Mexico is embracing Mioty as a scalable industrial IoT network: FábricaDigital, a network of several large enterprises in Mexico, has signed a deal with the Mioty Alliance to make the Mioty long-range, low-power IoT network viable for businesses in … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for June 2, 2023
The FTC fines Amazon over Ring and Alexa privacy violations: The Federal Trade Commission is gunning for Amazon with a $5.8 million fine for its Ring security business and a $25 million fine for Alexa. The FTC had filed a lawsuit against Ring over … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for May 19, 2023
Latch's deal for Jamie Siminoff’s startup is a $20M acqui-hire: This week, Latch acquired Honest Day's Work, a stealthy startup founded by Jamie Siminoff. Siminoff, who founded Ring and then sold it to Amazon in 2018, will become the CEO of Latch … [Read more...]
NTT envisions a “greener” IoT sensor
This story was originally published in my Oct. 14 weekly IoT newsletter. One of the larger challenges associated with the internet of things is e-waste. Every sensor deployed into the world has a cache of heavy, rare metals and hard-to-recycle … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Feb. 18, 2022
Eve's smart blinds are quiet and Thread compatible: Kevin reviewed the new Eve blinds that work with HomeKit and use Thread for connectivity. The Eve blinds join a rush of smart window covering options such as those from IKEA, Lutron, and Somfy. … [Read more...]