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Amazon Key door-entry flaw: No easy fix to stop rogue couriers burgling your place unseen

Analysis Patch incoming, hardware recall required to fully address underlying problem

Edge + IoT16 Nov 2017 | 116

Internet of So Much Stuff: Don't wanna be a security id-IoT

IoT is not the same as IT... normal infosec does not pply

Edge + IoT16 Nov 2017 | 24

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, look out for must-have toys that are 'easily hacked' ♪

Which? found this year's hot playthings lack basic security

Edge + IoT14 Nov 2017 | 46

Online outrage makes Logitech drop a brick: Now it will replace slain Harmony Link gizmos

And tries to explain 'class action lawsuit' forum censorship

Edge + IoT09 Nov 2017 | 23

Hells door-bells! Ring pieces paralyzed in horror during Halloween trick-or-treat rush

Plus: Slap for Slack stack chaps in crap chat app mishap flap

Edge + IoT01 Nov 2017 | 83

You're designing an internet fridge. Should you go for fat HTML or a Qt-pie for your UI?

Funnily enough, Qt says the latter

Edge + IoT27 Oct 2017 | 40

Knock, knock? Oh, no one there? No problem, Amazon will let itself in via your IoT smart lock

1-Click king's one-click entry

Edge + IoT25 Oct 2017 | 128

IoT pushes Arm over the Edge: Mbed Cloud offers to grab gadget gateways

TechCon Plus: Magic stuff to spot people sniffing secrets from chips

Edge + IoT24 Oct 2017 | 1

Arm isn't saying IoT firmware sucks but it's writing a free secure BIOS for device makers

TechCon Take the hint, manufacturers of weak kit

Edge + IoT23 Oct 2017 | 25

Do fear the Reaper: Huge army of webcams, routers raised from 'one million' hacked orgs

Check your cameras, broadband gateways, NAS boxes for latest botnet malware

Edge + IoT20 Oct 2017 | 48

Lucky Canada. Google chooses Toronto as site of posthuman urban lab

Town has an API, but no cars

Edge + IoT19 Oct 2017 | 23

Hitachi's IoT gang punts never-off data protection platform

A masterclass in mind-boggling 'always-on availability' spiel

Edge + IoT18 Oct 2017 | 1

Have you heard the one about IoT network tech that uses SIM cards?

Thingstream reckons USSD is talking thingies' future

Edge + IoT17 Oct 2017 | 14

Dell makes $1bn bet that IoT at the edge can kill cloud computing takeover

Analysis Edgy move: Acting to preserve on-premises IT

Edge + IoT11 Oct 2017 | 37

Hey, IoT vendors. When a paediatric nurse tells you to fix security, you definitely screwed up

VB2017 Jelena Milosevic says what we're all thinking

Edge + IoT05 Oct 2017 | 33

Smart burglar alarms: Look who just tossed their hat into the ring ... It's, er, Ring

Launch comes a week after Nest does the same

Edge + IoT02 Oct 2017 | 15

Welcome to the future: Bluetooth jackets you can only wash 10 times. Gee, thanks, Google

Phone-controlling Levi's soft-wear for, presumably, non-sweaty nerds

Edge + IoT25 Sep 2017 | 63

Sigfox doesn't do IP and is therefore secure, says UK IoT network operator

Bold claim by WND-UK grand fromage

Edge + IoT25 Sep 2017 | 19

You've been baffled by its smart thermostat. Now strap in for Nest's IoT doorbell, alarm gear

First fondle Our vulture gets his claws into new hardware

Edge + IoT20 Sep 2017 | 62

Say Hello to my little friend: Nest blasts IoT world with doorbell, home security gear

Hope it doesn't freeze out folks like its thermostat

Edge + IoT20 Sep 2017 | 29

IoT gateways get a benchmark from the TPC

You're going to run a pair of servers to tend 'things' and pre-analyse their data, OK?

Edge + IoT15 Sep 2017 | 1

Vodafone's IoT boss packs bag, Sprints off to America

Ivo Rook heads to US telco, picks up Softbank advisory role

Edge + IoT12 Sep 2017 | 2

Smart cities? Tell it like it is, they're surveillance cities

Opinion Lots of lovely data, less of lovely privacy

Edge + IoT07 Sep 2017 | 55

Nest cracks out cheaper spin of its thermostat

Now just $169 if you're willing to lose the hi-tech look

Edge + IoT31 Aug 2017 | 56

How the CIA, Comcast can snoop on your sleep patterns, sex toy usage

The smart home may need to get a whole lot smarter, researchers warn

Edge + IoT29 Aug 2017 | 54

Mazda and Toyota join forces on Linux-based connected car platform

No button to silence squabbling kids in the back as yet

OSes29 Aug 2017 | 63

'Driverless' lorry platoons will soon be on a motorway near you

UK.gov pours £8.1m into fresh series of trials

Edge + IoT25 Aug 2017 | 122

Sonos will deny updates to those who snub rewritten privacy terms

Your data, or we cut you off

Edge + IoT22 Aug 2017 | 85

Taken a while but finally here's the first proper smart-home gizmo

Comment And it's a light bulb from Ikea

Edge + IoT15 Aug 2017 | 65

Toyota, Intel, Ericsson team to get cars talking to the cloud

Plan new networking and compute architectures, plus 'topology-aware storage'

