Smart home standard consortium the Z-Wave Alliance has announced Chinese equipment vendor Huawei as its latest member company. As a principal member, the Alliance says Huawei will take on a greater role in leading it and help guide future initiatives, as well as promoting partnerships among member bodies. Huawei joins principal members ADT, Alarm.com, Fibaro, Ingersoll-Rand, Jasco Products, Leedarson, LG Uplus, Nortek Security & Control, SmartThings, and Sigma Designs. 21st Century Fox this week expressed disappointment at the UK government’s decision to refer its bid for Sky, to the Competition and Markets Authority. Regulator Ofcom has consistently said that there is no basis for the referral, and the responsible Minister ignored its advice. UK MPs are obsessed with the power…