The fast-growing PropTech company, WeMaintain, based in Paris and London, has raised €30m in Series B funding. The raise follows WeMaintain’s acquisition of fire alarm solutions company Shokly, and allows WeMaintain to accelerate its international expansion and extend its proprietary…
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Connected scares: the IoT behind Halloween’s biggest frights
Thorpe Park’s Fright Nights is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, running on selected nights from 2nd October to 1st November, and its headline addition is Tenement – billed as the park’s first fully immersive, pitch-black scare maze. According to…
New LoRa Alliance standards make LoRaWAN deployments faster
The LoRa Alliance took a significant step in achieving effortless, low-touch deployment at scale with new specifications that enable automated device set-up and a new technical document that extends LoRaWAN’s connectivity reach. The two new specifications – TS014 and TS018…
ABB and Samsung connect building intelligence with enterprise IoT
ABB and Samsung Electronics have announced a new integration between ABB Ability Building Pro and Samsung SmartThings Pro, building on their existing partnership. The integration enables building owners and operators to access building data, insights, and controls through a more connected environment. Building owners and…
LoRa Alliance positions LoRaWAN as leading standard for IoT connectivity
As IoT connectivity is growing rapidly worldwide, the LoRa Alliance is seizing the opportunity for LoRaWAN technology to become a globally ubiquitous, plug-and-play IoT connectivity method embedded into everyday objects and capable of delivering increasing value to users. With the…
Blockchain for IoT security: Japanese researchers speed up connected devices without compromising safety
Researchers in Japan say they have found a way to unlock the potential of using blockchain security in IoT devices, enabling faster, more reliable communication across connected machines. The team at Chiba University developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm, Dual Perigee,…
Murata expands ZENCROSSTM Alliance IoT ecosystem with new engineering and development service partners
Murata Manufacturing Co expands the ZENCROSSTM Alliance ecosystem with the addition of qualified engineering and development service partners – Professional Software Associates and Grinn – to accelerate productisation and deployment of low-power IoT solutions. Key application areas include smart cities…
Dracula Technologies strengthens Its management team to support industrial scale-up
Dracula Technologies announced a reinforcement of its management organisation as the company enters a new phase of industrial scale-up. Having successfully demonstrated the technical feasibility of its LAYER organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology and following the successful introduction of its second-generation…
IoT in 2026: the technologies driving the next wave of IoT growth
The Internet of Things stands at a pivotal inflection point. As we approach 2026, the convergence of Edge AI, advanced connectivity standards, and evolving regulatory frameworks is reshaping the IoT ecosystem in fundamental ways. Professor Muthu Ramachandran, Cybersecurity, AI, and…
LoRa Alliance hits 125 million LoRaWAN devices as global deployments accelerate
The LoRa Alliance has reported that more than 125 million LoRaWAN devices have now been deployed worldwide, marking what the industry body described as a significant moment for one of the most widely adopted low-power wide-area network technologies. The California-based…