I’ve been a Kindle reader for years. I even tweaked a bunch of settings to make my Kindle feel more like paper, and it worked great for store-bought books. But the more I leaned into reading DRM-free EPUBs and personal PDFs, the more I ran into its limitations. The books were scattered across devices, stuck in formats Kindle doesn’t support, and syncing anything outside Amazon’s ecosystem felt like a chore. That’s when I found Kavita, an open-source, self-hosted book library that gave me a reading setup I’ve come to enjoy using more than my Kindle. The setup is a bit…
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Microsoft’s Defender deployment tool for Windows helps administrators manage device onboarding at scale with updated progress visibility and additional controls. Simplified deployment with added administrative controls The tool adapts to the operating system and supports endpoint security across a broad range of Windows devices. It eliminates the need for separate onboarding files for modern and legacy systems by embedding the onboarding package and related information into a downloadable .exe file that can be run to onboard devices. The updated experience is designed to make onboarding more predictable and transparent. It introduces administrative controls that limit risk if onboarding packages are…
Google Research has introduced two new research papers, Titans and MIRAS, aimed at addressing a growing limitation in modern AI systems: handling very long stretches of information without slowing down or losing important context. Together, Titans and MIRAS, focus on giving models a structured way to retain what matters over time, allowing them to follow extended documents, conversations, or data streams with greater continuity. The Titans Architecture Titans is model family that uses a Long-Term Memory module that actively learns as it processes data using a “surprise metric.” The surprise metric is an internal error flag, a mathematical way of…
Android Device Policy helps your IT admin keep your organization’s data secure. Your admin can use the app to manage security policies and settings. Use the Android Enterprise demo (android.com/enterprise/demo) to generate a demo code. Android Device Policy offers:• Easy enrollment• Access to managed Google Play• Access to email and work resources Developers, use the Android Management API (g.co/dev/androidmanagement) to manage devices with Android Device Policy. Permissions Notice• Camera: optionally used to scan QR codes for enterprise enrollment• Contacts: used to add your work account to the device, required for access to managed Google Play• Phone: used for device registration,…
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the game company behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, says attackers breached systems containing some users’ personal information in January. The California-based publisher and video game developer was founded in 2012 by game developer Chris Roberts (of Wing Commander fame), and it operates five game studios with a crew of over 700 employees. In 2012, it announced the multiplayer space-simulation game Star Citizen. However, despite a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $2 million from backers, the game has still not exited its “early access” phase 14 years later. This week, in a somewhat hidden notice published…
What you need to knowA report citing an interview with Samsung’s vice president of hardware for Samsung’s MX business, Moon Sung-hoon, says it may put Exynos in more devices.Moon states that the company is working on a “mid to long-term strategy” for developing new APs (chips), and it may bring future Exynos chips to even more Galaxy devices in its ecosystem.The Exynos 2600 is the world’s first chip on the 2nm process, and Samsung touted major jumps in performance and efficiency over the 2500.Reports are surfacing again about Samsung’s supposed interest in pushing its Exynos chipset more prominently across its…
Data transmissions from tire pressure sensors can be captured using low-cost equipment placed along roads to track drivers, academic researchers have demonstrated. The Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), which is now mandatory in vehicles worldwide for improved safety and maintenance, transmits a unique identifier in clear text, exposing the transmissions to eavesdropping and potential tracking. Academics from Spain, Switzerland, and Luxembourg have published a research paper (PDF) on how low-cost receivers can be used to capture these unencrypted passive transmissions to infer car movement patterns. They deployed five receivers that, for 10 weeks, captured over 6 million TPMS messages from…
If your brand’s content arm has been active for a few years, I’m guessing you have plenty of material that can be revised to help you show up more prominently in AI search answers — we’ll call this AEO throughout the article. I’m getting bombarded with brand marketers’ questions about how to get AEO traction these days. “Revise your old content” is a favorite answer that often produces an “aha” moment for the other party, possibly because the nature of AEO is so forward-looking. That answer sparks a few important follow-up questions I’ll tackle below. How do you reformat content…
Traditionally, checking accounts haven’t earned high interest rates. However, a handful of banks and credit unions offer ultra-competitive high-yield checking accounts, allowing you to grow your bank account balance faster. We’ve rounded up the best high-yield checking accounts for you, comparing their interest rates, terms, account features, and fees. Best High-Yield Checking Accounts Here are the best high-yield checking accounts that you can open today: 1. SoFi Checking and Savings Account APY: Up to 3.80% Minimum Balance: $0 Monthly Fee: $0 Our Rating: 4.4/5 The SoFi Checking and Savings account offers everything you need in one bank account. There are…
Summary The Frixos is an ESP32 daylight projector that connects to Home Assistant for ceiling displays. It can read and display Home Assistant entities to show time, weather, alarms, and more. You can either buy a full kit, 3D-print an enclosure and purchase the hardware, or build it from scratch. Sometimes you stumble upon the trifecta of a perfect DIY project: it uses popular hardware, you can hook it up to Home Assistant, and it’s really impressive. They’re rare, but when they do happen, they get me thinking about all the ways I could use it in my own home.…