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Geomagnetic storm disrupts tractor navigation systems across numerous US farms

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 13 May 2024 18:35:30 +0000

A severe geomagnetic storm that hit the Earth over the weekend disrupted the work of many farmers in the U.S. A geomagnetic storm is a disturbance in the Earth’s magnetosphere caused by particles from the Sun. The weekend’s event was caused by a series of phenomena known as coronal mass ejections, or CMEs for short. […]

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Extreme Connect event analysis: Pushing connectivity and AI boundaries

Victor Dabrinze — Thu, 02 May 2024 15:38:45 +0000

A networking-focused conference, Extreme Connect usually pulls a diverse group of like-minded professionals, executives and product leaders. This year’s edition spanned two days and hosted informative keynotes and presentations, educational sessions and networking opportunities. Fort Worth, Texas, played host to the event, and the agenda was chock full of hard-hitting, technical discourse. Addressing a technically […]

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Securing the edge: Cradlepoint’s strategy for robust 5G and edge computing integration

Victor Dabrinze — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:19:11 +0000

It’s not just about compute and storage for enterprises anymore. The lightning pace of innovation today demands agility, pushing large swathes of enterprise operations to the edge, where edge computing plays a crucial role in enabling real-time processing and decision-making. Given the mounting threats to valuable enterprise data, how can companies secure their networking infrastructures […]

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HPE debuts new IoT-optimized Wi-Fi 7 access points

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 12:00:26 +0000

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. today debuted a new family of access points for providing Wi-Fi coverage at locations such as office buildings. The HPE Aruba Networking 730 Series, as the product line is called, is based on Wi-Fi 7. That’s a recently introduced version of the wireless connectivity standard with four times the maximum speed […]

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IoT asset tracking provider Samsara reports big jump in revenue, and its stock jumps too

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 01:10:39 +0000

Asset-tracking systems provider Samsara Inc. delivered strong fiscal fourth-quarter earnings results today and offered impressive guidance for the current quarter, sending its stock much higher in late trading. The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of four cents per share, above its own forecast of two to three cents and ahead […]

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Novity grabs $7.8M in funding to streamline industrial predictive maintenance with AI

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:55 +0000

Predictive maintenance technology startup Novity Inc. said today it’s hoping to expand into the chemicals, manufacturing, and water and environmental industries after closing on a $7.8 million round of funding. The round was led by WERU Investment and saw participation from other investors including Myriad Venture Partners and Metawater Co. Ltd. Novity is the creator […]

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Highway 9 Networks closes $25M funding to deliver more reliable connectivity to any device anywhere

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:00:09 +0000

A startup called Highway 9 Networks said today it’s ready to elevate enterprise connectivity to the next level with the industry’s first-ever “mobile cloud,” which promises to deliver extremely reliable cloud-native mobility and services in any location. The company is launching its mobile cloud platform today after closing on a $25 million funding round led […]

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Supply chain management startup Sensos raises $22M in funding

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:00:58 +0000

Supply chain management startup SensosLabz.io Ltd. said today it has closed on a $20 million early-stage funding round led by Magenta Venture Partners in order to build out its platform and expand its go-to-market efforts. Investors that included JAL Ventures, Israel Cargo Logistics and Sumitomo Corp. also participated in the Series A round. The startup, […]

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Apple told once again to stop selling patent-infringing smartwatches after appeals court ruling

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:46:23 +0000

Apple Inc. will again be forced to stop selling its smartwatch devices fitted with blood oxygen sensors, following a ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The court did not rule on Apple’s bid to overturn a U.S. International Trade Commission ban on selling its smartwatches in the U.S., but […]

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Xerox to lay off 15% of its workforce amid broad restructuring initiative

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:41:07 +0000

Xerox Holdings Corp.’s stock plunged 12% today after the printer maker announced plans to let go 15% of its workforce, which comprised more than 20,000 employees at the end of 2022. The layoffs are part of a restructuring initiative meant to reverse the company’s recent revenue declines. The effort will also see Xerox reshuffle its […]

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Energy optimization startup Lumian raises $3.2M in pre-seed funding round

