Tweet Share We’re bringing you the funk this week with the Internationale Funkausstellung show in Berlin. Better known by its acronym IFA, Tom Warren, Vlad Savov, James Vincent, Max Jeffrey, and Vjeran Pavic will be bringing you all the latest gadgets and tech from Europe’s biggest electronics exhibition. Sony’s Xperia X Compact looks likely to […]
Within one morning of playing around with a new Amazon Tap device, my 8-year-old daughter resorted to the scatological. To which the artificially-intelligent Alexa software responded, “Sorry, I can’t find the answer to the question I heard,” like an unflappable librarian with no sense of humor. Alexa is smart enough not to go there. Thank goodness.
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Philips knows that building a smart home lighting ecosystem doesn’t mean just bombarding the market with different types of Wi-Fi-connected light bulbs. On the heels of the introduction of Hue wall switches last year, Philips has just debuted the new Hue motion sensor for its lighting system. The tiny square sensor is meant to be placed anywhere
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From a security standpoint, many security professionals say their organizations are not ready for the Internet of Things. IoT security continues to be an area of concern for both businesses and consumers, and a new study shows that fear also includes potential weaponization of IoT devices. Tripwire’s Black Hat 2016 Survey: IoT Risks and Cyber
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News Feed Item IDTechEx Announces Opening of Office in Japan By PR Newswire Article Rating: August 28, 2016 08:00 PM EDT BOSTON, August 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — IDTechEx, a leading provider of independent market research, business intelligence and events on emerging technology announces the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan. (Logo:
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The winner of the Tech CARS Award for Best Automotive Trade Show, the Connected Car Expo has metamorphosed into a technology/automotive mega show with a stunning array of speakers and exhibitors along with technology startup and design contests. Registration is now open for AutoMobility LA, “the” event for the new mobility ecosystem of automakers, tech
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One of the first computers required punch cards. I repeat, punch cards. Yes, you would take a piece of paper with tiny holes and use it to interact with the device. Now we have computers the size of soda cans that sit in your house and control your lights, provide weather updates, solve math equations and
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I recently had a visit from my local animal control department. A youthful, uniformed guy rang the doorbell and handed me a letter. He told me that there had been a complaint from a neighbor (he, of course, was not at liberty to reveal the identity of the neighbor) about my dog barking. This was
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By now, most of us have heard the praise for Amazon’s cloud business, Amazon Web Services (AWS). This line of cloud-based products and services provides businesses with the tools needed to build an online presence, all while providing Amazon with a solid revenue stream backed by impressive margins. One branch of the AWS tree is
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BIDU Stock is a Dark Horse Baidu Inc (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU) stock is one of the best ways for retail investors to bet on the Chinese economy, but it’s important to know that this isn’t an average technology firm; Baidu stock is the Google (Alphabet Inc) (NASDAQ:GOOG) of China. I’m not just talking about Baidu’s dominance
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