The internet of things will have nearly one-third more devices by the end of this year, though many of them won’t exactly be exotic. There will be 8.4 billion IoT devices in use at the end of 2017, up 31 percent from the end of 2016, Gartner estimated on Tuesday. That’s slightly faster than the…
One of the trickiest parts of proving the value of emerging smart city technology is showing how city residents could benefit from data being picked up by sensors located on light poles and along streets. On Tuesday, officials in Kansas City, Mo., took steps to connect how such real-time data gathered by sensors provides benefits…
One out of every 50 new U.S. jobs last year came from the solar industry, with growth in that industry outpacing the overall U.S. economy by 17 times, according to a new report. Overall, there were 260,077 solar workers in 2016, representing 2% of all new jobs, according to the Solar Foundation’s Solar Jobs Census…
Meet DragonBoard 820c, a supercharged board computer that will make Raspberry Pi 3 look like a turtle. The computer can be used as an Android OS computer and is based on components in premium smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy S7. The board is now listed on the website of Arrow Electronics but isn’t commercially available so far. The price…
For H-1B workers, one of the most hated and frustrating parts of working in the U.S. is this: Their spouses were idled, unable to work under law. That changed in 2014, when President Obama signed a regulation that allowed some spouses to get a job. But the future of this rule may be in doubt…
Features limited to the iPhone 7 Plus helped boost sales of the larger smartphone, but they were not the only reasons why a higher percentage of customers went big last year, analysts said. “The nature of the market is also shifting,” said Ben Bajarin of Creative Strategies, in a recent interview. As consumers encounter large-screen…
Just because you’re using a Mac doesn’t mean you’re safe from hackers. That’s what two security researchers are warning, after finding a Mac-based malware that may be an attempt by Iranian hackers to target the U.S. defense industry. The malware, called MacDownloader, was found on a website impersonating the U.S. aerospace firm United Technologies, according…
Twitter is extending its campaign to curb trolls and abuse on its social network. The company announced today that it’s making three changes to continue its efforts to give Twitter users more control over what they see on the site and who can use it. “Making Twitter a safer place is our primary focus,” wrote…
A flaw in an old Intel chip could crash servers and networking equipment, and the chipmaker is working to fix the issue. The issue is in the Atom C2000 chips, which started shipping in 2013. The problem was first reported by The Register. In January, Intel added an erratum to the Atom C2000 documentation, stating…
BlackBerry on Tuesday announced a new line of business to provide developers with a secure, cloud-based, mobile communications platform for texting, voice, video and file sharing. Developers can insert these capabilities into their existing custom apps and services using the new BBM Enterprise SDK (software developer kit), BlackBerry said. The SDK will be sold as…