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Why Domain Intelligence APIs Need an “Unknown” State

Disclosure: I’m Esteve Castells, the maker of DomScan.

Domain intelligence often enters an application as a simple question. Is this domain available? Does this DNS record exist? Is an email security control configured? Did a public identity signal appear on the website?

The easiest response model is a boolean. It is also frequently the wrong one.

Checks against public internet evidence can time out, return incomplete data, hit access restrictions, or encounter an unsupported input. If an application converts every inconclusive result into false, it creates confident answers that the evidence never supported.

The boolean trap

Imagine a domain availability check that returns no conclusive result. Mapping that response to available: false makes the domain look registered. Mapping it to available: true is worse because a user may act on it. The honest answer is that availability could not be determined from the evidence available at that time.

The same...

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Getting started with the Mantis harness to find and fix bugs

AI models have clearly proven their ability to discover and exploit vulnerabilities without much, if any, human assistance. To help defenders gain the advantage with AI, we built the Mantis harness to automate the discovery, triage, reproduction, and patching of software vulnerabilities. Available to all as an open-source framework, Mantis

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BigQuery identity columns to auto-generate sequential integers

To further empower our customers in their data journey, we are excited to announce the launch of identity columns in BigQuery. This new feature allows users to define columns that automatically generate sequential 64-bit integer values, simplifying the way you manage unique identifiers within your tables. Data engineers are always

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Miele Put a Camera in Its New Dishwasher. Here’s Why

AI-powered cameras have made their way into most major kitchen appliances. Ovens now watch food as it cooks and tell you when it’s done. Smart refrigerators will ping you when you’re running low on milk or suggest recipes based on what they see lingering in the crisper drawer.

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The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other

Christopher has become accustomed to jumping through the endless hoops of the modern job hunt. Like many government contractors, his work has dried up in the DOGE era. Over the past six months, he has applied to roughly 700 jobs; in the vast majority of cases, he’s heard nothing

The boolean trap

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Getting started with the Mantis harness to find and fix bugs

BigQuery identity columns to auto-generate sequential integers

Miele Put a Camera in Its New Dishwasher. Here’s Why

The Logical End Point of AI Job Interviews Is Two Bots Talking to Each Other