IoT 15 August 2025 - 17 August 2025

InterDigital shares up after IoT payments patent agreement
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InterDigital shares up after IoT payments patent agreement

InterDigital shares edged up to $267.10 in after-hours trading Thursday after announcing a new Internet of Things licensing deal with an unnamed payments-technology company. The agreement covers point-of-sale devices under InterDigital’s global patent portfolio. Annualized recurring revenue rose 13% year-over-year to $567.2 million in the March quarter. Financial terms of the new deal were not disclosed.
May 21, 2026
artificial intelligence predictive maintenance
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AI Maintenance Is Quietly Saving Trillions: Guide to Predictive & Prescriptive Maintenance – What It Is, Who’s Winning, and How to Start

Siemens launched an Industrial Copilot for maintenance, integrating Senseye analytics and Azure. IBM added AI agents to Maximo. Studies show AI-based maintenance can cut downtime by up to 45% and reduce costs by 25–35%. Ford is deploying AI vision at scale to prevent rework and recalls.
August 17, 2025
Smart Fabrics with Sensors
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Smart Fabrics with Sensors: The Wearable Tech Revolution You Didn’t See Coming

The global smart fabrics market reached $6–8 billion in 2024, with defense accounting for 29% of revenue. Recent products include Google’s touch-sensitive Jacquard jacket, Cornell’s exercise-tracking SeamFit shirt, and Cambridge’s AI sleepwear. The U.S. intelligence community’s SMART ePANTS program received $22 million in 2023. Sports and fitness is the fastest-growing sector, expanding at about 35% annually.
August 15, 2025
LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms
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The Long-Range IoT Revolution: How LoRaWAN is Transforming Smart Cities and Farms

Over 350 million LoRaWAN devices were connected worldwide by mid-2024, with forecasts topping 3.5 billion by 2030. Montevideo deployed 70,000 LoRaWAN streetlights to cut energy use by up to 80%. LoRaWAN supports long-range, low-power sensors in cities and farms, and by 2024, at least three firms offered LoRaWAN-from-space via satellite gateways. The ecosystem includes over 500 member companies.
August 15, 2025

Stock Market Today

  • SpaceX Launches Upgraded Starship V3 in Key Test Flight Ahead of IPO
    May 23, 2026, 12:05 AM EDT. SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, successfully completed the 12th uncrewed test flight of its upgraded Starship V3 from Texas. The fully reusable spacecraft blasted off with its Super Heavy booster, completing a suborbital flight that released 20 mock Starlink satellites plus two real modified ones to test heat shield integrity. This launch is a key milestone as SpaceX nears a record-breaking IPO valued at $1.75 trillion, potentially making Musk the world's first trillionaire. Starship aims to lower launch costs, expand Starlink, and support future NASA lunar missions. The test ended with a successful ocean splashdown of the vessel and booster, following months of delays and development setbacks.