of Things
Something for the Weekend, Sir?
Nothing new since the microwave: Let's get those home tech inventors cooking
You might want to wash the rolling pin first
22 Jan 10:32 | 164
Internet of Things
Android 10 ported to homegrown multi-core RISC-V system-on-chip by Alibaba biz, source code released
AOSP effort could help bring GUIs to industrial, IoT, embedded gear
21 Jan 18:58 | 22
Updated
Police drone plunged 70ft into pond after operator mashed pop-up that was actually the emergency cut-out button
Another unfortunate UAV episode for Sussex cops
19 Jan 10:20 | 121
Internet of Things
Under that pile of spare keys and obsolete cables is an IoT device: Samsung pushes useful retirement project for older phones
Er, we mean 'distinguished', 'seasoned', 'battle-tested'
12 Jan 16:03 | 44
Internet of Things
Stony-faced Google drags Android Things behind the cowshed. Two shots ring out
No new hobbyist projects from January, everything deleted the following year
17 Dec 14:35 | 48
Internet of Things
Amazon's ad-hoc Ring, Echo mesh network can mooch off your neighbors' Wi-Fi if needed – and it's opt-out
Ring, Echo owners get emails explaining how to switch off incoming functionality
24 Nov 20:46 | 115
Internet of Things
Vodafone launches platform that promises to play nicely with dusty legacy IoT kit
What untold treasures could these primitive technologies hold?
24 Nov 15:43 | 4
Internet of Things
Hard to believe but Congress just approved an IoT security law and it doesn't totally suck
Secure coding, identity management, patching, configuration controls, what madness is this?
18 Nov 20:51 | 20
Updated
Halt don't catch fire: Amazon recalls hundreds of thousands of Ring doorbells over exploding battery fears
What happens when you mix up the wood and metal screws provided for installation? Heeeeat
11 Nov 13:00 | 74
Rise of the Machines
Are you seeing this, Amazon? British military steps up robot tech tests with drone capable of carrying 60kg payloads
Aerial ammo deliveries – always handy when you're storming a beach
05 Nov 17:01 | 28
Internet of Things
Backdoorer the Xplora: Kids' smartwatches can secretly take pics, record audio on command by encrypted texts
It was just code left over from a prototype, says hardware maker
12 Oct 21:21 | 9
Canalys Forum 2020
Why is IoT locked in 'proof-of-concept hell'? Stakeholders don't talk to each other, and return on investment is hazy
Private equity funding stalls amid COVID-19
09 Oct 16:30 | 16
Internet of Things
Ring glitch results in global ding dong ditch: Doorbell bling flings out random pings but they're not the real thing
Users fear hack – really the 'processing infrastructure was running behind'
01 Oct 18:33 | 86
Internet of Things
Burning down the house! Consumer champ Which? probes smart plugs to find a bunch of insecure fire-risk tat
Yep, plugs. The things that pick up electrickery from the wall
01 Oct 07:57 | 70
Analysis
Flying camera drones, cuddly Echo gadgets... it's all a smoke screen for Amazon to lead you gently down the Sidewalk – and you'll probably like it
Right, we own cloud, shipping, what's next? The home
28 Sep 22:35 | 59
Internet of Things
We want weaponised urban drones flying through your house, says UK defence ministry as it waves a fistful of banknotes
£150k up for grabs if you can help create the dystopian future of warfare
16 Sep 13:02 | 62
Internet of Things
Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban
Protectionist public policy prompts fresh focus on infosec fears
10 Sep 17:47 | 20
Internet of Things
Keeping them for a rainy day? Arm decides against spinning off cloudy IoT businesses to parent Softbank – report
Right as the Japanese mega-corp seeks to flog the Brit CPU design house
26 Aug 07:56 | 1
Internet of Things
MediaTek pings Italy with '5G' Internet-of-Things data beam from geostationary satellite 35,000 kilometres up
That's a spicy meatball
19 Aug 15:33 | 11
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Interview
The killing of CentOS Linux: 'The CentOS board doesn't get to decide what Red Hat engineering teams do'
Brian Exelbierd, Red Hat Liaison and CentOS board member, gives the company perspective
Security
Decade-old bug in Linux world's sudo can be abused by any logged-in user to gain root privileges
Sudo, make me a heap overflow! Done, this system is now yours
Personal Tech
Apple slapped with €60m lawsuit from Italian consumer rights org for slowing down CPUs in old iPhones
Third time's a charm? Suebell number three filed by Euroconsumers members
Security
I was targeted by North Korean 0-day hackers using a Visual Studio project, vuln hunter tells El Reg
Hyperion Gray founder relates 'holy f**k' moment when he realised
Security
Apple emits emergency iOS security updates while warning holes may have been exploited in wild by hackers
Plus fixes for iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS, XCode, iCloud for Windows – and a day after Google disclosed Nork op
Software
Google, Microsoft pitch in some spare change to keep Mozilla's Web Docs online bible alive
Turns out having coherent API documentation is useful for, well, everyone
DevOps
GitLab removes its 'starter' tier: Users must either pay 5x more or lose features
Customer: 'It feels like a bit of a kick in the teeth'
Internet of Things
Drone smashes through helicopter's windscreen and injures passenger
Two feet sideways and it could have been the pilot: report
Artificial Intelligence
Soon, no more blood tests or probing for prostate cancer? AI claims 99% success rate using more relaxing methods
Small-scale test involving biosensor and trained algorithms shows early promise
Personal Tech
Google, Apple sued for failing to give Telegram chat app the Parler put-down treatment
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Internet of Things
SoftBank: Oi, we paid $32bn for you, when are you going to strong-Arm some more money out of your customers?
Failing mega-group discovers again it didn't buy the right biz
16 Jul 06:34 | 72
Internet of Things
Four years after swallowing Arm Holdings, SoftBank said to be mulling Brit chip biz sale
Insider suggests company doesn't charge enough in royalties to satisfy Japanese giant
14 Jul 13:48 | 48
Internet of Things
We've paused Sigfox roof aerial payments, says WND-UK, but we'll make you whole after COVID
Nationwide network operator gets into tizzy with chimney owners
10 Jul 08:30 | 58
Internet of Things
Did you know Arm has an Internet-of-Things cloud? Not anymore. Wants to offload it to Softbank
Microprocessor core designer says it just wants to focus on designing microprocessor cores
07 Jul 21:08 | 1
WWDC
Apple launches incredible features everyone else had more than a year ago – this time for the 'smart home'
HomeKit still playing catch-up though facial rec and better automation still a step in the right direction
24 Jun 05:54 | 27
Internet of Things
Tens of millions of Internet-of-Things, network-connected gizmos at risk of remote hijacking? Computer, engage shocked mode
Collection of bugs, dubbed Ripple20, sink widely used TCP/IP stack
17 Jun 05:04 | 27
Internet of Things
Couple wrongly arrested over Gatwick Airport drone debacle score £200k payout from cops
Add that to the £790k wasted on Xmas 2018 shutdown investigation
15 Jun 12:00 | 65
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
Internet of Things
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
Build
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
Video
Happy birthday, ARM1. It is 35 years since Britain's Acorn RISC Machine chip sipped power for the first time
Somewhere 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, latest real-world analysis reveals: Unencrypted traffic, network crossover, vulnerable OSes
And the best part of it? Hospitals are most at risk
11 Mar 06:07 | 38
