Getting started with the IoT will require organizational plumbing. The Internet of Things holds an abundance of promise for enterprises seeking to expand their relationships with customers and have a real-time view of how products and services are delivered and used. However, businesses will need to perform data and systems plumbing to handle the huge …
World Book Day is just a couple of weeks away. To celebrate, Audible invites you to enjoy two timeless classics for free on any Echo device during the month of April. Start your literary journey by listening to actress Rachel McAdams perform Anne of Green Gables—or dive into the The Secret Garden for a heartwarming …
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You might have heard of “botnets.” The term typically describes a huge network of hijacked computers—most of which belong to ordinary people—under the control of a hacker, who uses them to attack websites with mass amounts of Internet traffic. In the last few years, the botnets have grown even bigger thanks to all the new …
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There’s no doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) provides critical security challenges for healthcare organizations that need to be addressed. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released guidance on handling medical device vulnerabilities, closely following the release of its more general medical device cybersecurity guidance. As the IoT matures, IoT-connected devices are a …
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Introducing “PetLexa” The Petlexa feature allows dogs, cats, and other animals to communicate with Alexa just like you do. Petlexa gives pets the freedom to ask for food, place orders from Amazon, and activate smart home enabled toys. If your pets are shy to warm up to their new AI friend, try suggesting music by …
Photo: David Schneider When Appliances Attack: A single stuck valve led to a leak that slowly but relentlessly damaged my home so thoroughly it had to be gutted and rebuilt. You’ve seen it in the movies—the protagonist inexplicably blinks awake from deep sleep because some silent but menacing force threatens. Something like that happened to …
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The Mirai botnet that took down the domain name system provider Dyn in a massive distributed denial of service attack last fall awakened the world to the vulnerability of Internet of Things devices. Increasingly, businesses that adopt IoT devices must contend with a wide variety of new and emerging security threats, beyond devices with weak …
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Alexa, open March Madness! Reggie Miller’s ready to dance. Which team do you get down with? Whether you bleed blue and gold or fight like the Irish, listen to any game in the tournament live with the NCAA March Madness® skill (click for more info). To enable, just say, Alexa, enable March Madness skill. Then ask: …
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is an inherently ambiguous buzzword. An IoT device can mean anything from an appliance in your smart home or your connected car to essentially any object into which some company has decided to put a chip and connect to the internet. In actuality, consumer-facing devices are only one bucket under …
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This is Part Three of PCMag’s trend overview, breaking down the enterprise IoT landscape through the lens of this year’s Mobile World Congress. Check out Part One on enterprise use cases here. The Internet of Things (IoT) was one of the top-billed themes at Mobile World Congress this year, but the enterprise side of the …
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