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I am not a Home Assistant expert, but it’s clearly a massive and powerful ecosystem. I’ve interviewed the creator of Home Assistant on my podcast and I encourage you to check out that chat. Home Assistant can quickly become a hobby that overwhelms you. Every object (entity) in your house that is even remotely connected can become programmable. Everything. Even people! You can declare that any name:value pair that (for example) your phone can expose can be consumable by Home Assistant. Questions like “is Scott home” or “what’s Scott’s phone battery” can be associated with Scott the Entity…

Organizations including the U.S. military, are increasingly adopting cloud deployments for their flexibility and cost savings in deployment. One aspect of such deployments is the shared security model promulgated by NSA, which describes many of the security services that cloud service providers (CSPs) support and provides for cooperation on security issues. This model also leaves security responsibilities on the organizations contracting for service. These responsibilities include ensuring the hosted application is accomplishing its intended purpose for the authorized set of users.Cloud flow logs, as identified by network defenders, are a valuable source of data to support this security responsibility. If…

As Rimtepathip mentioned, the best sunscreen is one that you will actually use and reapply. “There are still keywords to look for depending on a person’s skin type,” she adds. “If a person’s skin is dry, look for sunscreens that have moisturizing ingredients, such as hyaluronic acid. For oily skin, look for the words ‘oil-free’ or ‘noncomedogenic.’ These sunscreens are less likely to clog pores and cause outbreaks. Mineral sunscreens are less irritating to people with sensitive skin. They should also avoid sunscreens with added fragrances.”If you have oily or acne-prone skin, sensitive skin or dry skin on your face,…

Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Qualified, positioning the move as an acceleration of agentic capabilities within its Agentforce portfolio. The announcement reinforces Salesforce’s push toward agentic-led go-to-market execution, extending autonomous engagement from service and sales support into early-stage pipeline qualification and acceleration that supports sales execution.  Qualified is a conversational sales execution platform designed to turn enterprise website traffic directly into pipeline. Its Artificial Intelligence (AI) agent, Piper, engages inbound buyers in real time to assess intent, answer questions, qualify demand, and book meetings.   The platform uses behavioral and account-level signals to prioritize high-value prospects, apply account-based routing logic, and trigger appropriate escalation or follow-up actions. With transparency and governance features such as Spotlight, enterprises can monitor and manage how…

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is genuinely useful. It gives people who develop AI tools a standardized way to call functions and access data from external systems. Instead of building custom integrations for each data source, you can expose databases, APIs, and internal tools through a common protocol that any AI can understand.However, I’ve been watching teams adopt MCP over the past year, and I’m seeing a disturbing pattern. Developers are using MCP to quickly connect their AI assistants to every data source they can find—customer databases, support tickets, internal APIs, document stores—and dumping it all into the AI’s context.…

A model context protocol (MCP) tool can claim to execute a benign task such as “validate email addresses,” but if the tool is compromised, it can be redirected to fulfill ulterior motives, such as exfiltrating your entire address book to an external server. Traditional security scanners could flag suspicious network calls or dangerous functions and pattern-based detection could identify known threats, but neither capability can connect a semantic and behavioral mismatch between what a tool claims to do (email validation) and what it actually does (exfiltrate data). Introducing behavioral code scanning: where security analysis meets AI Addressing this gap requires…

Compass Dermatopathology Partners with VECKTA to Save $3.85M in Utility Costs with Solar and Energy Storage Shannon Bresnahan   |   Uncategorized Compass Dermatopathology, a full-service dermatopathology lab, has partnered with Cleantech San Diego member and Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN) company VECKTA, a technology platform that simplifies the transition to onsite energy, to install a solar, energy storage, and EV charging system that will save the company $3.85 million in utility costs.   As a high-energy usage 19,000-foot facility that processes sensitive patient samples around the clock, Compass sought to reduce its substantial energy costs and ensure reliable backup power…

We’re thrilled to announce that our Mastering SwiftUI ebook has been fully updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16. This comprehensive update includes:All content and source code now compatible with the latest iOS and Xcode versionsBrand new chapters covering iOS 18’s new APIsLearn to implement translation features, create stunning animated text effects, master hero animations, and much more!Our SwiftUI book caters to both beginners and intermediate developers who are eager to learn the ins and outs of the new SwiftUI framework. Each chapter in our book features a minimum of one simple project, allowing you to gain hands-on experience. By working on…

Keysight Technologies, a manufacturer of electronics test and measurement equipment, has unveiled its N99xxD-Series FieldFox Handheld Analyser, the next instalment in the company’s FieldFox offerings. The new D-Series enables 120MHz gap-free IQ streaming, field-to-lab integration, and high-speed data transfer, providing wideband signal analysis in the most demanding radio frequency (RF) settings.The release comes as RF environments are becoming increasingly complex with the convergence of various systems like 5G and satellite communications. Where traditional handheld analysers are limited by streaming speed and bandwidth, the new D-Series analyser offers faster troubleshooting, deeper analysis, and more precise data collection. Ultimately, users will benefit…

On Monday, the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission banned all new foreign-made drone models from distribution in the U.S., citing “national security concerns.” Americans who already own older foreign drone models will still be able to use those products, the government said. In a fact sheet published Monday, the FCC claimed that “criminals, hostile foreign actors, and terrorists” could use drones “to present new and serious threats to our homeland.” As a result, the agency said that it had updated its Covered List — which is a list of products that have been “deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to…