We built this (smart) city… on blockchain and LoRaWAN – San José picks peer-to-peer IoT

The city of San José in Silicon Valley, in California, has struck an arrangement with blockchain-based LoRaWAN provider Helium to extend broadband access to local residents and enterprises in exchange for hosting and expanding new peer-to-peer IoT network infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal, the city will deploy Helium-compatible LoRaWAN hotspots to residents and…

Beware of Fake Amnesty International Antivirus for Pegasus that Hacks PCs with Malware

In yet another indicator of how hacking groups are quick to capitalize on world events and improvise their attack campaigns for maximum impact, threat actors have been discovered impersonating Amnesty International to distribute malware that purports to be security software designed to safeguard against NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillanceware. “Adversaries have set up a phony website…

Enterprises and the Future of Mobile Devices

Mobile devices like smartphones are often categorized as consumer devices, and yet they’re really crossover machines that impact the enterprise space and worker productivity in many industries. Smartphone trends, therefore, are worth watching when considering the future of work, since the smart devices and applications that become ubiquitous in the consumer realm become part of…

Final Episode of SpaceX Docuseries Lands on Netflix

The final episode of a docuseries following SpaceX’s historic all-civilian mission hit Netflix on Thursday, September 30. The Inspiration4 mission with non-professional astronauts Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on September 15 and returned three days later in a splashdown off the Florida coast. The crew…