Google plans to end support for the Dropcam and the Nest Secure home security system on April 8, 2024, continuing to drop products outside of Google Home
but there's a happy ending for users Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet : Google announces the end of multiple Ne...
Amazon rolls out the Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT :
Wyze had been aware of several remote access vulnerabilities in its home security cameras for months and years without fixing them, despite Bitdefender warnings
Wyze knew hackers could remotely access your camera for three years and said nothing Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Wyze Left Security Cameras Open to Hacking for Three Years Corbin Davenport / XDA Deve...
Starlink review: nice hardware yielding a moderately fast, very inconsistent connection, but has line-of-sight issues with even a tree able to block the signal
The problem with reality is that it is very irritating. — In our imaginations, we might dream of a satellite internet system … Tweets: @russellbrandom , @reckless , @dcseifert , @jsnell , @jaycuthre...
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices
but what is Sidewalk? Ry Crist / CNET : Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers Surur / MSPoweruser : Tile tracker to get big boost by joining Amazon's Sidewalk mesh network Chr...
Samsung announces $40 SmartTag+, which uses Bluetooth and UWB to locate lost items, and AR to guide users to them, launching globally on April 16
super-accurate item tracker Joseph Maring / ScreenRant : Samsung Beats Apple To UWB Tracker With Galaxy SmartTag Plus Sagar Naresh / Android Headlines : Samsung Galaxy SmartTag Plus With UWB To Releas...
Arm says it has called off a spinoff of two IoT businesses to SoftBank that it announced a month ago, but will keep them distinct from Arm's core chip business
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @gigastacey Tweets: Stacey Higginbotham / @gigastacey : If you're going to sell ARM you need to keep some of the flashy bits intact ... https://www.wsj.com/...
Amazon announces high-end Echo Studio, available for pre-order today for $200, with five speaker drivers and 3D audio support
and lends Samuel L. Jackson's voice to Alexa Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Amazon announces high-end Echo Studio smart speaker Nicole Lee / Engadget : Echo Studio hands-on: Amazon's biggest speaker sounds...
FCC filing reveals Walmart's wireless device that connects to garage door openers, likely for its upcoming InHome grocery delivery service
Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT : Tweets: @gigastacey . Thanks: @kevinctofel Tweets: Stacey Higginbotham / @gigastacey : Walmart's Wi-Fi and Z-wave device at the FCC looks like Walmarts answer to...
FogHorn, data analytics software provider for industrial IoT networks, raises $30M Series B led by Intel Capital and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures
After the Sandy Hook massacre five years ago … Mark Boslet / PE Hub Blog : FogHorn Systems raises $30 mln in Intel Capital and Saudi Aramco led round Silicon Valley Business Journal : The Funded: Oakl...