In the last month and a half, reading about how cities are enforcing curfews and police are monitoring Black Lives Matter protestors I've realized that the surveillance network we are worried about building with the internet of things is already in … [Read More...]
How to automatically turn lights on at sunset with Google Home
On our most recent IoT Podcast episode, Dean called in to the IoT voicemail hotline asking how to use Google Home for automatically turning on his Philips Hue and Wemo lights at sunset. Sunset and sunrise automations can be very useful, so I can … [Read More...]
Podcast: Google inches toward a smarter home
This week Kevin and I discuss the news from Google's smart home event, and what it means for the big players in the game, standards efforts, your television, and whether Amazon can compete without a smartphone when it comes to the smart home. From … [Read More...]
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IoT news of the week for July 10, 2020
Protect your ports! Honeywell finds USB malware is on the rise: According to a report from Honeywell analyzing the threats appearing on USB devices, such devices are hosting more trojans, worms, and … [Read More...]
The new “Works with Google” program takes a page from Apple
This week in three separate but identical events to accommodate different time-zones, Google is hosting its “Works With "Hey Google" Smart Home Summit”. I watched the first event for the APAC region … [Read More...]
Here’s why Arm’s IoT spin out moves make a lot of sense
Arm plans to spin out its IoT Platform business and its 2018 Treasure Data acquisition to new entities owned by parent company SoftBank so it can focus on its core chip design business. The chip … [Read More...]
Emplacement wants to help stop the internet of trash
I moved this week, and as part of the process have generated a pile of old and unused IoT devices that I can't bear to trash because I hate the idea of so much electronic waste going into the … [Read More...]
Why you want colored smart lights in your home and what you can do with them
On our most recent IoT podcast, Brad called in to the IoT voicemail hotline with a question about colored smart lights: He wants to know why anyone would want them and what can you do with … [Read More...]