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Water use in an Icelandic village fell 30%. Salzburg can now set fire bans valley by valley, not province-wide. LoRa Alliance CEO Alper Yegin on six LoRaWAN networks running against Europe's heat 👇
Six Ways IoT networks are helping communities adapt to a hotter world - We speak IoT
Six real LoRaWAN deployments show how IoT networks help European communities manage wildfires, drought, floods and heat risks.
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Germany's regulator sees no grounds to ban Meta's camera glasses: the LED warns bystanders. Meta's own policy paper says that LED is off during AI features. We asked. The agency has never inspected the model in the complaint, and cannot share an assessment of the AI modes at present.
Meta's AI Modes Record Without the LED. Should Germany's Regulator Reconsider? - We speak IoT
Meta's own documents describe AI modes with the capture LED off. Germany's regulator has no assessment to share.
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Most cellular IoT modules run Android on a Cortex-A7 behind the radio. Researchers showed a hostile SIM card can reach it directly via a documented spec feature. Code execution on an EV charger, file theft, 2G downgrade. www.wespeakiot.com/proactive-si...
Proactive SIM: How a Hostile SIM Card Takes Over IoT Modems - We speak IoT
University of Birmingham at USENIX WOOT: six of eight IoT modules tested expose an AT command interface to the SIM card.
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Anthropic pledged invisible Claude text watermarks for the EU AI Act. Catch: no live model has one yet, and texts under ~150 words can't be marked at all. www.wespeakiot.com/ai-text-wate...
AI Text Watermarks: Checkmate for Cheaters? What Anthropic's New Labelling Commitment Can Do – and What It Can't - We speak IoT
Anthropic will watermark AI text – EU rules apply since 2 Aug 2026. Yet no Claude model does it today. How Google and OpenAI compare.
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3 months. 1 greenhouse. 6,500 readings. 🍅 Field-tested @seeedstudio.com new SenseCAP Combo 5-in-1 (4G) ahead of its global launch. Solar power alone kept it running May–Aug, just 2 restarts needed. Full report incl. dashboard + live demo: www.wespeakiot.com/seeed-studio...
New 4G Environmental Sensor on Long-Term Test: SenseCAP Combo 5-in-1 Over Three Months in Practice - We speak IoT
Three months in a greenhouse: the SenseCAP Combo 5-in-1 with 4G on long-term test, including its API and a self-built dashboard.
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"Set it and forget it" belongs to the past! The EU Cyber Resiliance Act forces IoT device manufacturers to put more effort in security-by-design! @prexclusiv.bsky.social 's Dirk Roebers "maybe manufacturers will learn something after all!" Read more now at #WeSpeakIoT
Set It and Forget It – Cyber Resilience Act Ends the Free Ride for Disposable IoT - We speak IoT
The Cyber Resilience Act ends disposable IoT: security-by-design, mandatory updates, 24-hour breach reporting. What manufacturers now face.
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1NCE now offers API access to 17 AI models (Claude, Llama, Mistral,...). Hosted across Servers in the EU. Our hands-on test of hosting, PII redaction, and guardrails: www.wespeakiot.com/1nce-ai-hand...
1NCE AI Hands-On: How Reliably Does the New EU-AI Gateway Protect Personal Data? - We speak IoT
1NCE AI tested: EU access to Claude & co., hosting details, and the weak spots in PII redaction in a hands-on review.
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Hoymiles solar inverters give up their serial number, the only thing "protecting" them, unencrypted, the moment anyone sends a simple radio query. Result: attackers within ~350m can shut them off, rewrite grid settings, or brick them via firmware as a security researcher with the @ccc.de discovered.
Unprotected Over the Air: The Security Flaws in Hoymiles Inverters
Hoymiles microinverters can be switched off and manipulated over radio without authentication. The flaws and how to protect your system.
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It reads like a scene from Stephen King's "Maximum Overdrive" — machines turning on their owners. But this time it's not a comet. It's a hardcoded backdoor a manufacturer built into every robot lawn mower it sold. A researcher hijacked one from across the planet. www.wespeakiot.com/when-the-man...
When the Manufacturer Steers Your Mower, Stephen King Comes to Mind - We speak IoT
Yarbo's robot mower shipped with a factory-built backdoor and a universal root password. Why a high price tag buys no security.
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IoT connectivity is the entry ticket, not the prize. Sergey Ezyk (Orange Business) stress-tested the Gartner MQ 2026 with 4 AI models. Where they disagree says as much as where they agree. New guest analysis on WeSpeakIoT 👇 www.wespeakiot.com/connectivity...
Connectivity Is the Entry Ticket, Not the Prize: What Gartner's 2026 IoT Magic Quadrant Tells Us About 2027's Leaders - We speak IoT
IoT connectivity is now table stakes. IoT Expert Sergey Ezyk on what separates 2027's Gartner MQ Leaders from Visionaries.
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💡 Your smart bulb (and more) was chatting in plain text: TP-Link Tapo L535E, P300, and D100C transmit setup data over Bluetooth without encryption. An attacker within 10–30 meters during initial setup could intercept configuration data or hijack the device. www.wespeakiot.com/tp-link-tapo...
