The Zigbee Alliance has started a new Europe-focused special interest group to promote the short-range technology in the European market. The group is chaired by Swedish flat-pack furniture company Ikea, which integrates Zigbee into its smart lighting products. The European group will also lead the work programme for the alliance’s Connected Home over IP project,…
A new algorithm that predicts the susceptibility of different animals to COVID-19 suggests that horses and camels are at increased risk of catching the virus. The project was initiated by Jacquelyn Brown, a staff scientist at Vanderbilt University and avid equestrian, after she learned that dogs and cats could be infected with COVID-19: I became…
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a new botnet hijacking Internet-connected smart devices in the wild to perform nefarious tasks, mostly DDoS attacks, and illicit cryptocurrency coin mining. Discovered by Qihoo 360’s Netlab security team, the HEH Botnet — written in Go language and armed with a proprietary peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol, spreads via a…
The Braun MultiQuick 9 has a great build quality. The shaft is made of stainless steel, and the blades are designed so you can move them closer to what you’re blending. The top part of the blender is made of plastic, which feels durable, and there’s a rubber grip pad for your hand. Unfortunately, the…
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Apple’s eighth-generation iPad with a 10.2-inch Retina display is already part of early Prime Day deals, less than a month after its release. The popularity of tablets has grown over the years, so there will surely be many people looking for good iPad deals once Prime Day starts on October 13. You…
Nokia officially entered the smart TV business back in December of 2019 with its 55-inch 4K model. Earlier today, Flipkart (which holds the official Nokia licensing rights for TVs) announced six new models for the Indian market. They start from 32-inches and go all the way up to 65-inches. New Nokia…
Security researchers from Netlab have discovered two new IoT botnets called HEH and Ttint. Netlab is the network research division of Chinese cybersecurity giant Qihoo 360. The company’s researchers first spotted the Ttint botnet targeting Tenda routers using two zero-day vulnerabilities. Ttint spreads a remote control trojan based on code from the Mirai malware. Mirai…
Sigfox has made good on its promise to hit the magic dollar mark for asset tracking devices, and to shore up its position in the fragmented IoT networking space as the sector searches for ‘massive’ global scale. The France-based narrowband IoT networking firm, which had 16.2 million connections on its networks at last count, is…
Hyundai‘s first batch of seven XCIENT hydrogen fuel cell-powered trucks have been presented to its customers in Switzerland today, kicking off the company’s plan to deliver 1,600 such zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles by 2025. That’s the result of a joint venture between Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility (HHM) and Swiss firm H2 Energy. 50 of those will roll…
Every company needs help with cybersecurity. No CISO ever said, “I have everything I need and am fully confident that our organization is fully protected against breaches.” This is especially true for small and mid-sized enterprises that don’t have the luxury of enormous cybersecurity budgets and a deep bench of cybersecurity experts. To address this…
