Amazon's head of devices, David Limp, plans to retire as part of a wave of executives that have been leaving Amazon in the last year. Also, next year Alexa and the Amazon Echo will be 10 years old, which prompted us to take a look at the role Alexa … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for April 7, 2023
Google's home security products fly the Nest: Three years ago, Google announced a partnership investment into ADT, and more of the reasons why became apparent this week. On April 8, 2024, Google will end support for its Nest Secure home security … [Read more...]
Podcast: Does the IoT mean the end of privacy?
This week's show kicks off with a discussion about Carnegie Mellon's research into detecting people's movements through walls using Wi-Fi. As part of the discussion we also talk about the use of stick figures to protect privacy and how little trust … [Read more...]
Podcast: Return of the HomePod
This week's show kicks off with a discussion of Apple's new HomePod, which has some cool machine learning capabilities and new sensors built into it, plus a higher price tag than most smart speakers. Then we talk about a survey out of the UK that … [Read more...]