The low-power and short-range segments of the wider IoT market, along with industrial majors, are seeking to re-engineer and innovate afresh in order to produce rapid low-cost IoT sensing solutions to assist with the global Covid-19 pandemic. Notably, IoT solution developer WMW, part of Belgian IT firm Clear Digital, has reworked around 100 IoT applications,…
It’s hard for humans to understand exponential growth. We often hear the phrase tossed around colloquially when discussing coronavirus’ infectiousness — and how it seemingly grew into a pandemic out of no time – but even if you excelled at high school algebra, chances are you’d have a hard time actually visualizing what that means.…
Revolutionary ideas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics don’t occur every day. But when those “eureka” moments happen, we need to provide a forum to explore those ideas, judge them on their merits, and distinguish the extraordinary from the merely good. Once a year, Nokia Bell Labs makes that forum a reality, where robust proposals…
Google is rolling out a new “Privacy Screen” feature this week that will allow Google Drive users on iOS devices to use passcodes or biometric authentication to protect their files. Privacy Screen will use Face ID, Touch ID or a passcode to lock certain files you choose — only bringing those documents into view when the…
The COVID-19 pandemic has bred disruption and uncertainty throughout the global business community. To comply with social distancing requirements, companies have unexpectedly (and rapidly) pivoted their teams to remote work.
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This is an excerpt from a full report called ‘Crossing the IT/OT divide – from co-creation to co-configuration, and how to bring industrial IoT to scale’. The report, part of Enterprise IoT Insights’ ongoing Digital Factory Solutions series, is available to download (for free) from here. Other entries in the Digital Factory Solutions series can…
How Ingenuity Saved the Apollo 13 Crew Against all odds and without ever having simulated such a situation, the team had to rely on ingenuity. After the explosion, they had to move to the landing module, using it as a lifeboat. For the next days, they had to face a series of unfortunate events such as…
Google has ousted 49 Chrome browser extensions from its Web Store that masqueraded as cryptocurrency wallets but contained malicious code to siphon off sensitive information and empty the digital currencies. The 49 browser add-ons, potentially the work of Russian threat actors, were identified (find the list here) by researchers from MyCrypto and PhishFort. “Essentially, the extensions…
With more employees working remotely across the globe due to coronavirus COVID-19, breaches will continue to increase at an almost unprecedented rate. The World Economic Forum says the COVID-19 pandemic poses the risk of increased cyberattacks—as hackers are taking this opportunity to target people’s increased dependence on digital tools. The World Economic Forum also encourages…
The last gadgets we all thought would be at near out-of-stock levels during a pandemic are webcams. It’s hard to imagine, but that’s our current reality. Shopping online may not yield as many offerings, since many of the established name brands are out of stock — leaving only suspect alternatives. So, what are your options?…
