This week's news was compiled and written by Kevin C. Tofel Carbon dioxide could deliver smart home privacy: Chalk up another interesting project from MIT’s Media Lab. The latest is a new approach to getting more privacy in the smart home. It uses … [Read more...]
Here’s what will happen to Arm’s IoT services business
Arm Holdings in September announced plans to sell its chip licensing business to Nvidia for $40 billion, but the so-called IoT Services Group is not part of the deal. The IoT Services group consists of three business units: Treasure Data, Pelion, and … [Read more...]
Here’s why Arm’s IoT spin out moves make a lot of sense
Arm plans to spin out its IoT Platform business and its 2018 Treasure Data acquisition to new entities owned by parent company SoftBank so it can focus on its core chip design business. The chip design company, whose IP is in almost all of the … [Read more...]
Podcast: Wink is a bad boyfriend and what about Wi-Fi HaLow?
This week's show starts off with Wink's new pricing plan (although it feels less like a plan and more like watching a toddler trying to chase a soccer ball.) After that, we talk about Wemo's decision to address a known security issue by pushing users … [Read more...]
Podcast: Meet the Digital Standard for IoT security and privacy
The battle for more secure IoT products will get its day in court now that a judge has rejected requests for summary judgment in a case pitting the FTC against D-Link. The agency called out D-Link for making insecure routers and cameras. Now, the … [Read more...]