How to think about your job as a data scientist: This isn't a news brief so much as a recommendation to anyone who reads this newsletter and is interested in how to build AI models to go read this post. It's a nice overview that links software … [Read more...]
Ransomware may be waning, but wiper malware is growing
This story was originally publish on Jan. 20, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. Ransomware payments are dropping even as there's been a shift in hackers' tactics toward using wiper malware to delete data rather than ransom it, according to data … [Read more...]
Podcast: Smart cities and smart fridges galore
Welcome to the weekly podcast! We're moving Black Friday to October thanks to chip shortages and shipping delays. Meanwhile, Amazon is working on a smart fridge, Google is trying to use a $10 monthly subscription and Nest thermostats to help people … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Sept. 24, 2021
We are offloading too much to tech: The productivity boost that technology drove in the late 1990s and early 2000s has convinced a certain section of the population that software, chips, and data can solve many of the hard problems facing the world. … [Read more...]
Podcast: Radar is coming to the smart home
Welcome to another show! We're spending the first few minutes of the show diving into the rise of RF sensing in the IoT, covering the news of Amazon applying for an FCC waiver to use radar for sleep tracking, the FCC creating a notice of proposed … [Read more...]