Alexa enters home automation

Alexa is Amazon’s intelligent voice service for the home. Computer Weekly explores its potential for home automation

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The future of diversification in the mobile sector

Reed Smith partner Askandar Samad looks at the vital role diversification will take in the mobile market in 2017, with the realisation that mobile operators can no longer be a ‘dumb pipe'

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Power firm quashes reports of US grid breached by Russian hackers

A US power utility company confirms that the US power grid was not breached by Russian hackers as reported by some US media

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London Ambulance Service suffers New Year system crash

Control room staff forced to use pen and paper as five-hour outage hits performance of ambulance service’s communication systems

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Three-quarters of enterprises collecting IoT data, says 451 Research

A study of IoT buying plans by analysts at 451 Research shows robust growth ahead during 2017

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Australian state’s human rights commission website hit by hacktivists

Anonymous hacktivists deface Victoria Human Rights Commission website with message in support of AnonPlus social networking service

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IBM and Credit Mutuel Arkea beat banking legacy with blockchain

French bank explains what working with IBM on blockchain ledger technology means for customer identification

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