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'
Edge + IoT12 Jan 2021 | 44
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Stony-faced Google drags Android Things behind the cowshed. Two shots ring out
No new hobbyist projects from January, everything deleted the following year
Edge + IoT17 Dec 2020 | 48
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
Edge + IoT24 Nov 2020 | 115
Vodafone launches platform that promises to play nicely with dusty legacy IoT kit
What untold treasures could these primitive technologies hold?
Edge + IoT24 Nov 2020 | 4
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?
Edge + IoT18 Nov 2020 | 20
Halt don't catch fire: Amazon recalls hundreds of thousands of Ring doorbells over exploding battery fears
Updated What happens when you mix up the wood and metal screws provided for installation? Heeeeat
Edge + IoT11 Nov 2020 | 71
Are you seeing this, Amazon? British military steps up robot tech tests with drone capable of carrying 60kg payloads
Rise of the Machines Aerial ammo deliveries – always handy when you're storming a beach
Edge + IoT05 Nov 2020 | 28
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
Edge + IoT12 Oct 2020 | 9
Why is IoT locked in 'proof-of-concept hell'? Stakeholders don't talk to each other, and return on investment is hazy
Canalys Forum 2020 Private equity funding stalls amid COVID-19
Edge + IoT09 Oct 2020 | 16
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'
Edge + IoT01 Oct 2020 | 84
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
Edge + IoT01 Oct 2020 | 70
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
Analysis Right, we own cloud, shipping, what's next? The home
Edge + IoT28 Sep 2020 | 59
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
Edge + IoT16 Sep 2020 | 62
Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban
Protectionist public policy prompts fresh focus on infosec fears
Edge + IoT10 Sep 2020 | 20
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
Edge + IoT26 Aug 2020 | 1
MediaTek pings Italy with '5G' Internet-of-Things data beam from geostationary satellite 35,000 kilometres up
That's a spicy meatball
Edge + IoT19 Aug 2020 | 11
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
Edge + IoT16 Jul 2020 | 72
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
Edge + IoT14 Jul 2020 | 48
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
Edge + IoT10 Jul 2020 | 58
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
Edge + IoT07 Jul 2020 | 1
Apple launches incredible features everyone else had more than a year ago – this time for the 'smart home'
WWDC HomeKit still playing catch-up though facial rec and better automation still a step in the right direction
Edge + IoT24 Jun 2020 | 27
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
Edge + IoT17 Jun 2020 | 27
Couple wrongly arrested over Gatwick Airport drone debacle score £200k payout from cops
Add that to the £790k wasted on Xmas 2018 shutdown investigation
Edge + IoT15 Jun 2020 | 66
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
Edge + IoT22 May 2020 | 37
Railway cables overpowered errant drone's compass and flung it back to terra firma
25kV + lots of wiggly amps = big local magnetic field
Edge + IoT21 May 2020 | 68
Internet of Tardiness: Microsoft puts on a brave face as IoT boat prepares to set sail
Build Lots of previews and coming-soons, but is it too little, too late?
Edge + IoT21 May 2020 | 8
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
Edge + IoT04 May 2020 | 48
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
Edge + IoT29 Apr 2020 | 49
Happy birthday, ARM1. It is 35 years since Britain's Acorn RISC Machine chip sipped power for the first time
Video Somewhere in your phone, something is blowing out candles on a cake
Edge + IoT27 Apr 2020 | 45
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
Edge + IoT27 Apr 2020 | 22
Police drone fliers' wings clipped to prevent them bumping into real aircraft
The Civil Aviation Authority giveth the CAA and taketh away
Edge + IoT20 Apr 2020 | 19
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'
Edge + IoT15 Apr 2020 | 4
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
Edge + IoT06 Apr 2020 | 52
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?
Edge + IoT02 Apr 2020 | 5
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
Edge + IoT11 Mar 2020 | 38
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'
Edge + IoT06 Mar 2020 | 46
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'
Edge + IoT02 Mar 2020 | 99
Dear makers of smart home things. Yeah, you with that bright idea of an IoT Candle. Here's an SDK from Amazon
Updated Management software for smart devices to ease entry into ecosystem
Edge + IoT26 Feb 2020 | 12
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
Edge + IoT24 Feb 2020 | 5
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
Edge + IoT19 Feb 2020 | 30
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
Edge + IoT17 Feb 2020 | 76
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
Updated And yes, Facebook is involved, as ever
Edge + IoT28 Jan 2020 | 41
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
Edge + IoT24 Jan 2020 | 60
Remember that Sonos speaker you bought a few years back that works perfectly? It's about to be screwed for... reasons
Updated Planned obsolescence strikes again
Edge + IoT21 Jan 2020 | 278
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?
Edge + IoT15 Jan 2020 | 30
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
Edge + IoT09 Jan 2020 | 46
Beset by lawsuits over poor security protections, Ring rolls out 'privacy dashboard' for its creepy surveillance cams, immediately takes heat
CES Platform makeover declared a 'total joke' by internet activists
Edge + IoT07 Jan 2020 | 43
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
Edge + IoT18 Dec 2019 | 104
Internet of crap (encryption): IoT gear generates easy-to-crack keys
Poor entropy in embedded devices leading to weaker certificates: study
Edge + IoT16 Dec 2019 | 18
Den Automation raised millions to 'reinvent' the light switch. Now it's lights out for startup
Exclusive From 'boy genius' to 'oh boy'
Edge + IoT03 Dec 2019 | 188
Amazon straightens up its IoT house, complete with virtual Alexa, ahead of Las Vegas shindig
re:Invent Coffee machines will listen to you if vendors implement it
Edge + IoT26 Nov 2019 | 13
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
Edge + IoT05 Nov 2019 | 191
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
Edge + IoT24 Oct 2019 | 32
Samsung on fridge cert error: Someone tried to view 'unsavoury content' in middle of John Lewis
At least it'll wipe clean
Edge + IoT21 Oct 2019 | 97
Welcome to the World Of Tomorrow, where fridges suffer certificate errors. Just like everything else
Behold the Samsung Family Hu- oh, bugger
Edge + IoT15 Oct 2019 | 282
Criminalise British drone fliers, snarl MPs amid crackdown demands
Geoblocking, weaponisation and more in Parliamentary committee's sights
Edge + IoT11 Oct 2019 | 145
Second MoD Airbus Zephyr spy drone crashes on Aussie test flight
Delicate thing doesn't like turbulence, apparently
Edge + IoT09 Oct 2019 | 41
Chinese sleazeball's 17-year game of hide-and-seek ends after drone finds him on mountain
Back to jail for people trafficker
Edge + IoT01 Oct 2019 | 33
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
Edge + IoT01 Oct 2019 | 37
Sussex Police gives up on £790k Gatwick drone shutdown probe
No new arrests, no idea what happened
Edge + IoT27 Sep 2019 | 37
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