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Heatwave in Europe: Record low water levels at Rhine River in Düsseldorf, Germany, August 2026 Europe is in the grip of another summer of record heat. Wildfires have broken out, water utilities are managing drought restrictions, and healthcare facilities are on alert for heat-related illness. This pattern is the new normal for summer, and it threatens to compromise much of the infrastructure that keeps communities safe. The world needs to quickly adapt.

A SIM card is allowed to issue commands to the device it sits in – that is written into the cellular specifications. Researchers at the University of Birmingham examined what happens when that card turns hostile: six of eight IoT modules tested could be driven this way, and three of 18 smartphones. What is the Proactive SIM feature and what does RUN AT do? A SIM card is not a passive memory chip but a small computer. Normally the modem’s communication processor queries the card.

As industries increasingly depend on Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to optimize operations and gain real-time insights from connected devices, the massive volumes of IoT sensor data these systems generate bring substantial compliance obligations under GDPR and industry-specific regulations. Organizations must balance strict protection requirements against the operational advantages that make such investments worthwhile.

With the SenseCAP Combo 5-in-1 with 4G, Seeed Studio delivers a professional environmental sensor suited to greenhouses, among other settings. Solar-powered and cellular-connected, it is ready to run quickly. The Seeed API also leaves plenty of room to build your own dashboards. I tested the device — and above all its API for a custom dashboard — for three months ahead of the global sales launch at the end of August 2026. Who is Seeed Studio, and who does the company build for?

Illustration: The EU Cyber Resilience Act aims to protect European customers from malicious devices. Source: WeSpeakIoT w/ ChatGPT From 11 September 2026, manufacturers of connected products must report actively exploited vulnerabilities within 24 hours. The platform for doing so was not in service at the end of July, and its address remains unpublished. At the same time, the European Commission has issued 84 pages of guidance.

Illustration: Soracom aims to speed up IoT developments with its new Soracom Agent. Illustration: WeSpeakIoT /w ChatGPT Soracom has introduced Soracom Agent, an AI agent designed to support companies from initial requirements analysis through the ongoing operation of an IoT project. The service is launching as a technology preview. WeSpeakIoT asked Soracom which language model powers it and how the company handles data protection for European customers.

Nutzer sollen dem Agenten ihre Projektziele per Chat oder Sprache schildern. Zu den in der Produktankündigung genannten Fähigkeiten zählen die Bedienung der Kameradienste Soracom Cloud Camera Services (SoraCam), die Auswertung von Gerätedaten und Bildern, die Fernsteuerung von Geräten per natürlicher Sprache sowie das automatische Erstellen von Anwendungen mit Soracom Flux.

A systems architect describes, in an English-language field report, the firmware decisions that kept an STM32-based NB-IoT dog collar running reliably under field conditions for three years. What is the article about?

Time's running out: for many IoT devices, the Cyber Resilience Act marks the end of the carefree-neglect era. Illustration: Google Gemini Remember 2022? Back in Brussels, officials were drafting a paper with the clunky name Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). Most IoT manufacturers greeted the early drafts with a tired smile, following the old motto: just EU bureaucracy. It’ll take years to come into force, and by the time it does, it won’t be as bad as it sounds. Those years have almost passed.