https://opensource.com/article/18/6/mqtt This article introduces you to MQTT protocol widely used in IoT. MQTT is a publish/subscribe (pubsub) wire protocol designed with small devices in mind. Pubsub systems work like a message bus. You send a message to a topic, and any software with a subscription for that topic gets a copy of your message. As →
http://www.electronicdesign.com/analog/what-s-all-prank-stuff-anyhow Who says engineers don’t have a sense of humor? Remember the WOM, inspired partly by the Umac 606 phantasatron? The DEAD diode? Many of the early analog electronic greats were inveterate pranksters – and sometimes the prank made the papers and history. This article tells the story of some famous electronics design pranks. →
https://opensource.com/article/18/2/open-source-audio-visual-production-tools Open source is a great option for producing professional-level audio-visual materials. There are a lot of reasons that people choose open source over proprietary options. This article is a compiled list of open source audio and video tools – and related hardware. →
https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/06/04/apple-releases-first-ios-12-macos-1014-mojave-watchos-5-and-tvos-12 Apple had on Monday’s WWDC 2018 a keynote presentation that announced new product updates. Apple issued initial beta versions of its upcoming platform upgrades, including iOS 12, macOS 10.14 Mojave, watchOS 5, and tvOS 12. →
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/internet-trends-2018/ Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released the 2018 version of her famous Internet Trends report (294 pages) and Techcrunch has published some highlights. →
This posting is here to collect security alert news in June 2018. I post links to security vulnerability news to comments of this article. →
I visited today Arrow IoT Summit 2018 seminar at Helsinki Finland. Here are some pictures from there. Networks need to develop together with IoT according to Juniper Vmware wants to take over IoT IoT networking by F5 Networks Here is self driving car prototyping platform from VTT →
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/the-ultimate-guide-to-wordpress-and-gdpr-compliance-everything-you-need-to-know/ Are you confused by GDPR, and how it will impact your WordPress site? This article tries to explain everything you need to know about GDPR and WordPress (without the complex legal stuff). The EU isn’t some evil government that is out to get you. Their goal is to protect consumers. →
With PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology, an Ethernet cable can carry power in addition to data. PoE can supply operating voltage to PoE compatible networked devices, such as a WLAN base station, an IP camera, a VOIP phone or IoT device. The original IEEE 802.3af-2003 PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of DC power →
Julia Reda (from European Parliament) writes at EU censorship machines and link tax laws are nearing the finish line page that EU governments agree on copyright reform, that needs EU parliament approval, to let news sites charge aggregators for snippets, force upload filters on websites. This sound to me like a pretty bad idea based →