GM plans to use car data to sell insurance: The insurance word is prepping for a shift as the internet of things lets companies understand risk in real-time as opposed to basing it on historical data. But the companies who have the real-time data … [Read more...]
Deactivation and disconnections: How will an IoT product die?
I get an email from a ghost every month. My Lux thermostat, which I removed from my wall sometime in 2018 after deactivating the app, sends me an email with the subject, "Your Wireless Thermostat Is Offline." Technically, the thermostat isn't sending … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for July 26, 2019
IoT security questions? Start here: This report from the Industrial Internet Consortium is my new favorite resource for explaining security concepts related to IoT devices and networking. It lays out exactly what tools are available and how they … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 21, 2019
The FCC looks at connectivity for farms: Agriculture is taking advantage of innovations in sensors and AI to bring technology to farming. However, as I've written before, farmers are often stuck in areas without quality cellular coverage. A group of … [Read more...]
Podcast: ARM’s new architecture and Anki’s adorable robot
This week’s podcast kicks off with a deep dive into the news shared at ARM’s TechCon event happening in Santa Clara, Calif. We talk about ARM’s new architecture, move on to Facebook’s privacy fudge and then spend a lot of time discussing the UK’s new … [Read more...]