Edge + IoT14 Aug 2017 | 11

Firmware update blunder bricks hundreds of home 'smart' locks

Automatic over-the-air upgrade will knacker front-door gear for at least five days

Edge + IoT11 Aug 2017 | 119

Apple pulls massive HomeKit chip U-turn to keep up with Amazon Echo and Google Home

Analysis Blink and you'd have missed surprise news

Edge + IoT04 Aug 2017 | 24

Grab a fork! Unravelling the Internet of Things' standards spaghetti

'Just switch it on and watch it connect.' Yeah, right

Edge + IoT02 Aug 2017 | 16

No vulns. No hardwired passwords. Patchable. Congress dreams of IoT: Impossible Online Tech

We all want totally secure gear. And flying cars. And $1m. And...

Edge + IoT01 Aug 2017 | 29

Intel loves the maker community so much it just axed its Arduino, Curie hardware. Ouch

Translation: It's all yours, ARM. Take it away

Edge + IoT25 Jul 2017 | 38

IBM's X-Force to slip digits into IoT networks and connected cars

Pen-testing service delivered alongside Watson IoT platform

Edge + IoT25 Jul 2017 | 1

'Millions of IoT gizmos' wide open to hijackers after devs drop gSOAP

Likelihood of patching for every affected system is zero

Edge + IoT19 Jul 2017 | 38

Segway hoverboard hijack hack could make hipsters eat pavement

Wheel-diculous Bluetooth security revealed

Edge + IoT19 Jul 2017 | 32

We'll hit THAT 95% Sigfox coverage target using telly aerials, says WND-UK

Well, rooftop yagis hooked up to 12v Intel PCs

Edge + IoT19 Jul 2017 | 18

2017: The FBI alerts parents to dangers of Internet of Sh*t toys

Families urged to brush up on opsec, check for privacy leaks, patch security flaws, if possible

Edge + IoT17 Jul 2017 | 24

Juicero does to its staff what your hands can do to its overpriced juice sacks

Pulp-squeezing juicebags to drop a quarter of its workers

Edge + IoT14 Jul 2017 | 39

YASA* looks at turning commercial buildings into Internet things

'Fairhair' is *Yet Another Standards Alliance, but at least it cares about security

Edge + IoT13 Jul 2017 | 7

Better mobe coverage needed for connected cars, says firm flogging networking gear

Nokia's well aboard the zeitgeist bandwagon

Edge + IoT11 Jul 2017 | 20

Zero accidents, all of your data – what The Reg learnt at Bosch's autonomous car bash

Pictures Roving reporter returns from test track in deepest Baden-Württemberg

Edge + IoT07 Jul 2017 | 112

IoT coverage for 95% of UK by 2019? We can't even do 4G, Sigfox

French firm and new pals WND announce, err, ambitious plans

Edge + IoT23 Jun 2017 | 9

F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen on IoT: If it uses electricity, it will go online

Want a more secure PC? Try Windows 10 S, says CRO

Edge + IoT21 Jun 2017 | 111

The Internet of Flying Thing: Reg man returns with explicit shots

Pics A flight to nowhere, complete with streaming Netflix

Edge + IoT20 Jun 2017 | 35

Intel: Joule's burned, Edison switched off, and Galileo – Galileo is no more

Chipzilla takes axe to IoT and embedded compute lines

Edge + IoT20 Jun 2017 | 56

BMW climbs into IBM Watson's cloudy connected charabanc

Hey, insurance firms! We've got smart car data to flog you!

Edge + IoT14 Jun 2017 | 9

Infosec guru Schneier: Govts will intervene to regulate Internet of Sh!t

Crappy software everywhere means we face a world of pain

Edge + IoT08 Jun 2017 | 49

EU, China may demand concessions for Qualcomm's $39bn Dutch chip plant slurp

Analysis NXP acquisition part of IoT push, say market-watchers

Edge + IoT07 Jun 2017 | 11

Nest leaves competition in the dust with new smart camera

It's not cheap, but it is good

Edge + IoT31 May 2017 | 71

Apple has finally found someone to support HomeKit

But Belkin's new bridge only reinforces the problem of a locked-down ecosystem

Edge + IoT25 May 2017 | 9

Are telcos' customers expecting too much of IoT connectivity techs?

