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Security technology specialist Thales has announced that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the fastest- growing trend in the deployment of applications that use public key infrastructure (PKI). IoT deployments of PKI have grown by 23 percent since 2015, according to a new report sponsored by the company. The 2018 Global PKI Trends Study, based…
Elon Musk is to step down as chairman of electric car maker Tesla after agreeing a deal with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle the fraud lawsuit against him. The SEC initiated legal action against the billionaire entrepreneur on 27 September for making “false and misleading” statements in August about taking Tesla…
As Sir Tim-Berners Lee launches a new initiative, Solid, that aims to reset the connected world in citizens’ favour, Chris Middleton explains what the Web’s originator is doing. SPECIAL REPORT Prime mover of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has long called for two things: data openness and greater respect for personal privacy online.…
SoftBank’s British chip-making giant Arm has launched what it describes as the “world’s first autonomous-class” processor for driverless vehicles. The Arm Cortex-A76AE has been designed exclusively for automotive applications. The processor is the first in Arm’s new Automotive Enhanced (AE) line and includes specific features for in-vehicle processing. The move opens the door to the design of safety-hardened chips…
May Mobility launched its first low-speed autonomous shuttle service in Detroit this summer. By March, the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company will be operating in at least three U.S. cities. The company, which just announced plans to expand to Columbus, Ohio, is planning to add another route in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It’s a rapid acceleration for…
NEWSBYTE: The Internet of Things Community, which claims to be the world’s largest group of corporate executives, IoT professionals and practitioners, has announced a new healthcare-focused IoT Centre of Excellence (CoE). The CoE is being created to provide solid guidelines for healthcare providers to implement IoT. Chris Sullivan, global healthcare practice lead, Zebra Technologies will…
Telecoms giant AT&T has partnered with San Francisco counter-drone startup Dedrone to develop a detection solution to protect military bases and other sensitive locations from what they describe as “malicious drones”. The issue of drone misuse – pilots flying where they shouldn’t do or, in some cases, the weaponising of off-the-shelf models – has garnered public attention…
If the current presidential administration’s approach to climate change could be summarized in one sentence, it seems that sentence would be “smoke em if you got em.” By the administration’s own estimate, on its current course (if nations around the world do nothing more to respond to the climate change threat) the planet will warm…
Controlling and scaling massive Internet of Things (IoT) installations is difficult, especially in asset-rich organisations, such as industrial and manufacturing companies. More, with each connected thing being a data point that could tell both operators and business leaders how the organisation is running – and predict how it will run in the future – managing…
