Stu Robarts The Bonjour alarm clock will learn a user’s typical routine and proactively provide relevant information at any given time, as well as integrate with apps, fitness trackers and smart home devices(Credit: Holi) You may not typically be firing on all cylinders when your alarm clock goes off, but French startup Holi says it has […]
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ARM chief technology officer Mike Muller has a fun job. He goes about collecting some of the most interesting things that customers are doing with the company’s microprocessor designs for the Internet of Things, or making everyday objects smart and connected. In a talk at the ARM TechCon event yesterday, he showed plenty of cool
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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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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It’s beginning to look that way. Tens of millions of IP addresses were used to take down popular websites like Twitter and Netflix as part of a massive cyberattack on Friday. DYN says this program can attack anything including your DVR, your camera, your thermostat, if it is connected to the Internet, and they said
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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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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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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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With the release of Swipe the Vote in spring 2016, Tinder, the ultimate hook-up app, broke new ground in the United States by claiming to be able to match young voters with their dream-perfect presidential candidate. The matchmaking app tries to make voting sexy by employing to representative politics its same cut-to-the-chase dating method. Who wants
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“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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