Tuya, the Chinese company that provides a backend service for IoT device makers, had filed to raise $100 million through an initial public offering. The company, founded in 2014, reported $179.9 million in revenue for 2020 and a net loss of $66.9 … [Read more...]
Podcast: New devices and new threats
This week's show covers device launches from Amazon last week and Google this week. We also talk about connected coffee machines getting hacked, Amazon letting people pay with their palm, and Apple's smart home patents. After that, we switch to … [Read more...]
Golioth wants to be a cloud designed for hardware nerds
What would a cloud platform designed for hardware engineers look like? That's the question entrepreneur Jonathan Beri asked himself more than a year ago, after a career building connected devices and struggling to connect them to the cloud. His … [Read more...]
Podcast: How to make the electric grid more like the internet
This week Kevin and I dig into two sets of best practices for privacy and data collection relating to track-and-trace programs enacted on our devices. One is from Microsoft, and the other is from MIT. We also talk about Ring asking users if they want … [Read more...]
Meet the guys behind the guys in the IoT
I have been down on IoT platforms lately, but there are a few that have found their niche. For example, there are hundreds of companies around the world that want to create a connected device but don't have the engineering expertise or even the … [Read more...]