Two good stories on the Colonial Pipeline hack: The big cybersecurity news this week was a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline Co., which controls a pipeline that sends jet fuel, gas, and heating oil along the Eastern Seaboard of the United … [Read More...]
Episode 320: Chip becomes Matter and hacked pipelines
This week's show hits on two of the biggest stories of the year for the smart home: Project Connected Home over IP is now called Matter and Amazon's Sidewalk Network adds Tile as a participant. We also discuss what it means for Zigbee after the … [Read More...]
You can learn much about Matter from the Project CHIP GitHub repo
It hasn’t been 24 hours since Project CHIP became Matter, and the Zigbee Alliance became the Connectivity Standards Alliance, and the full spec won't be available until fall, but there's already plenty of information about the new protocol if you … [Read More...]
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Project CHIP gets a new name and so does the Zigbee Alliance
As it prepares for the launch of a smart home interoperability standard, the Zigbee Alliance has changed its name to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) and will broaden its scope. At the same … [Read More...]
Cisco wants to be the middleman for smart buildings
What will happen to offices, now that we're getting COVID somewhat under control? Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, wants everyone back at their desks, while Google has shifted its plans to a … [Read More...]
The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innovation
It's bad out there for customers of electronic parts and components. The semiconductor shortage is so severe it's being covered by mainstream media; meanwhile, various politicians have tasked their … [Read More...]
Why not Bluetooth in the smart home instead of Thread?
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Chris called in to our podcast hotline asking for our thoughts on Bluetooth in the smart home as compared to the new Thread protocol. Both Bluetooth and Thread … [Read More...]
With Tile deal Amazon’s Sidewalk network just became more interesting
Tile, the company that pioneered Bluetooth tracking tags, said its devices will work with Amazon's Sidewalk Network starting in July. The news is notable for two reasons. The first is that it expands … [Read More...]