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EMV-compliant payment solutions face growing demand worldwide – with a clear path towards contactless and multifunctional use to increase user convenience. Under the brand SECORA Pay, Infineon Technologies AG, bundles state of the art contact and dual-interface EMV security controllers with the latest EMV applets. Coming in various versions, SECORA Pay allows a flexible approach fitting to regional market...

Background In 2016, the financial services industry suffered 44 million cyber-attacks, more than any other industry. Everything from hacktivist motivated attacks to Internet of Things (IoT) assaults targeted leading banks, financial service institutions, and markets, resulting in hundreds of millions in lost revenue. Perhaps more than any other industry, security professionals at financial service firms truly is on the frontlines of...

One of the largest media agencies in the world, Mindshare, has announced an exclusive partnership with Zilliqa, a high-speed blockchain technology platform developed by researchers at the National University of Singapore.  The exclusive partnership will involve testing whether Zilliqa’s blockchain protocol can be used to address pervasive industry challenges including contextual advertising in relation to fake news; develop strategic...

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new AEC-Q100 (Grade 1) qualified dual DPDT / quad SPDT analog switch featuring low resistance of 0.37 Ω at 2.7 V and 338 MHz bandwidth in the compact 2.6 mm by 1.8 mm by 0.55 mm miniQFN16 package. Ideal for both analog and digital signal switching in space-constrained automotive applications, the Vishay Siliconix DGQ2788A...

Unreliable communication networks may render logistics businesses unable to capture full value from the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to the 100 global transport and logistics companies interviewed by Inmarsat, the global mobile satellite company for its ‘The Future of IoT in Enterprise – 2017’ report. The research suggests that while 96 per cent of transportation and logistics...

ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, has released two new boards (shields) further extending the recently launched Internet of Things (IoT) Development Kit (IDK) platform’s capabilities. With the addition of two new shields that include Bluetooth low energy technology and Smart Passive Sensors (SPS), customers are now able to create diverse and unique use cases that target smart home/building,...

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider has successfully demonstrated downlink 1.2Gbps stable IP data throughput using Anritsu’s Rapid Test Designer (RTD) and MD8430A Signaling Tester test solution for LTE-A Pro. Using a combination of three downlink Carrier Aggregation, 4x4 MIMO and 256QAM modulation scheme Huawei was able to demonstrate market leading downlink...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction leader that empowers innovation, will sponsor the Dragon Racing team throughout the 2017–18 FIA Formula E racing season. The season kicks off December 2 and 3 at the Hong Kong ePrix doubleheader. The 2017–2018 season marks the fourth edition of Formula E racing and the fourth-straight year that Mouser Electronics will be a...

Power Integrations, the leader in IGBT and MOSFET driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, today introduced the newest member of its SCALE-iDriver IC family, SID1102K, a single-channel, isolated, IGBT and MOSFET gate driver in a wide-body eSOP package. Featuring a peak drive current of up to 5 A, the new part is able to drive 300 A...

McObject, developer of eXtremeDB, the ultra-efficient database management system for intelligent connected devices on the Internet of Things (IoT), announced a major new feature with the addition of stored procedures and a raft of other enhancements to eXtremeDB version 8.0, scheduled for release in January. Stored procedures are implemented in eXtremeDB 8.0 with the Lua language. Lua is increasingly popular...