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Healthcare organizations stepping up security spending in 2017

Dive Brief: Increasing use of digital technologies has put more health data at risk, from smartphones to internet of things devices, propelling investment to curb cybersecurity threats, a new survey suggests. About 80% of U.S. healthcare organizations and 76% globally plan to increase data security spending in 2017, according to the 2017 Thales Data Threat, […]

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Oil, Gas and Aviation Vertical Markets Spur Adoption for Satellite IoT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – February 24, 2017 (Investorideas.com Newswire) The need for uninterrupted workflows and 100 percent up time of production machinery is driving Internet of Things (IoT) applications to adopt satellite as both the primary and backup communication technology. By opting for satellite communications, participants in verticals such as military, aviation, oil & gas,

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MIT's Converter Halves Power Consumption Of IoT Sensors

By Jof EnriquezFollow me on Twitter @jofenriq Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Microsystems Technologies Laboratories (MTL) have built an ultra-efficient power converter that consumes just half of the power needed by typical converters. The device could be built into low-power Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and body-powered electronics. Most power converters today convert

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Why Amazon and Intel are betting big on a startup that could succeed where Microsoft's Kinect failed

(Left to right: Thalmic Labs CEO Stephen Lake, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, Thalmic Labs co-founder Matthew Bailey, and Thalmic Labs co-founder Aaron GrantThalmic Labs) Thalmic Labs, the startup behind the Myo muscle-sensing armband, which lets you control a computer with a wave, came into 2017 in a big way. In the last few months of 2016, the Y Combinator-backed

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Amazon resorts to First Amendment to protect Alexa recordings in murder trial

Alexa can now boast over 10,000 skills, but one thing Amazon refuses to teach its home virtual assistant is snitching. The e-commerce titan is contesting a search warrant from the Arkansas State Police Department, asking the company to turn over 48 hours of recordings possibly captured by an Amazon Echo belonging to a murder victim, Forbes reports.

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