Matter NFC chip streamlines smart-home device integration

STMicroelectronics has unveiled a secure NFC chip designed to make home networks faster and easier to install and scale, leveraging the latest Matter smart-home standard. ST’s ST25DA-C chip lets users add lighting, access control, security cameras, or any IoT device…

Cubic and CarPay-Diem roll out AI-driven in-vehicle payments platform

Cubic, the Dublin-based software-defined vehicle company, has partnered with humorously-named CarPay-Diem to launch its AI-powered in-vehicle payments platform, FleetWallet, across 12 European countries. The agreement will extend FleetWallet to more than 5,300 fuel retailers in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France,…

Taoglas expands antenna design tool as AI gains traction in IoT development

Taoglas, a provider of advanced RF and antenna solutions, has upgraded its Antenna Integrator software with new AI-assisted modelling features, reflecting the growing role of artificial intelligence in connected-device design. The update, part of Taoglas’ AntennaXpert suite, adds nine new…

Exabeam and Recorded Future deepen partnership to accelerate threat detection

Exabeam, a cybersecurity firm specialising in intelligence and automation, and Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company owned by Mastercard, have broadened their technology partnership to provide more proactive security operations for enterprise clients. The integration links Exabeam’s New-Scale Security Operations…

US mid-sized businesses call for government action as AI fuels market dominance

A growing number of US mid-sized businesses are calling on the government to take action against the risk of artificial intelligence being used by larger corporations to dominate smaller rivals, according to a new report. The AND Digital “Winning the…

NEXT Biometrics secures first Vietnamese mass-production order as digital ID push gathers pace

NEXT Biometrics has entered the Vietnamese market with its first mass-production order, as the Oslo-based fingerprint sensor specialist moves to capitalise on the country’s accelerating adoption of digital identity systems. The order was placed by an unnamed Vietnamese System Integrator…

IBASE scores dual wins in 2025 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Awards

IBASE Technology has secured two wins in the 2025 IoT Edge Computing Excellence Awards, underscoring the Taiwanese manufacturer’s ambitions in the increasingly competitive industrial Edge hardware market. The company’s AES100 expandable Edge AI computer and its palm-sized ASB100-PI800 fanless system…

DSA Global Summit draws top officials as calls grow for co-ordinated Wi-Fi policy

Global regulators and industry figures have warned that decisions on spectrum policy are now exerting a tangible influence on consumers and businesses, as senior officials convened in Dubai for the DSA Global Summit 2025. The three-day meeting, held this week…

Optical satellite communications poised for multi-billion-dollar expansion says Yole Group

Optical satellite communication is moving from experimental trials to large-scale industrial deployment, positioning itself as a potential multi-billion-dollar market over the next decade, according to a new report by Yole Group. The consultancy’s Optical Satellite Communication 2025 report provides an…

Quectel targets surge in second-generation smart meters at Enlit 2025

Quectel Wireless Solutions, the IoT solutions provider, is using this year’s Enlit conference in Bilbao to showcase technology it says will support the accelerating shift from first- to second-generation smart meters. The company, which is exhibiting at the event running…