Amazon’s Sidewalk network is getting larger: We caught wind of a new Sidewalk outdoor radio back in December and figured it was meant to be used by Amazon to broaden its LoRaWAN footprint. Turns out, we were correct. Amazon will use professional … [Read more...]
Podcast: As Alexa goes, so does the smart home?
We're back after a one-week break in the Internet of Things Podcast, and we didn't miss too much. The biggest stories of this show are the slow collapse of CES 2022 and a Bloomberg article that uses internal Amazon documents to show how Alexa growth … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Dec. 3, 2021
Some things I just learned about Matter: During a recent pre-CES chat with the folks from Eve, I learned that the company is planning to upgrade most of its devices either via firmware or, in the case of Eve's light switch and motion sensor, through … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 30, 2021
Microsoft discovers 25 security vulnerabilities in OT devices: Security researchers at Microsoft have shared research showing that a large class of industrial and embedded IoT devices are vulnerable to a class of memory allocation function … [Read more...]
Podcast: GE Appliances goes for the Gold in security
This week Kevin and I start the show with our thoughts on CES going digital, and then turn to subscriptions for smart products, specifically tied to the news that the Mellow sous vide is now charging for functionality that had been free. We then move … [Read more...]