In particular, providers are focused on capturing opportunities enabled by internet of things (IoT) devices—such as wearables—and biogenetics. And the time is ripe for this: In its Q2 earnings, Manulife reported a spike in sales of products with the John Hancock Vitality PLUS feature, thanks to increased consumer interest in health improvement. Who’s Partnering With Insurers on Tech Priorities?

Leading cloud services provider AWS owns half of the Arm-based servers ideal for emerging technologies including AI, machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), and edge computing. Data center operators and component makers are cashing in on the high demand for generative AI solutions.

Digital health vendor Validic’s internet of things (IoT) platform serves as a single connection point for collecting data from multiple sources, such as wearables and RPM devices. The company says it integrates data from more than 530 consumer health devices, and it can connect these solutions with Epic Systems’ and Oracle Cerner’s EHR products.

Robotics as a service: In addition to large robotics sold to bigger companies, a group of startups is also offering robots on a subscription basis for smaller retailers and warehouses. 5G: Better 5G coverage can increase internet of things (IoT) coverage, in part due to higher capacity for devices, but also due to higher speeds. As robots and drones proliferate, they will work best in 5G.

Marketers will go multichannel via IoT. Remaining channel- and IoT brand-agnostic will be vital for marketers looking to tap into new pools of consumers. Another key for brands will be optimizing for the IoT experience, such as orienting websites to search by spoken question rather than typed terms.

As IoT-equipped vehicles proliferate, more regulation and transparency are needed to ensure trust in the technology. Go Deeper: Read our Smart Home Forecast for more on privacy and security concerns with IoT.

What this means: Smart home standards have been a tangled mess, with dozens of companies pushing their own protocols for a variety of IoT devices including smart lights, thermostats, locks, security cameras, and appliances.

By 2026, nearly half of US households will use smart devices—from lights to locks to appliances. Here’s how advertisers can capitalize on connectivity enabled by Matter, the newly launched interoperability protocol.

Marketers will go multichannel via IoT. Remaining channel- and IoT brand-agnostic will be vital for marketers looking to tap into new pools of consumers. Another key for brands will be optimizing for the IoT experience, such as orienting websites to search by spoken question rather than typed terms.

VMware, which has more than 500,000 customers—including the big three in cloud, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—unlocks the growing edge and IoT segment for Broadcom. Building an IoT and edge-computing giant: The combination of Broadcom’s mobile phone and telecom network chips and VMware’s software positions Broadcom as a leader in data center and cloud-computing solutions.

Fusing many metaworlds into an all-encompassing metaverse will require advancement and mass integration of an array of technologies like VR, 5G, AI, IoT, 3D modeling, and cloud computing. It will also require chips far more advanced than ones available today. They will have to operate with a high level of efficiency to meet the metaverse’s likely enormous energy demands.

The new solar cells can reportedly not only extend the lifespan of solar panels, but also power scores of environmental field sensors and other IoT devices, reducing the need for batteries. In turn, a reduced need for batteries to power devices in remote areas could lead to less environmentally destructive mineral mining.

It’s part of Amazon’s push for “ambient intelligence” that renders IoT more invisible and interoperable in the background while it anticipates and responds to people’s needs—even as they sleep or journal. The strategy is solid given decades of consumer conditioning for ambient intelligence through sci-fi films and books.

This standardization of IoT devices has been a challenge with competing conventions emerging in different parts of the world and among different stakeholders. Why it’s worth watching: Now, companies like Google, Apple, Amazon, and Samsung are joining forces with more than 200 companies to champion a new standard that promises to solve smart home interoperability.

Internet of Things (IoT) attacks. 53% of connected devices are at risk of a cybersecurity attack, per Cynerio’s State of Healthcare IoT Device Security 2022 report. Most vulnerable are IV pumps (38% of a hospital’s IoT footprint) and VoIP systems (50%). Weak or insecure passwords present the easiest opportunities for compromise.

The news: AT&T is teaming up with remote patient monitoring (RPM) company Smart Meter to connect the latter’s RPM devices to AT&T’s Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G network. How it will work: Five of Smart Meter’s devices will now contain an AT&T SIM card and run on AT&T’s network.

More and more eSIM-capable devices are hitting the market every quarter across the consumer, IoT, and mobility space,” per Counterpoint. Moving to eSIM makes it possible for manufacturers to free up space for batteries or other critical components. Beyond smartphones, other devices like wearables, tablets, laptops, and handheld gaming consoles can benefit from eSIM implementation. What’s the catch?

Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware points to expansion into emerging cloud and IoT segments. Similarly, Sony’s purchase of gaming studio Bungie for a more modest $3.6 billion indicates a continuing trend in gaming IP acquisition. And let’s not forget Elon Musk’s contentious Twitter acquisition for $43 billion, which remains in limbo.

It could also affect us closer to home with faster IoT and downloads speeds and higher streaming quality. According to Luminous CEO Marcus Gomez, AI models from a decade ago had 100 million parameters at most, taking a single computer an hour to train.

The internet of things (IoT), the ecosystem of internet-connected sensors and devices that generate, collect, analyze, and transmit data from wearables and remote patient monitoring devices. Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation. Smart hospital solutions use AI to capture and process information, then build automation around the data.

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