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 00:01:54 +0000

Smart energy management startup Lumian Energy Inc. said today it has closed on a $3.2 million funding round led by DOMiNO Ventures and angel investor İsmail Ferhat Özlü, an energy sector expert. The company was founded by Turkish entrepreneurs Batu Balkir and Emre Biroi in April 2023, and has since moved to establish its headquarters […]

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Apple suspends sales of Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 models as export ban looms

Mike Wheatley — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 01:46:35 +0000

Apple Inc. has pulled the plug on sales of its latest Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models via its online store in the U.S., and it will soon stop selling them at its physical stores too. The decision to suspend sales of the products comes ahead of an imminent export ban […]

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One person’s quest to fix Ukraine’s electric power grid

David Strom — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 19:07:41 +0000

A post this week on Cisco Talos’ blog literally shows the power of one person’s grit and determination. Joe Marshall, a cyberthreat researcher at Cisco Systems Inc.’s threat intelligence research team, was seeing what was happening in Ukraine, where Russian attacks on its electric grid had left millions of its citizens without power last winter. […]

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Limble integrates with Samsara to bridge gaps between maintenance and IoT data

Duncan Riley — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:00:12 +0000

Computerized maintenance management system startup Limble Solutions LLC today announced an integration with connected operations cloud company Samsara Inc. that allows customers to bring data from their internet of things sensors into their CMMS. The integration has been designed to address the challenge of predictive maintenance for companies operating a vehicle fleet. Previous reports have suggested that around 82% […]

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Qualcomm and Google launch RISC-V wearables chip collaboration

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 13:00:28 +0000

Qualcomm Inc. and Google LLC today announced that they’re teaming up to develop RISC-V processors for wearable devices. The initiative comes less than a month after the search giant hosted the latest installment of its Made by Google product event. At the event, the Alphabet Inc. unit debuted two new additions to its Pixel line […]

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Thread raises $15M to automate asset inspection for energy and utilities providers

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:00:26 +0000

Autonomous data collection startup Thread, which aims to transform asset inspection in the energy and utilities industries, said today it has closed on a $15 million early-stage funding round. Today’s Series A investment was led by Badlands Capital and saw participation from Minnkota Power Cooperative, Generational Partners, Rosecliff Ventures, Excell Partners, Homegrown Capital and Kevin […]

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IoT networking startup FloLive raises $47M

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:04:13 +0000

Networking startup FloLive Ltd., which helps companies link their sensors and other connected devices to the internet, today announced that it has raised $47 million in funding. Greenfield Partners and 83North led the Series C round. They were joined by Qualcomm Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Saban Ventures and Hazelnut Partners. Companies in industries such as […]

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Sequoia leads $30M round for robot developer Collaborative Robotics

Maria Deutscher — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:11:49 +0000

Collaborative Robotics Inc., a startup founded by the former head of Amazon.com Inc.’s robotics unit, today disclosed that it has raised $30 million in Series A funding. Sequoia Capital led the round. It was joined by Jeff Wilke, the former chief executive of Amazon’s consumer business, as well as Khosla Ventures and Mayo Clinic. A […]

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IOTech’s Edge Connect enables real-time connectivity for industrial edge devices

Mike Wheatley — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:00:00 +0000

Edge computing startup IOTech Systems Ltd. today announced a new service called Edge Connect to help organizations collect large amounts of data in complex, multiprotocol industrial environments. The company is looking to cater to organizations that deploy industrial internet of things applications at facilities in the manufacturing, energy and other sectors. It says IoT apps, […]

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Arduino’s newest chip offers faster performance and more memory

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 15:00:31 +0000

Chipmaker Arduino s.r.l. today introduced a new microcontroller board, the Uno R4, that offers significantly higher performance than its previous-generation hardware. Switzerland-based Arduino is a major maker of microcontroller boards. Those are miniature computers that take the form of a compact chip measuring a few inches across. Each such chip includes a processor, memory and […]

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YouTube, Waze, Zoom and other apps are coming to Android-powered cars

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 11 May 2023 00:38:43 +0000

Cars that have Google LLC’s Android Automotive operating system built-in will soon be able to access apps such as YouTube, Waze and Zoom through their in-car infotainment systems. The first cars to get access to YouTube and other applications will be the latest models from Polestar Performance AB, an electronic vehicle manufacturer whose cars were […]

