IoT 37 Stories

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)? It's millions or billions of internet-connected machines. But how secure is a world full of IoT devices and sensors?

A woman using a smart thermostat in her home

Smart Cities

Amazon, Apple and Google joining forces could be what makes smart homes happen

by Charlotte Jee
2019-12-19T07:24:29-05:00

Golden retriever and artificial dog snout

Biotechnology

Why explosives detectors still can’t beat a dog’s nose

The oldest technology for detecting trace amounts of materials remains the best.

by Haley Cohen Gilliland
2019-10-24T07:00:41-04:00

Smart Cities

Walmart has unveiled a concept store that uses cameras to automatically track stock

by Charlotte Jee
2019-04-26T10:42:42-04:00

A sketch of plans for a "smart city" area near Toronto's waterfront

Smart Cities

Activists are suing Canada over plans to build a smart city in Toronto

by Charlotte Jee
2019-04-18T08:03:45-04:00

Silicon Valley

Bill Gates explains why we should all be optimists

We sat down to talk about breakthrough technologies, China, and reasons to be cheerful with this issue’s guest editor.

by Gideon Lichfield
2019-02-27T07:00:00-05:00

Artificial Intelligence

Won’t you be my neighborhood autonomous vehicle?

Optimus Ride gets cars driving safely on their own by limiting where they operate.

by Elizabeth Woyke
2019-02-27T00:00:00-05:00

Computing

The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending December 15, 2018)

This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-12-15T08:00:00-05:00

Illustration of a lock superimposed over a collage of home gadgets

Computing

California wants to stop hackers from taking control of smart gadgets

A proposed state law would help bolster the security of internet-connected devices, but what’s really needed is federal action.

by Martin Giles
2018-09-19T11:20:00-04:00

Computing

For safety’s sake, we must slow innovation in internet-connected things

That’s the view of security expert Bruce Schneier, who fears lives will be lost in a cyber disaster unless governments act swiftly.

by Martin Giles
2018-09-06T14:20:00-04:00

Smart Cities

Get ready for more and taller skyscrapers

Tens of thousands of new skyscrapers will be built by 2050 if current trends continue, a statistical analysis projects—and there’s a chance that the tallest could be a mile high.

by Emerging Technology from the arXiv
2018-08-20T11:55:00-04:00

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