Johnson Controls, Accenture to collaborate in the smart buildings space
As part of the smart buildings deal, Accenture will assist Johnson Controls by implementing edge technologies on the OpenBlue platform Smart buildings specialist Johnson Controls and Accenture are collaborating to deliver and operate two new OpenBlue Innovation Centers, the former said in a release. The new facilities will drive Johnson Controls’ rollout of building control system products and services using technologies such as...



The juggernaut workload and political impacts to make 5G work for critical industry
Critical Communications World (CCW) in Vienna this week (June 20-23) told the now-familiar story of how an influential industrial sector, which has existed in a horizontal tech vacuum until now, is coming to terms with...
Germany declares natural-gas shortage after Russia throttled its supply over the Ukraine war
German Economic Minister Robert Habeck at a press conference in Dusseldorf, Germany.Roberto Pfeil - Pool/Getty Images Germany says its gas is in short supply. Russia started cutting gas flows to the country on June...
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway plows another $529 million into Occidental Petroleum, boosting its bet on the energy stock to $8.5 billion
Warren Buffett.REUTERS/Rick Wilking Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway spent another $529 million on Occidental Petroleum stock. Berkshire now commands a roughly 16% stake worth about $8.5 billion. Occidental shares...
Investment in coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel — is set to rise 10% this year as energy security grows increasingly fragile due to the Ukraine war
Coal — the most carbon intensive fossil fuel — is seeing a resurgence due to energy security fears.AFP/Getty Images The International Energy Agency estimates investment in coal will jump 10% on-year in 2022. A...
Investment in coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel — is set to rise 10% this year as energy security grows increasingly fragile due to the Ukraine war
Coal — the most carbon intensive fossil fuel — is seeing a resurgence due to energy security fears.AFP/Getty Images The International Energy Agency estimates investment in coal will jump 10% on-year in 2022. A...

More network, more devices – LoRaWAN is more ‘massive’ on every score, says LoRa Alliance
To get the juices going, on all sides of the IoT divide, ahead of its jamboree LoRaWAN World Expo event in Paris in two weeks, the LoRa Alliance has issued a statement to declare LoRaWAN better – and bigger, and more...

Janet Yellen says the US and its allies are discussing a price cap on Russian oil to 'depress Putin's revenues'
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US and its allies are discussing a price cap on Russian oil. One aim is to "push down the price of...
Janet Yellen says the US and its allies are discussing a price cap on Russian oil to 'depress Putin's revenues'
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US and its allies are discussing a price cap on Russian oil. One aim is to "push down the price of...
Europe is drawing up emergency plans to switch back to coal after Russia cuts natural-gas supplies
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's gas supply cuts are not politically motivated.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The Netherlands and Denmark triggered emergency energy plans on Monday. Germany, Italy, the...
Europe is drawing up emergency plans to switch back to coal after Russia cuts natural-gas supplies
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's gas supply cuts are not politically motivated.Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The Netherlands and Denmark triggered emergency energy plans on Monday. Germany, Italy, the...


Deutsche Telekom and Telia strike back at anti-operator agenda in private 5G market
Right, let’s see how good my notes are two days later; shortly following a shot-across-the-bows from a top analyst at a London private 5G event (Omdia’s Pablo Tomasi at Private Networks in a 5G World), Sweden-based...
Russia is cutting 40% of one key pipeline's natural-gas supply to Germany because a piece of equipment is stuck in Canada
Nord Stream is a key pipeline transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany.Stefan Sauer/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Russia's Gazprom said it's cutting natural-gas supply to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline by...
Russia is cutting 40% of one key pipeline's natural-gas supply to Germany because a piece of equipment is stuck in Canada
Nord Stream is a key pipeline transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany.Stefan Sauer/Picture Alliance/Getty Images Russia's Gazprom said it's cutting natural-gas supply to Germany via the Nord Stream pipeline by...
Putin says it'll likely be years before the West can cut itself off from Russian oil and natural gas
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the West is unlikely to cut itself off the country's oil and gas for a few years.Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images Putin said it's unlikely the West will be able to cut off Russia's...