Lucy Barnard
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Bringing over two decades in journalism, Lucy Barnard has reported on everything from London’s property chessboard to Abu Dhabi’s vertical ambitions — and always delivered the story before deadline. Lucy is interested in how technology intersects with major global challenges, from climate change to gender equality and social justice. She believes innovation isn’t just about efficiency or convenience—it’s a powerful tool for building a fairer, more sustainable world.

UK announces AI strategy: experts respond

UK Prime Minister (PM) Keir Starmer recently announced the nation’s plan to “turbocharge” AI as it will take forward 50 recommendations set out by Matt Clifford in his AI Opportunities Action Plan. IoT Insider spoke to experts about the new…

Verizon not alone in turning their focus to satellite connectivity

Last year, Verizon announced that it was teaming up with Skylo to integrate direct-to-device messaging capabilities to its customers using satellite connectivity, in a sign of how satellites are increasingly being viewed as a complementary technology to cellular and Wi-Fi…

Tiago Rodrigues of Wireless Broadband Alliance sees Wi-Fi adoption growing

A report recently released by the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) indicated, among other things, the importance of the convergence of Wi-Fi and Private 5G, the growth in adoption of Wi-Fi, and more. To learn more, IoT Insider Editor Caitlin Gittins…

2025 predictions for IoT: AI-powered attacks and more

Some of the predictions forecast to shape 2025 include the hard-hitting topics and technologies, like AI, the Edge, and 5G, as well as predictions in more specific industry spaces, such as healthcare which foresees coexistence testing, medical device batteries and…

Direct Insight webinar covers CRA training for embedded engineers

A webinar hosted by David Pashley, Managing Director of Direct Insight in December 2024 delved into the finer points of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) legislation, covering the scope, timeline, requirements and reviewing the compliance process, for the benefit of…

Gen AI tools set the foundation for IoT

The advent of publicly available generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude,and Perplexity brought with it a massive wave of excitement andinvestment. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta have all placed large bets on AIpartnerships, acquisitions, and branded AI capabilities. As excitement…

“Breaking down the barriers”: Liz Upton explains why she joined BOW

In November 2024 the robotics software company BOW announced the appointment of Liz Upton, Co-Founder and CMO of Raspberry Pi as Chair of its board. In a conversation with Upton following this appointment, she shared a mutual vision with BOW…

Will eSIMS cannibalise traditional MNOs revenues?

The rise of eSIM technology, especially in the travel sector, has sparked a debate on whether it will disrupt traditional mobile network operators (MNOs) by ‘cannibalising’ their revenues. Travel eSIMs offer a seamless and flexible alternative to roaming and traditional…

The convergence of IT, OT, and IoT: talking to Richard Owen, Unisys

IT, OT, and IoT technologies are increasingly converging in manufacturing environments, Richard Owen, Director of Collaboration Architecture, Seamless Collaboration, Digital Workplace Solutions at Unisys told IoT Insider in a recent conversation.  “We see people adopting more off the shelf consumer-based…

Q&A: Skyworks talks through C-V2X, smart city and coexistence

Skyworks Solutions were on hand at electronica to talk through their solutions for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications, smart city applications and products in the 2.4GHz range, as IoT Insider spoke to Tom Valencia, Senior Product Marketing Manager and Steve Belletete,…