Arduino-compatible dev board Frame.IoT seeks crowdfunding

The Frame.IoT, an Arduino-compatible developer board which aims to help users connect to Internet of Things projects, is currently looking for crowdfunding on the Kickstarter platform.

The Frame.IoT development kit is integrated with Wi-Fi, supports Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), can be operated using a rechargeable battery, and deployed in a number of ways. The board features 16 RGB LEDs arranged in a circular pattern, along with a single button in the middle of the board.

The...

1 April 2020 | AI

Helm.ai raises $13 million in seed funding to boost driverless car AI

Helm.ai, a California-based scalable AI for autonomous vehicles, has raised $13 million in a recently held seed funding round led by A.Capital Ventures, Amplo, Binnacle Partners, Sound Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and SV Angel, including others.

The company will be using the raised funds to further advance its engineering and R&D capabilities, hiring more employees, and making new deals with customers. Unlike other organisations, which focuses on developing hardware for...

27 March 2020 | AI

IDC warns of significant shrinkage to semiconductor market with Covid-19 pandemic

IDC has offered a gloomy analysis of the semiconductor market amid the Covid-19 pandemic, suggesting significant shrinkage compared with the earlier expected minor overall growth.

In its latest report, titled Impact of COVID-19 on the Worldwide Semiconductor Market Forecast, IDC notes that despite the disruption, to human life as well as the international technology supply chain, the report states that...

24 March 2020 | IoT

Thales, Telstra, Microsoft and Arduino working on scalable IoT security with GSMA standard

Thales and Telstra have collaborated with Microsoft and Arduino to implement a GSMA solution that would allow trusted and secure end-to-end communication between device and cloud in order to pave way for scalable security for connected IoT devices.

As billions of devices collect, process and send data to the cloud within the IoT ecosystem, a variety of IoT services are executed. In order to enable...

18 March 2020 | Enterprise

NEC and Siemens team up for IoT monitoring partnership

NEC Corporation has announced that it will be collaborating with Siemens to provide artificial intelligence (AI) monitoring and analysis.

In a press release, NEC said that the collaboration will provide a solution for manufacturing that connects MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens, and NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT). According to the agreement that was...

12 March 2020 | AI

Microsoft and Cisco team up to integrate cloud and IoT platforms

Microsoft has announced a partnership with Cisco to integrate its Azure cloud with Cisco’s IoT platform in order to create the Cisco Edge to Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, a solution that will enable seamless connectivity and streamlined edge data flow into Azure IoT.

As per a Microsoft blog post by Tony Shakib, IoT business acceleration leader at Microsoft Azure, the integration “provides the...

10 March 2020 | Enterprise

Waymo secures $2.25 billion in first external investment

Waymo has announced that it has raised $2.25 billion (£1.75bn) in a fundraising round led by Silver Lake, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Mubadala Investment Company. It is Waymo’s first external investment that also included Magna, Andreessen Horowitz and AutoNation, as well as parent firm Alphabet.

Waymo CEO John Krafcik wrote in a company blog: “With this injection of...

3 March 2020 | Connected Vehicles

SparkLabs launches Connex IoT and smart city accelerator

SparkLabs Group has announced the launch of Connex, a latest startup accelerator focusing on IoT, smart cities and proptech.

According to the company, the accelerator is based on SparkLabs’ proven model and will leverage its presence in key innovation ecosystems, including Silicon Valley, Seoul, Shenzhen, Taipei and Singapore.

The new accelerator will...

2 March 2020 | IoT

Ezlo Innovation joins Zigbee Alliance amid executive change

Ezlo Innovation, a developer of smart solutions for homes and businesses announced its membership in the Zigbee Alliance as an adopter-level member.

Zigbee Alliance is an organisation of hundreds of firms creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT). According to Gartner’s predictions, the IoT market will grow to more than 5.8b endpoints in 2020,...

2 March 2020 | IoT

Zscaler report explores shadow IoT security threat across industries

You've heard of shadow IT - but what about shadow IoT? A new report from cloud security provider Zscaler has explored the proliferation of bringing greater numbers of unauthorised devices into the enterprise - with potentially serious consequences.

Zscaler's second annual Internet of Things (IoT) report, titled “IoT Devices in the Enterprise 2020: Shadow IoT Threat Emerges”, has found more than one billion IoT transactions every month in its cloud - a 1500%...

28 February 2020 | Enterprise