TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Amazon, Iridium launching satellite cloud-based Internet of Things solution next year

By TechTaffy Desk

Amazon and Iridium are launching Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution that offers global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications in 2019. Iridium has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner network and has been collaborating with AWS on the development, the company said in a statement.

The new Iridium service will make Iridium IoT services available with AWS IoT.

Iridium’s IoT services have approximately 630,000 active devices as of June 30, 2018. The company has 66 cross-linked satellites.

[Image courtesy: Iridium]

Just in

Seed

Oso Semiconductor raises $5.2M

Oso Semiconductor has raised $5.2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Engine Ventures.
People

Battelle appoints Tim Ryan to board of directors

Battelle has elected Tim Ryan, Citi’s Head of Technology and Business Enablement, to its board of directors.
Around the web

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies — CNBC

It’s called ChatGPT Gov and was built specifically for U.S. government use; writes Hayden Field. 
Around the web

DeepSeek’s popular AI app is explicitly sending US data to China — Wired

Users have already reported several examples of DeepSeek censoring content that is critical of China or its policies, writes Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman. 
Around the web

DeepSeek hit with large-scale cyberattack, says it’s limiting registrations — CNBC

DeepSeek on Monday said it would temporarily limit user registrations “due to large-scale malicious attacks” on its services; writes Hayden Field.