Worried about your smart vacuum’s cybersecurity? Here’s what one engineer did.

An engineer got curious about how his iLife A11 smart vacuum worked and monitored the network traffic coming from the device. That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs and telemetry data to the manufacturer. This blog from Tom’s Hardware explains what he did next.
Flex and LG Partner to Develop Advanced Thermal Management Solutions for Gigawatt Data Centers
Partnership brings together Flex’s liquid cooling, power, and IT infrastructure solutions and LG’s line of high-performance air and liquid cooling infrastructure Flex and LG will co-develop prefabricated, modular data center solutions for advanced thermal management in high-density compute environments Integrated liquid and air cooling solutions will join the lineup of breakthrough products available as part […]
Electronics Manufacturing Powers U.S. Growth, Supporting 5.2 Million Jobs and $1.8 Trillion in Output
A new report from the Global Electronics Association, “Powering the U.S. Economy: The Economic Reach of Electronics Manufacturing,” finds that U.S. electronics manufacturing remains a powerful engine of economic growth and resilience—supporting 5.2 million American jobs, contributing $853 billion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), and generating $1.8 trillion in total economic output. Amid slowing global growth, […]
SMTA Posts Calendar for Upcoming Events
Attend from Anywhere! SMTA is your source for important electronics manufacturing technical research and practical solutions to help you stay informed! Learn, discuss, and collaborate from the comfort of your own desk or home. Here is a listing of upcoming SMTA events>>
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI is in a ‘virtuous cycle.’
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that artificial intelligence had reached a “virtuous cycle,” tipping the industry for continuous growth. Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in South Korea, Huang said the vast improvements in AI models were leading to more investment in the technology, which was, in turn, improving the AI models even […]