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IoT
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Two announcements this week land on the same fault line in the Internet of Things: the gap between where a device is deployed and where its security assumptions were made. On October 16, 2026, Iridium Communications announced that Altair…
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IoT
1,272 words 6 min read
By the end of 2026, the smart home revolution is shifting from fragmented ecosystems to a near-universal connectivity standard. The Matter protocol has moved from a promising specification to a practical reality, with over 750 devices…
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IoT
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Two years after the Connectivity Standards Alliance released Matter 1.0, the promise of a single protocol that lets any smart bulb talk to any hub still runs into a wall of reality. Devices ship late, hubs update on their own schedule, and…
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IoT
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The Internet of Things is undergoing a fundamental transformation as edge artificial intelligence capabilities rapidly expand across connected devices, creating unprecedented opportunities for local processing and autonomous…
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IoT
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Device makers can now certify home routers and access points that bundle a Wi-Fi access point with a Thread Border Router, a change the Connectivity Standards Alliance says will cut the number of separate Thread networks a single household…
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IoT
1,542 words 8 min read
Apple today unveiled its most ambitious smart home play yet with the introduction of Apple HomeView, a revolutionary new hub that fuses advanced artificial intelligence with comprehensive smart home management capabilities. This launch…
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IoT
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On August 6 the Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that asks whether devices running under its Part 15 unlicensed rules may communicate with authorised satellites, using the same 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz…
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IoT
1,806 words 9 min read
The smart home's most anticipated launch of the year landed on October 13. Apple held its "Welcome Home" event in New York and unveiled not one product but an entire connected-home platform: a new HomeView hub priced at $299, a refreshed…
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IoT
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The Broadband Forum published TR-517 on August 18, and the document does something no vendor has managed on its own: it defines one API for every Matter device in a home, no matter who made it. The "Matter Service API" plugs the…
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IoT
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The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand at an unprecedented pace, connecting billions of devices across industries ranging from manufacturing and logistics to healthcare and smart cities. As these devices become more capable and…
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IoT
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The clock started ticking on September 11. Under Article 14 of the EU Cyber Resilience Act, any company selling connected products in the European market now has 24 hours to report an actively exploited vulnerability to national…
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IoT
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The Internet of Things has quietly finished its adolescence. According to new research from Omdia published on October 6, 2026, 78% of organizations running edge IoT deployments have already moved beyond the pilot stage, and 53% describe…