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Qualcomm buys vehicle chip startup AutoTalks in reported $350M+ deal

Maria Deutscher — Mon, 08 May 2023 17:31:21 +0000

Qualcomm Inc. is acquiring AutoTalks Ltd., a chip startup with technology that enables vehicles to detect obstacles around corners and stop automatically. The acquisition was announced this morning. Sources told TechCrunch that Qualcomm is paying $350 million to $400 million for AutoTalks, which previously raised $110 million in funding. The Israel-based startup counts Hyundai Motor […]

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Amazon opens developer access to its Sidewalk wireless network

Maria Deutscher — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:36:57 +0000

Amazon.com Inc. announced today that it will enable developers to use its Sidewalk wireless network, which allows connected devices such as smart home appliances to access the internet. Many consumers have devices from Amazon’s Echo smart speaker series in their homes. Since 2019, Echo customers can choose to make a small portion of their home networks’ […]

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‘AIoT’ startup Butlr raises funding from Qualcomm, launches new wireless sensor

Duncan Riley — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:00:29 +0000

Butlr Technologies Inc., which styles itself an “artificial intelligence of things” startup, today announced that it has raised additional funding from Qualcomm Ventures LLC and launched the next generation of its Heatic wireless sensors. Founded in 2019 as a spinoff from the MIT Media Lab, Butlr offers a people monitoring platform that uses body heat to detect occupancy, […]

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New Qualcomm Aware Platform assists in digital transformation programs

Duncan Riley — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 12:30:14 +0000

Qualcomm Technologies Inc. today unveiled a new platform designed to empower developers and enterprises to harness real-time information and data insights so they can accelerate their digital transformation programs. The Qualcomm Aware Platform seeks to address the issue wherein ecosystem fragmentation and system design complexity often prevents “internet of things” deployments from meeting their full potential. […]

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Biosafety startup R-Zero raises $105M in new funding round

Mike Wheatley — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:00:26 +0000

Biosafety technology startup R-Zero Systems Inc. said today it has closed on a bumper $105 million funding round led by the global investment firm CDPQ, bringing its total amount raised to more than $170 million. BMO Financial Group, Qualcomm Ventures, Upfront Ventures, DBL Partners, World Innovation Lab, Mayo Clinic, Bedrock Capital, SOSV and John Doerr […]

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Canonical debuts Real-time Ubuntu for low-latency applications

Mike Wheatley — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 13:00:38 +0000

Linux operating system developer Canonical Ltd. today announced the general availability of Real-time Ubuntu, a new and specialized version of its operating system designed for time-bound workloads and applications. The newly developed real-time kernel within Ubuntu is better able to serve extreme latency-dependent use cases, providing deterministic response times to service events, Canonical said. In […]

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Aruba’s grand vision for the ‘Intelligent Edge’

Victor Dabrinze — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:20:13 +0000

Through its internet of things, on-premises access and network flavors, edge computing has become the new standard for improving the response times and bandwidth needs of the enterprise at large. A new frontier, called “Intelligent Edge,” will allow companies to swiftly adapt to changing networking needs — among other benefits. “We’re focused on providing technology to […]

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Fresh from announcing new MacBook Pros, Apple surprises with a new HomePod

Duncan Riley — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:50:05 +0000

Fresh from delivering a January surprise in the form of M2 Pro-powered MacBook Pros, Apple Inc. has today announced a new HomePod smart speaker. The HomePod was launched in 2017, with the most recent version until today being announced in 2020. The HomePod is Apple’s version of Amazon.com Inc.’s Echo devices but more expensive and […]

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Software over network layers key to collaboration, says Lumen

Patrick Nelson — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 21:56:51 +0000

Layering the software technologies created by VMware Inc. over an extensive backbone network developed by Lumen Technologies Inc is how the fiber company sees its relationship with VMware, according to Steve Grabow (pictured), senior vice president of technology solutions and services, strategic alliances and portfolio strategy at Lumen. “We can bring that all together,” he […]

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