As the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are becoming apparent, one area which has seen an understandable benefit in the global shutdown is air quality. Delhi, widely cited as one of the world’s most polluted cities, has seen something of a transformation. So have other major hubs; Beijing, Bogota, Sao Paulo. The vista has changed…
Ligado Networks has been granted use of the L-Band for IoT and 5G purposes despite criticism from the Defense Department and others. The company aims to use L-Band spectrum at 16GHz for a low-power terrestrial network supporting IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and 5G services. Doug Smith, President & CEO of Ligardo Networks, says: “Ligado…
Uber has launched two new services which turn the company’s drivers into couriers to help ensure people get what they need during the pandemic. The first of the services, Uber Direct, is essentially an expansion of Uber Eats and opens up the ability for drivers to deliver items that aren’t from restaurants including prescriptions, pet…
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared an investment from Amazon in connected food delivery service Deliveroo. Like many businesses, Deliveroo is struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s grasping some unique opportunities, such as delivering essential groceries from local supermarkets, the overall business has suffered from a large number of key…
Taking the leap to creating a smart factory can be a daunting prospect, especially if you feel uninformed. Daniel Belair, Siemens’ Digitalization Project Manager shares their Smart Factory Story to inspire others to innovate. Download Now This iframe contains the logic required to handle Ajax powered Gravity Forms. Source link Shiv EswarShiv has over 8…
Security researchers from Bitdefender have uncovered a new botnet which is targeting millions of IoT devices. The so-called dark_nexus botnet seeks to infect common IoT devices like smart cameras, routers, and more. Bitdefender gave dark_nexus its name after featuring in its user agent string when carrying out exploits over HTTP: “dark_NeXus_Qbot/4.0”. Qbot is another IoT…
“We believe that if the world can go wireless, it will,” explains Ken Hosac, vice president of IoT strategy and business development at Cradlepoint. Yet it is by no means a seamless passage into a new wireless world. Cradlepoint, with headquarters in Boise, Idaho, looks at some of the tougher connectivity challenges in the company’s…
A former Google engineer has admitted stealing trade secrets relating to the company’s self-driving car work. Anthony Levandowski was accused of downloading thousands of proprietary files from Google in 2015 prior to leaving the company. One of the files downloaded by Levandowski to his personal laptop was called ‘Chauffeur TL weekly updates – Q4 2015,’…
IoT News is a practical resource providing news, analysis and opinion on the burgeoning Internet of Things ecosystem, from standardisation, to business use cases, and development opportunities. We take the best research and put our own spin on it, report from the frontline of the industry, as well as feature contributions from companies at the…
IoT News is a practical resource providing news, analysis and opinion on the burgeoning Internet of Things ecosystem, from standardisation, to business use cases, and development opportunities. We take the best research and put our own spin on it, report from the frontline of the industry, as well as feature contributions from companies at the…
