SAN JOSE — Philips Semiconductors is moving full speed ahead to develop chips based on the new “ZigBee” short-range wireless protocol, with plans to begin sampling products early next year, according ...

PARIS ” The Zigbee Alliance meeting May 17-20 in Seattle, WA will affirm for the faithful that “things are proceeding on schedule,”said alliance chairman Bob Heile. “A large number of companies ...

A team of researchers just revealed that it’s possible for a rogue light bulb to hijack your Philips Hue bridge—and, in turn, your entire network—using a vulnerability in the Zigbee wireless protocol.

Philips has issued new firmware for its HomeKit-compatible Hue lighting system, updating the Bridge to include support for Zigbee 3.0, allowing it to work with a wider array of connected lights, lamps ...

Philips has just announced a monster list of new products for its Hue lineup, part of an overhaul announced at the IFA conference in Berlin. In recent years, the Philips Hue line has struggled, as ...

A cinch to set up and compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant, and (if used with a hub) HomeKit, the Bluetooth-enabled Iris makes for an easy and inexpensive way to warm up a room. The latest version ...

URC’s Total Control home-automation system is expanding its reach inside the home to control more brands of home systems, including Philips ZigBee-based Hue light bulbs, Honeywell thermostats, Hunter ...

Hacked by a Hue lightbulb? It sounds silly, but security researchers at Check Point Software recently demonstrated that unpatched Philips Hue smart lights be used as an attack vector into your network ...

When Jason Cipriani and I interviewed Tobin Richardson, president of the Zigbee Alliance, last week about the Alliance's involvement in NASA JPL's Mars 2020 mission, I didn't think I would be applying ...

Remember the Amazon Fire Phone? It was a hot mess of an effort to enter the smartphone game, never to be repeated. But while Google is busy trying to unseat Apple and reclaim Android from Samsung and ...

PARIS — The Zigbee Alliance meeting May 17-20 in Seattle, WA will affirm for the faithful that "things are proceeding on schedule,"said alliance chairman Bob Heile. "A large number of companies ...