Which? highlights smart speakers, security cameras sharing data to social media, marketing firms

Which? research has found that smart home device owners are being asked to provide large amount of data to manufacturers, which could compromise their privacy and potentially result in them handing their personal information to social media and marketing firms. The consumer champion found companies appear to hoover up far more data than is needed

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Commvault, AWS expand partnership to simplify cloud migration

Commvault has announced its continued integration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) by joining AWS ISV Workload Migration Programme and attaining multiple AWS Service Ready Programme designations. As part of service ready programme, Commvault software has been validated as AWS Graviton, AWS PrivateLink, and Amazon Linux Ready for its Backup and Recovery solution.

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TDengine debuts cloud-based time-series data processing platform in AWS Marketplace

TDengine, an open-source time-series data platform, announced that TDengine Cloud is available for purchase in AWS Marketplace, a buyer and seller online shop launched by Amazon in 2012. Additionally, the company announced that it has joined the AWS Partner Network (APN), a global community of partners working with AWS to provide programmes and resources to build, market,

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Biden-⁠Harris Administration announces cybersecurity labeling programme for smart devices

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced a cybersecurity certification and labeling programme to help Americans choose smart devices that are safer and less vulnerable to cyberattacks. The new “U.S. Cyber Trust Mark” programme proposed by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel would raise the bar for cybersecurity across common devices, including smart refrigerators, smart microwaves, smart

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Taming the ‘Wild West’ of smart-home security to enable widespread adoption

One of the biggest obstacles for fulfilling the promise of smart-home technology has been lack of consumer confidence in device security. Smart-home devices are perceived to operate like the lawless Wild West. A smartphone manufacturer with billions in brand equity will tightly follow recognised security practices. However, a little-known Wi-Fi camera maker might cut corners

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Aqara adds presence sensor FP2 to its smart sensor portfolio

Aqara, a provider of smart home products, expands its wide-ranged smart sensor portfolio with the introduction of the presence sensor FP2, a sensor for precise human presence detection. Equipped with the millimetre wave (mmWave) radar technology, the FP2 solves many pain points of the traditional passive infrared (PIR) presence sensors and enables a more tailored

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Shipments of smart home devices fell in 2022 but growth is expected in 2023, says IDC

Global shipments of smart home devices declined for the first time in 2022 as shipments fell 2.6% year over year to 871.8 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker.

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Amazon invites developers to test Sidewalk, build next billion connected devices

Seattle. United States – Amazon, Inc., has announced that Amazon Sidewalk, a secure, low-bandwidth, long-range network designed to connect the next billion devices, is now open for developer testing. Sidewalk coverage now extends to 90% of the U.S. population, and free test kits are available for developers to validate the breadth of Sidewalk coverage for

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KORE debuts MODGo: A solution for IoT device deployment, logistics management

KORE, a global provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and worldwide IoT Connectivity-as-a-Service, has launched and demonstrated its new technology software MODGo, which provides a digital approach to IoT asset management, at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. The solution aims to provide a streamlined approach to managed services, and is designed to help organisations overcome

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Industry needs drive a thirst for new IoT solutions 

The annual IoT Solutions World Congress in Barcelona recently took place, and Antony Savvas was there for IoT Now to find out how industry movers and shakers were tackling challenges around connectivity, building partner ecosystems, sustainability and evolving standards. 

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GearBrain’s IoT configurator solves interoperability for smart devices

The platform created to solve interoperability for owners of smart homes and devices, is our patent IoT configurator. What is an IoT configurator? It is a platform that helps a user find compatibility of two or more products across a single ecosystem. For instance, if a user wants to find a smart light that is compatible with their

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Digital transformation and distributed denial of service

Cyberthreats are intimately tied up with digital transformation. An unfortunate irony of innovation, says Ashley Stephenson, CTO of Corero Network Security, is that the developments that benefit us, will also furnish attackers with new ways to exploit us.

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Iridium debuts its next generation satellite IoT data service

Iridium Communications Inc., has announced the service introduction of Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT), a two-way cloud-native networked data service optimised for use over Iridium Certus and designed to make it easier to add satellite connections to existing or new IoT solutions.

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LEXI develops universal IoT platform for easing IoT experience

Berkeley, United States – LEXI, the company behind the comprehensive IoT technologies that are transforming how both enterprises and consumers manage and automate their smart spaces, announced the LEXI IoT platform – a sizable step forward in easing the IoT experience for everyone connecting products, across apps, and across ecosystems.

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Tuya debuts BornSmart campaign with UK partners Phopollo, LVWIT, Calex and Devola

Tuya Smart, a IoT development platform service provider, collaborated with four of its U.K. partners Phopollo, LVWIT, Calex and Devola for a social media campaign to promote smart home living styles in the U.K.

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Aqara adds a smart radiator thermostat to its product portfolio

New York – Aqara, a provider of smart home products, introduced its Radiator Thermostat E1 to automate hydronic radiators including wall-mounted radiators, towel warmers and even warm floors, making the heating systems smarter for improved energy efficiency and comfort. This radiator thermostat supports most radiator valves with its M30*1.5mm thread connection and the provided adapters

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