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Italian open source hardware specialist AAElectronics is hoping to help people free their smart homes from proprietary capture with the LocalDot, a replacement mainboard for Amazon's third-generation Echo Dot smart speakers that cuts the corporate connection and replaces it with Home Assistant integration instead. "LocalDot is an
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* Operation KillSwitch dismantled KillSec, seizing infrastructure, cryptocurrency, and 110TB data * Investigation identified core members; several arrests made, including key operators * KillSec claimed 1,000 attacks, targeting healthcare, finance, government, and SMBs The infamous ransomware group KillSec is no more after Europol, together with multiple national law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity
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Video doorbells quickly became one of my favorite security add-ons in recent years. I’ve tested all the latest models, and they’re truly useful with high-resolution eyes on your porch or steps and alerts about everything from packages to strangers. With two-way audio, you can even hold conversations with
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Let's learn about 2020 via these 89 free blog posts. They are ordered by HackerNoon reader engagement data. Visit the Learn Repo or LearnRepo.com to find the most read blog posts about any technology. We don't talk about 2020 1. How to Stop Your Office
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AI is one of the most important technologies of this decade. In the past couple of months, we have seen AI companies consistently introducing more powerful models and autonomous agents. While on one hand, these developments have accelerated growth, on the other hand, they have also raised concerns regarding unlawfully
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* AI chatbots appear to be providing less diverse responses, research claims * Displaying the same answers has been likened to globalisation, where the same products and brands are available everywhere * Such a move may increase convenience, but also reduce diversity Could we be heading into a real-world Idiocracy? A repeated reliance
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We’re midway through the 2026 Amazon Prime Big Deal Days event in Australia, and we’ve found a whole heap of deals on a wide range of tech, including coffee machines, vacuums, smartwatches, headphones and more. With a lot of the deals we’ve covered all comfortably fitting in
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Tired of companies constantly updating their terms and conditions to train their AI with your data, recruit your personal info for their own ends, or charge ever-higher fees? On Thursday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched its 2026 Opt Out October guide, urging people to retake control of their data and
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If you want to save major money on rent or find just the right place to live for a short commute, it’s very common to have roommates — and that can mean dealing with strangers who have poor personal boundaries. Unfortunately, this can lead to living with roommates who consistently
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Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI. Apple’s rumored push into smart home tech could include a smart home security camera that only gives users text event descriptions instead of
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* Microsoft has admitted cloud-based M365 data owned by licensed nonprofits has been deleted in a license-switching cock-up * Microsoft retired its 365 Business Premium Grant license, advising nonprofits to move to the Microsoft 365 Business Basic for free * The deleted data cannot be retrieved Microsoft has admitted it accidentally deleted the
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* Oura has partnered with women's precision health platform Xella Health * Members can share sleep, HRV, temperature, and cycle data with Xella's clinicians * Xella pairs that data with biomarker testing and physician-guided treatment plans Oura has a new partner integration, and this time it’s a women&