Also, here's why LTE-M gained ground over NB-IoT in Europe

Edge + IoT24 May 2017 | 5

IoT standards? We've got 'em. And if you don't like those, we got more

Cities sick of being used as techies' sandboxes

Edge + IoT23 May 2017 | 16

Three-quarters of IoT projects are failing, says Cisco

But don't let poor proof of concept and insecurity put you off...

Edge + IoT23 May 2017 | 18

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Amazon Key door-entry flaw: No easy fix to stop rogue couriers burgling your place unseen

Internet of So Much Stuff: Don't wanna be a security id-IoT

Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, look out for must-have toys that are 'easily hacked' ♪

Online outrage makes Logitech drop a brick: Now it will replace slain Harmony Link gizmos

Alexa, please cause the cops to raid my home

Logitech: We're gonna brick your Harmony Link gizmos next year

Would insurance firms pay out if your driverless car got hacked?

'Qualcomm, we will buy you... for... one HUNDRED... BILLION DOLLARS' – Broadcom

Hells door-bells! Ring pieces paralyzed in horror during Halloween trick-or-treat rush

You're designing an internet fridge. Should you go for fat HTML or a Qt-pie for your UI?

Knock, knock? Oh, no one there? No problem, Amazon will let itself in via your IoT smart lock

IoT pushes Arm over the Edge: Mbed Cloud offers to grab gadget gateways

Arm isn't saying IoT firmware sucks but it's writing a free secure BIOS for device makers

Do fear the Reaper: Huge army of webcams, routers raised from 'one million' hacked orgs

Lucky Canada. Google chooses Toronto as site of posthuman urban lab

Hitachi's IoT gang punts never-off data protection platform

Have you heard the one about IoT network tech that uses SIM cards?

Dell makes $1bn bet that IoT at the edge can kill cloud computing takeover

Hey, IoT vendors. When a paediatric nurse tells you to fix security, you definitely screwed up

Smart burglar alarms: Look who just tossed their hat into the ring ... It's, er, Ring

Welcome to the future: Bluetooth jackets you can only wash 10 times. Gee, thanks, Google

Sigfox doesn't do IP and is therefore secure, says UK IoT network operator

You've been baffled by its smart thermostat. Now strap in for Nest's IoT doorbell, alarm gear

Say Hello to my little friend: Nest blasts IoT world with doorbell, home security gear

IoT gateways get a benchmark from the TPC

Vodafone's IoT boss packs bag, Sprints off to America

Smart cities? Tell it like it is, they're surveillance cities

Nest cracks out cheaper spin of its thermostat

How the CIA, Comcast can snoop on your sleep patterns, sex toy usage

Mazda and Toyota join forces on Linux-based connected car platform

'Driverless' lorry platoons will soon be on a motorway near you

Sonos will deny updates to those who snub rewritten privacy terms

Taken a while but finally here's the first proper smart-home gizmo

Toyota, Intel, Ericsson team to get cars talking to the cloud

Firmware update blunder bricks hundreds of home 'smart' locks

Apple pulls massive HomeKit chip U-turn to keep up with Amazon Echo and Google Home

Grab a fork! Unravelling the Internet of Things' standards spaghetti

No vulns. No hardwired passwords. Patchable. Congress dreams of IoT: Impossible Online Tech

Intel loves the maker community so much it just axed its Arduino, Curie hardware. Ouch

IBM's X-Force to slip digits into IoT networks and connected cars

'Millions of IoT gizmos' wide open to hijackers after devs drop gSOAP

Segway hoverboard hijack hack could make hipsters eat pavement

We'll hit THAT 95% Sigfox coverage target using telly aerials, says WND-UK

2017: The FBI alerts parents to dangers of Internet of Sh*t toys

Juicero does to its staff what your hands can do to its overpriced juice sacks

YASA* looks at turning commercial buildings into Internet things

Better mobe coverage needed for connected cars, says firm flogging networking gear

Zero accidents, all of your data – what The Reg learnt at Bosch's autonomous car bash

IoT coverage for 95% of UK by 2019? We can't even do 4G, Sigfox

F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen on IoT: If it uses electricity, it will go online

The Internet of Flying Thing: Reg man returns with explicit shots

Intel: Joule's burned, Edison switched off, and Galileo – Galileo is no more

BMW climbs into IBM Watson's cloudy connected charabanc

Infosec guru Schneier: Govts will intervene to regulate Internet of Sh!t

EU, China may demand concessions for Qualcomm's $39bn Dutch chip plant slurp

Nest leaves competition in the dust with new smart camera

Apple has finally found someone to support HomeKit

Are telcos' customers expecting too much of IoT connectivity techs?

IoT standards? We've got 'em. And if you don't like those, we got more

Three-quarters of IoT projects are failing, says Cisco

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