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Google Nest Doorbells, Cameras Get Battery Power In Revamp
New Google Nest smart home devices include first battery-powered doorbell and camera, while some features now work without cloud subscription
Neuralink Rival Synchron Wins FDA Approval For Brain Interface Trial
Elon Musk's Neuralink business faces competition, after Synchron gains approval for a second trial with humans for its implantable brain computer interface
Amazon Rolls Out End-To-End Encryption For Ring Doorbells
After trialling end-to-end encryption for its smart doorbell device, Amazon confirms it is rolling it out globally
Mobile World Congress Returns To Barcelona With ‘Hybrid’ Event
Mobile World Congress returns to Barcelona for Europe's first major tech conference since beginning of Covid-19 pandemic, with talks from Elon Musk and Samsung
Major Websites Down After Global Outage
Major internet outage knocks oflline big name websites such as UK Government, Amazon, CNN, Bloomberg, Financial Times offline
Amazon’s Ring To Make Police Requests For Video Footage Public
Transparency move, as US police forces and fire departments increasingly use video footage captured from Ring doorbells and cameras
Amazon US Users Have One Week To Refuse Shared Wireless Network
Privacy nightmare or useful functionality? Every Echo speaker and Ring doorbell or camera in US to opt into shared wireless network
Daimler Ends Nokia Spat With Royalty Payment Agreement
End of hostilities between Nokia and Mercedes owner Daimler, after the car maker finally agrees to make royalty payments to Finnish giant
Chip Shortage To Last A Few Years, Warns Michael Dell
Head of one of the world's largest PC makers has warned the ongoing silicon shortage is likely to persist for several years
UK To Regulate Self-Driving Cars On Motorways
The future of driving? Self-driving cars are to be approved for slow speed use on British motorways, as soon as this year
Mercedes Recalls Millions Of Cars Over Software Bug
Recall for more than a million Mercedes cars, concerning a call location glitch that is supposed to alert the emergency services
Volkswagen Blames Chip Makers For Silicon Shortage
German car maker VW blames poor planning by chip makers as the principle reason for most car brands having to reduce factory production
Trump Pardons Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski
Engineer who stole self-driving car secrets from Google's Waymo division, receives pardon from outgoing US President Donald Trump
US To Permit Drone Operations Over Homes, Plus Night Flights
Significant development in the US for the future of drone operations will allow flights over homes, and operations at night
Apple Sets 2024 Deadline For Passenger Vehicle – Report
Project Titan update. Apple hopes to produce passenger vehicle in 2024, with new battery design to 'radically' reduce cost and increase range
Tesla Autopilot Scored Lower Than Systems From Mercedes, BMW
Beaten by rivals? European safety assessment scores Tesla Autopilot system lower than similar systems from Mercedes, BMW, and Audi
The Tech Of Health: How Wearable Technology Is the Key To Long-Term Fitness
News that Amazon has moved into the wearable health and fitness area with its Halo Band, Silicon UK considers the technologies and services we can all access to improve our health and stay fit. Wearable health has been an option for se ...
Tesla Driver Charged For Sleeping As Car Drove At 90mph
Unbelievable! Driver in Canada charged with dangerous driving, after he slept in fully reclined seat as his Tesla car drove at 90mph
Uber Safety Driver Charged With Homicide Over Fatal Crash
Backup safety driver involved in autonomous driving test in Arizona that killed a pedestrian is charged with negligent homicide
UK Could Allow Self-Driving Cars On Motorways In 2021
British motorways in 2021 could see self-driving cars in the slow lane, under proposals being considered by the government
M2M: The Future of Cybersecurity
The focus across much of the cybersecurity landscape has been to mitigate human attacks on networks. However, what about machines attacking machines? As automation expands, many of the systems we take for granted will have an M2M compo ...
Former Google Staffer Pleads Guilty To Trade Secret Theft
Former senior executive at Google's self-driving car project, who defected to Uber, pleads guilty to theft of trade secrets
Amazon Ring Logs All Doorbell And App Interactions
Privacy issue emerges as Amazon confirms it logs records of every motion detected by installed Ring doorbells, and interactions with its app
Hacked Ring Camera Found In Child’s Bedroom
Parental nightmare. Video of young girl being shared online, shows her talking to stranger in her bedroom via hacked camera
Wearable Healthcare: Vital Signs for CTO Innovation
As the wearable technology sector continues to expand, CTOs considering their company's next innovation in this space should pay close attention to healthcare. With personalized health monitoring growing, wearable healthcare is set to ...
Amazon Promoted Webcams Vulnerable To Hackers, Warns Which?
Cheap home security cameras, webcams and baby monitors, promoted by Amazon, are riddled with security flaws
IoT Device Popularity Poses Home Security Risk – Avast
Research from Avast warns the rise in IoT devices puts homes at greater risk of cyber-attack
Google Faces Italian Antitrust Probe Over Smart Devices
Alleged smart device domination by Google is under investigation by Italy's competition watchdog
Government Proposes New IoT Security Laws
New law to ensure basic cyber security features would be implemented in all Internet-connected products