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1,308 words 6 min read
On 11 September 2026, the first binding piece of the European Union's Cyber Resilience Act started applying. Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 requires anyone who puts a connected product on the EU market to report an actively…
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IoT
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Apple set a smart home launch event for New York on October 13th, and the invitation carries two words: "Welcome home." That's the pitch. A display-equipped hub, a refreshed HomePod mini, a new Apple TV, and a stack of hardware from…
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IoT
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A new generation GPS cattle ear tag unveiled at Futurecom 2026 integrates satellite positioning, cellular connectivity, and livestock management software into a single form factor designed for Brazilian field conditions and international…
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IoT
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Apple is moving from the perimeter of the smart home to its center. After years of shipping accessories and software while rivals built whole ecosystems, the company is preparing its broadest hardware push yet inside the connected house: a…
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IoT
1,696 words 8 min read
On October 6, 2026, two companies announced architectures for home artificial intelligence that cannot both be the future of the smart home, and they announced them on the same day. Panasonic Corporation said it had entered a collaboration…
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1,514 words 7 min read
Satellite connectivity for the Internet of Things stopped being a niche corner of the telemetry market somewhere in the last two years, and the numbers now confirm it. The global satellite IoT subscriber base grew past 7.0 million in 2025…
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IoT
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For most of the cellular industry's commercial life, the question "which network does this thing talk to?" was answered with a physical object. A SIM card — that familiar cut-corner plastic rectangle — was inserted into a slot, and it…
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A Minnesota connectivity company and a Norwegian sensor specialist have agreed to merge, and the price tag tells you how seriously the enterprise IoT market has started treating the boring end of the stack. Digi International, the Hopkins…
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IoT
1,670 words 8 min read
On 24 September 2026, Schneider Electric and Shelly Group signed an investment agreement that sets out the terms under which the French energy-technology group would take over the Bulgarian smart-home manufacturer. The formal instrument is…
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IoT
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Apple is finally going to build a screen for the living room. According to reporting from Bloomberg News writer Mark Gurman, the company will hold a launch event on 13 October 2026 at which it will unveil a smart home hub internally…
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IoT
2,071 words 10 min read
For most of its life, Samsung's item tracker has been the one consumer gadget in the SmartThings lineup that made an obvious, uncomfortable demand on buyers: buy a Galaxy phone. The Galaxy SmartTag line has been a Galaxy accessory since…
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IoT
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For a decade, Azure IoT Central was the friendly front door into the industrial internet of things. You defined a device template, pointed it at a fleet of sensors or gateways, and got provisioning, telemetry, dashboards and rules without…