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…

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…

On keeping up with endpoint security

Keeping pace with increasing cybersecurity threats is more important than ever. The rapid proliferation of IoT devices and their historically poor security practices have made them key targets while changing working practices unlocks new opportunities but also threats. In this interview with Paul Zimski, VP of Product at Automox, IoT News tapped the company’s expertise…

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…