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.
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...
Samsung Group heir questioned by prosecutors over contentious 2015 deal
Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee on Tuesday was summoned and questioned by prosecutors over a controversial 2015 merger of two of the group’s affiliates, Yonhap News Agency said...
Alibaba to invest $1.4 billion in AI system for smart speakers
Alibaba Group will invest 10 billion yuan ($1.41 billion) into an AI (artificial intelligence) and IoT (Internet of Things) system centred around its Tmall Genie smart speaker, the...
White House panel: Build new tech infrastructure for future jobs
A White House advisory panel will call for the government and private industry to work together to build new technological infrastructure to support future jobs and provide the und...
Reliance in $870 million General Atlantic deal as Jio Platforms funding tops $8 billion
Reliance Industries have announced US fund General Atlantic will invest 65.98 billion rupees (approximately $870 million) in Jio Platforms, a fourth deal that takes investment in i...
EU consumer group warns against ‘game-changer’ Google-Fitbit deal
Google’s planned $2.1 billion buy of fitness trackers company Fitbit may harm consumers and hinder innovation, European consumer group BEUC has said, calling it a game-change...
Sony Corp reports 57% drop in fourth-quarter profit, declines to give outlook
Sony Corp has reported a 57% drop in fourth-quarter operating profit and refrained from providing an outlook for the current year due to uncertainty related to the coronavirus outb...