Amazon rolls out Alexa+ in the UK, bringing AI to the smart home

Owners of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers in the UK are set to receive an AI-powered upgrade that could reshape interactions across the smart home. Branded Alexa+, the update equips the assistant to manage connected devices more intelligently, follow multi-turn interactions,…

Quantum pioneers Bennett and Brassard win 2025 Turing Award: securing the IoT future

Charles H. Bennett and Gilles Brassard have been named recipients of the 2025 ACM A.M. Turing Award for their ground-breaking work in quantum information science, a field that is reshaping secure communication and computing and has major implications for the…

SIMCom strips LTE from smart AI modules as IoT connectivity standards fragment

For companies running vast fleets of IoT devices, the biggest headache is no longer the sensors themselves—it’s figuring out how those devices will stay connected over the next decade. Mads Fischer, European Sales Director at SIMCom, says fleet owners are…

Hovmand targets data centre boom with heavy-duty lifters for next gen servers

Hovmand is looking to capitalise on growth in next gen data centres with its modular, ergonomic lifters, designed to help operators manage ever-heavier equipment. Speaking to IoT Insider at Tech Show London, Oliver Bredgaard, Business Development Manager – Data Centres…

Forescout Report: healthcare rises up list of IoT security risks

Cyber threats targeting healthcare IoT and operational technology are rising sharply, with hospitals and clinics increasingly in the crosshairs of attackers, according to new research from Forescout’s Vedere Labs. The report found that in 2025, healthcare emerged as the fourth…

embedded world: Ambarella pushes AI from cameras to the Edge

US-based Ambarella, a long-time supplier of camera chips, is betting that artificial intelligence will increasingly run on devices rather than in the Cloud. Speaking to IoT Insider at embedded world 2026, Jerome Gigot, VP of Marketing, Edge AI at Ambarella,…

embedded world: Arm steps up physical AI push for IoT

UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings is stepping up its focus on physical AI as demand grows for intelligent systems capable of operating in real-world environments, from autonomous vehicles and robotics to industrial machines and connected infrastructure. Speaking at embedded world…

Integrating the right approach to SDV software

By Bernd Niedermeier, Head of Automotive Market Development, Tuxera As vehicles evolve into software-defined platforms, OEMs are increasingly turning to open-source solutions for their embedded software stacks. Open source offers benefits that appeal to teams used to agile, Cloud-native development,…

Tech Show London: how do you manage a team of AI colleagues?

Artificial intelligence may be the most discussed technology in business today, but what’s it actually like to manage AI agents as colleagues? That was the challenge addressed by Krish Ramineni, Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Fireflies.ai at the Tech Show…

IoT Insider webinar: is your business protected against the quantum threat?

Businesses cannot afford to ignore the quantum threat to their IoT infrastructure, industry leaders warned in IoT Insider’s first-ever live webinar, held on Tuesday 3 March. While a commercially viable quantum computer capable of breaking today’s encryption is not yet…