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Who's in charge of regulating the Internet of Things?

Pressure is growing on federal regulators and homeland security officials to offer some reassurance to the public about the security of the internet of things after last week’s massive DDoS attack. In letters Tuesday to the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, Sen. …

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U.S. To Issue IoT Principles After Internet Cyberattack

A recent large-scale series of cyber attacks brought down multiple major websites in the U.S. and now the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) acknowledges IoT device security to be a factor. “This malware is referred to as Mirai and compromises Internet of Things devices, such as surveillance cameras and entertainment systems connected to the Internet,” …

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Honeywell And Flowserve Collaborate On Industrial Internet Of Things (IIoT) Solutions

HOUSTON, Oct. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Flowserve today announced they will collaborate to provide Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions to help industrial customers make their operations, safer, more efficient and more reliable. The collaboration will be part of the Honeywell INspireTM program, Honeywell’s joint customer development program for its IIoT ecosystem. …

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer

What happens to a company when a visionary CEO is gone? Most often, innovation dies and the company coasts for years on momentum and its brand. Rarely does it regain its former glory. Here’s why. Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later, it’s …

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San Diego start-up bakes Web parental controls in Wi-Fi router

The co-inventor of the popular MiFi mobile hotspot has launched a new venture – a high-performance Wi-Fi router that lets parents manage their childrens’ Internet use. San Diego resident John Wu, founder with Arup Bhattacharya of Gryphon Online Safety, is seeking to raise $50,000 in a Kickstarter campaign for the specialized router based on Qualcomm’s latest Wi-Fi technology. The home router …

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The Day of the Zombie Baby Monitors: When hackers weaponized the Internet of Things

By Editorial Board, WHAT HAPPENED last Friday on the Internet might be remembered as the Day of the Zombie Baby Monitors. Tens of millions of electronic devices that are online, such as baby monitors, security webcams and digital video recorders, all of them infected with malware, were given a mysterious order to attack, and they …

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Amazon's Alexa is on board to help you fact-check all the major politicians

“Alexa, ask the fact-checkers.” Now you can fact-check politicians instantly with help from Alexa and the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Tap, according to Engadget. The Alexa skill called Share the Facts, is a spinoff of a widget used by fact-checking organizations. The widget enables readers to check out original source material and to share the …

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