Bluetooth Flaw in TP-Link Tapo Devices: When Smart Bulbs Broadcast in Plain Text - We speak IoT
TP-Link Tapo devices transmit setup data unencrypted via Bluetooth. CVE-2026-34126 affects smart bulbs, power strips, and doorbells.
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The IoT device you ship today may still be running when a quantum computer can break its encryption. NIST finalized post-quantum standards in 2024. The EU mandates migration of critical systems by 2030. The window is narrower than you think. www.wespeakiot.com/quantum-safe...
Quantum-Safe IoT: Why the Cryptography Migration Cannot Wait - We speak IoT
Post-quantum cryptography meets IoT: what NIST standards, the EU roadmap, and global algorithm divergence mean for developers and decision-makers.
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Qualcomm's BootROM flaw: unpatchable on existing hardware, exploitable with minutes of physical access, affecting Smartphones, IoT modules or automotive ECUs. Good news: injected code doesn't survive a power cycle. Bad news: there's no patch. Ever. www.wespeakiot.com/qualcomm-sec...
Qualcomm Security Crisis: Unpatchable BootROM Flaw and New Critical CVEs Keep IoT, Smartphones, and Automotive Under Pressure - We speak IoT
Qualcomm's unpatchable BootROM flaw CVE-2026-25262 persists – three new CVSS 9.8 vulnerabilities in June's Android bulletin escalate the risk for IoT and automotive.
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Your Android TV box might have a second job. A botnet called xlabs_v1 hijacks cheap smart TVs and IoT devices through an open developer port, then runs a bandwidth test to sort them into pricing tiers before renting them out for DDoS attacks.
xlabs_v1: The Botnet That Rents Out Your Android TV Box as a DDoS Weapon - We speak IoT
xlabs_v1 exploits open ADB port 5555 to hijack Android TV boxes for DDoS-for-hire attacks — with bandwidth profiling and 21 flood
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96 million SIM cards in Germany. Not in phones but in machines and devices. The VATM telecoms study 2026 has a quiet IoT story buried in its numbers. M2M is the only segment actually growing. And 5G area coverage still has a gap — right where the sensors are.
96 Million Devices on Mobile Networks: What the VATM Telecoms Market Study 2026 Reveals About the German IoT Market - We speak IoT
VATM 2026 study: 96M M2M SIM cards in Germany and a 5G coverage gap that hits IoT deployments in rural areas hardest.
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You can shrink a chip. You can't shrink physics. The Chu-Harrington theorem explains why 10 mm more PCB length can save €70,000 in antenna development costs. Antella-Expert Harald Naumann's guest post on WeSpeakIoT breaks it down. 👇 www.wespeakiot.com/when-%CE%BB-...
When λ/4 Is Affordable and λ/10 Blows Your Budget: Why Antenna Physics Makes IoT Projects More Expensive Than Expected - We speak IoT
The Chu-Harrington limit explains why miniaturized IoT antennas get exponentially more expensive – with real-world example and cost curve.
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Every Tuesday, one IoT/AI story worth your time. No hype, no filler — just solid reporting on what's actually moving in connected tech. That's #IoTuesday. 📡 👉 wespeakiot.com/newsletter/
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You bought the trackers. Datasheet said 5 years. 18 months later: silence. IoT battery life isn't a hardware spec, it's a system outcome. 5 factors decide what you actually get: transmission interval, retry behavior, sleep modes, temperature, and protocol choice. Full breakdown 👇
IoT Device Battery Life: What Datasheets Don't Tell You and the Questions Decision-Makers Should Ask - We speak IoT
IoT battery life: Why datasheets rarely deliver on their promises in the real world – and five questions every decision-maker should ask.
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VPNs were never built for thousands of headless devices in energy grids and factory floors. Zero Trust at the SIM level changes that – no VPN, no agent, no exposed ports. 🔗 www.wespeakiot.com/no-vpn-no-ag...
No VPN, no agent, no problem: IXT brings Zero Trust directly to the SIM card - We speak IoT
Zero Trust for IoT/OT without VPN: How IXT, Zscaler and Illumio enforce security at SIM level – and who else is playing in this space.
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The cheap AI era is over. OpenAI missed its targets. Anthropic is rationing capacity. GPU prices up 48% in two months. If your IoT project depends on cloud AI, you're sitting on a risk you may have never formally assessed. 👇 www.wespeakiot.com/the-end-of-c...
The End of Cheap AI: And What It Means for Connected Devices - We speak IoT
OpenAI and Anthropic face capacity crunches and rising prices. What the AI infrastructure crisis means for IoT projects and edge AI.
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Neato Cloud Shutdown Update: Vorwerk announces replacement of affected robot vacuums with a Kobold VR7. Two days earlier, Italy's consumer protection authority searched their offices. What this means for the IoT industry: www.wespeakiot.com/neato-shutdo...
Neato Shutdown: Vorwerk Swaps Devices as Italian Watchdog Investigates - We speak IoT
Italy's AGCM has opened formal proceedings against Vorwerk over the Neato cloud shutdown – a landmark case for the entire IoT industry.
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First post. IoT blog. And we're leading with "IoT is boring and nobody respects it." Sounds about right. 👋 www.wespeakiot.com/stop-fightin...
Stop Fighting It: IoT Needs a Rebrand - We speak IoT
IoT is a trillion-dollar industry nobody respects. Guest op-ed: Why a rebrand around AI is long overdue.
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