After a California device security law went into effect at the start of this year, one of the open questions was whether each individual IoT product needed a unique hardware identifier. One of the people I spoke with from the chip world said that … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for March 13, 2020
Microsoft discovers utilities are big on IoT: Once again, Microsoft has interviewed executives in a specific industry to understand how that industry views IoT. This time, the software giant interviewed 100 executives in the utility sector … [Read more...]
Podcast: Lights out for first-gen Hue hubs and Lightify
This week's show starts off with Kevin and me explaining exactly what's happening with the death of the first-gen Philips Hue hubs (which we mentioned way back in November) and the death of the cloud servers powering OSRAM's Lightify products. We … [Read more...]
Home Assistant smart home setup: Easy for techies, less so for “normals”
This past weekend, we switched over to Daylight Savings Time and all of my smart devices followed suit. Well, one didn’t: My Samsung SmartThings Hub took an extra 24 hours to adjust, so routines for lights to turn on 15 minutes prior to sunset lit up … [Read more...]
Can you get the state of a door lock without having a smart lock?
On our most recent IoT Podcast, Billy called in with what I thought was a simple question to answer. He wants to know when his door is locked or unlocked, a feature that’s table stakes for nearly any smart lock. But then I realized: Billy doesn’t … [Read more...]
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