Internet of Things (IoT) News
Our ongoing coverage of smart technologies, internet connected devices and objects able to collect and exchange data and the platforms that support them.
US and EU advocacy groups warn against Google’s purchase of Fitbit
Twenty advocacy groups from across the globe have signed a statement urging regulators to be wary of Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker company Fitbit Inc because ...
Start-ups in India downplay Chinese links amid wave of anti-China sentiment
Indian start-ups with Chinese funding and Chinese smartphone makers are actively touting their Indian-ness to users as they seek to address a growing wave of nationalism following ...
Didi installs V2X equipment in Shanghai
Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, launched a test robotaxi service in a Shanghai suburb on Saturday after installing Vehicle to Everything (V2X) hardware throughout the area...
US lawmakers unveil bid to boost domestic chipmaking industry
A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a measure aimed at strengthening chip manufacturing in the US, adding to efforts to champion the sector and lure high tech supply chains ...
Trump administration says Huawei and Hikvision are backed by Chinese military
The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or contro...
Apple, other US goods from China held up at Indian ports
Apple, Cisco and Dell products are among the goods from US companies being caught up in India’s border tensions with China, as Indian ports hold up imports from China.
VW seeks open-source approach to refine car operating system
German automotive titan, Volkswagen wants to use an open-source approach to refine elements of a software-based car operating system being developed by the carmaker, Christian Seng...
UK ditches homegrown COVID-19 tracing app to use Google-Apple model
The UK government will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID-19 test-and-trace app, ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not ...
Australian regulator says Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit deal could harm competition
Australia’s antitrust regulator, the ACCC warned Google’s planned $2.1 billion acquisition of fitness tracker maker Fitbit may give it too much of people’s data, ...
Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing
Amazon.com has launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new c...
Anti-China group urges Trump to block Chinese companies from US markets
An anti-China advocacy group that includes former White House adviser Steve Bannon is calling on the Trump administration to exclude Chinese companies from US financial markets, as...
IBM exits facial recognition business, calls for police reform
IBM disclosed Monday it will no longer offer facial recognition or analysis software in a letter to Congress calling for new efforts to pursue justice and racial equity, new CEO Ar...
Tech drives Nasdaq index to all-time high as signs of recovery emerge
The heavyweight tech and growth stocks that drove Wall Street higher in recent years are again fuelling a surge that has taken the Nasdaq from a brutal selloff to an intraday recor...
Spain’s lower house to draft new 3% digital tax on internet giants
Spain’s lower house has voted to begin drafting a 3% tax on revenues of internet giants, the latest of such moves by US trading partners that has spurred a US investigation a...