ST Micro buys two wireless companies for its microcontroller biz: STMicroelectronics, a chip giant that makes several microcontrollers popular for the IoT, has purchased two companies specializing in different wireless radios. STMicro said it … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 17, 2020
Let's learn about a new neural network that could make edge ML more efficient: Everyone wants to move machine learning further to the edge, if only because that's where the data is. But matching data against a neural network takes a lot of computing … [Read more...]
Podcast: Smart cities, Ring, and the new surveillance state
On this week's show, privacy was a big theme beginning with our conversation about Ring's sharing of certain user data with third-party tracking sites, a plea from 40 organizations for the U.S. to stop using facial recognition technology, and a new … [Read more...]
The cloud is coming to the edge because latency matters
The past two weeks have marked a milestone for edge computing. In that time period, both Amazon and Microsoft have signed deals with large telco carriers to bring their cloud services to the edge. Both announcements focused on 5G and edge computing, … [Read more...]
Podcast: What to ask your landlord about smart apartments
Amazon is bringing its services closer to the edge with a new product and deal with Verizon, but it’s not the only cloud provider signing a partnership with a carrier. We also discuss Resideo’s executive change and a new smart home … [Read more...]