China's New Technology Spending Plan Is Larger Than Qatar's Entire Economy

China’s New Technology Spending Plan Is Larger Than Qatar’s Entire Economy This is post 2 of 2 in the series “China to Spend $170 Billion on ICT Infrastructure; 2017 Begins With A $14.6 Billion Fund” Nearly 700 Million People In China Remain Non-Internet Users China’s New Technology Spending Plan Is Larger Than Qatar’s Entire Economy …

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Q&A: Rapid7's Beardsley and Brown take on bug bounty programs, IoT

Bug bounty programs may not be the most obvious solution to internet-of-things vulnerabilities, but they could be an indicator of vendors willing to do whatever it takes to keep “things” safe. Rebekah Brown, threat intelligence lead, and Tod Beardsley, director of research, both at Rapid7, sat down with SearchSecurity in November at Rapid7’s UNITED 2016 …

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Acorn Energy Slimming Down Puts Company In The Right Direction

Investment Summary: Acorn Energy is poised for strong growth with the divestiture of their interest in their DSIT subsidiary and there renewed focus on the fast growing internet of things via their Omnimetrix business. Additionally from a valuation perspective, Acorn Energy appears substantially undervalued relative to their peer set. Summary: Acorn Energy (NASDAQ:ACFN) was founded …

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RMB as a digital currency? China successfully completes its blockchain-based digital currency trial

China’s central bank – the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) – has successfully completed a trial of a blockchain-based digital currency prototype system, taking it one step closer to becoming one of the first major central banks to issue its own digital currency. The PBOC also plans to officially launch a digital currency research institute. …

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5 security tips to keep in 2017

Share with: If you’ve been thinking about making over your personal-security habits, 2017 is the year to change. Experts are predicting worsening denial-of-service attacks that overwhelm and shutter services, more targeted phishing attempts, evolving ransomware, and the rise of compromised Internet of Things devices. Given the dangers these looming threats pose to your personal data …

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Smart Home Systems Slow To Gain a Toehold

According to a study by Parks Associates, reported by Brad Russell from an article originally appearing on IoT Agenda, “the IoT space is expanding to provide more targeted service offerings with vertical-specific capabilities. Cloud-connected devices function more like software than hardware, creating changes in product development models. The development of smart home system platforms has …

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The state of the Apple HomeKit market: Apple's smart-home ecosystem has yet to coalesce

Apple announced its smart-home control system, HomeKit, in 2014 at its annual developers conference. It started enabling it in iOS in mid 2015 and had a more complete rollout later that year. With iOS 10 in September 2016, HomeKit finally got its own app and better integration. But HomeKit remains an immature technology with few …

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