Canberra is planning to upgrade a further 16,000 streetlights with smart lighting technology from Itron, expanding its connected lighting network to more than 47,000 assets. The ACT Government’s City and Environment Directorate (CED) is extending its collaboration with Itron and…
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…
DigiKey to showcase the Destination DigiKey experience at electronica 2026
DigiKey invites attendees to visit its booth, C5.401, at electronica Munich, 10-13th November 2026. At this year’s event, DigiKey will showcase new products from suppliers, highlight its continued growth across Europe, demonstrate technical tools and digital resources, and deliver an…
AI turns wearables into PAs as privacy concerns intensify
A wave of AI-powered wearables is turning body-worn devices into personal assistants just as concerns mount over how much they can see, hear and know, according to intelligence and productivity platform GlobalData. GlobalData’s latest report ‘AI is Moving Wearables from…
Ookla analysis highlights the decisive role of travel eSIM routing
Ubigi, Transatel’s global eSIM connectivity service, part of the NTT Group, highlights a key finding from Ookla’s latest analysis of travel eSIMs: connecting to the same local mobile network does not necessarily deliver the same experience. Once a signal is…
STMicroelectronics simplifies authentication of Matter smart home devices
STMicroelectronics has launched the ST MatterConnect service for securely loading authentication credentials into secure chips used in Matter-compatible smart home devices. The service provides a convenient, turnkey solution to store authentication data into ST25DA-C NFC and the STSAFE-A120 secure elements.…
How Wi-SUN enables scalable, reliable networking for smart cities
If you’re paying attention as you walk around a modern city, it won’t be long before you realise that, in terms of scale, range, and the number of devices per network, smart cities are among the largest Internet of Things…
Connected home medical monitoring devices to reach 160m by 2030
The number of connected medical devices used in home-based care is forecast to rise by 11.5% a year to almost 160 million by 2030, as healthcare providers expand remote patient monitoring, according to IoT analyst Berg Insight. The number of…
I predict a riot: the tech working behind the scenes to monitor popular protests
France’s wave of protests last weekend left a trail of looted shops, burning vehicles and damaged public buildings – and a substantial amount of digital evidence. Following the unrest on 17 and 18 October, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced a…
Deliverance AI and HPE validate agentic AI architecture for enterprise workflows
Deliverance AI and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have validated an architecture for deploying AI agents in private-Cloud environments, aiming at organisations that need to automate business processes while retaining control over sensitive data. The solution combines Deliverance Agentic OS with…