Earlier this week, news broke that Google reportedly made an offer to acquire Fitbit, the company that makes popular activity trackers for mainstream consumers. I read dozens of reactions from Fitbit owners on social media and almost all of them can … [Read more...]
Here’s how the FDA wants to regulate AI
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is reviewing the future of medicine and wants your opinion on how it should handle machine learning. The agency, which has been ahead of the curve with its thinking about connected devices and AI in medicine, has … [Read more...]
Google’s Anthos and the death of Stringify
This week Kevin and I spend a chunk of the podcast discussing the end of Stringify and the other options available to users. We also talk about the need for an easy way to transfer automations from one system to another. After that, we tackle … [Read more...]
After Boeing’s 737 MAX, how do we regulate automation?
In the wake of a second crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airplane, most countries, including the U.S., have ordered airlines to stop flying that particular plane. The death of more than 350 people in two plane crashes over a five-month period is … [Read more...]
IoT news of the the week for Feb. 1, 2019
How about an Energy Star label for IoT security? Public Knowledge, a consumer rights organization, has proposed that the government mandate some kind of cybersecurity mark to denote that a connected device is secure. Much like the Energy Star label … [Read more...]