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Docker microVM architecture: The Hidden History Developers Missed
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Docker microVM architecture: The Hidden History Developers Missed

Ellie Adam3 days ago3 days ago010 mins

Discover how Docker microVM architecture grew from Docker for Mac, HyperKit, and LinuxKit—and why that history now matters for secure AI agent sandboxes.

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Block's Dessa AI Talks Like a Human and Runs on a MacBook
  • Artificial Intelligence

Block’s Dessa AI Talks Like a Human and Runs on a MacBook

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Block’s Dessa AI learns from human conversations as audio, supports full-duplex speech, and reportedly runs locally on a MacBook Pro M4 Max or newer.

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Distributed SQLite Explained: Comparing rqlite, Litestream, Turso
  • Databases

Distributed SQLite Explained: Comparing rqlite, Litestream, Turso

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SQLite can now support clustered services, continuous disaster recovery and globally distributed applications—but rqlite, Litestream and Turso solve fundamentally different problems.

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Inside OpenAI's Offline Internet for Safer AI Agent Training
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Inside OpenAI’s Offline Internet for Safer AI Agent Training

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OpenAI’s Offline Internet is an isolated environment from cached web content so frontier AI agents can practise browsing, coding, and software use without unrestricted access to real internet services.

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Apple Must Allow Rival iPhone App Stores in Australia: What Changes
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Apple Must Allow Rival iPhone App Stores in Australia: What Changes

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Australia’s competition ruling could reshape Apple iPhone app distribution, but appeals, remedies and security conditions must be resolved before rival stores can reach users.

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Xbox Manager Says His AI Gaming Comments Could Get Him Fired
  • Gaming

Xbox Manager Says His AI Gaming Comments Could Get Him Fired

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Xbox Manager Brandon Stirrup’s reported three-hour AI gaming experiment has reignited debate over rapid prototyping, developer jobs, disclosure, and Xbox’s AI strategy.

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Meet Rill: The AI Browser That Turns Webpages Into Coding Tasks
  • Artificial Intelligence

Meet Rill: The AI Browser That Turns Webpages Into Coding Tasks

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Rill AI Browser connects web browsing with Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, helping macOS developers turn ideas found online into actionable coding tasks.

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DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1M-Token Coding and AI Agents
  • Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017: 1M-Token Coding and AI Agents

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A developer-focused analysis of DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017, including its million-token context, coding and agent capabilities, API costs, benchmarks, and practical limitations.

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Chinese AI Agents Probe Website Security Controls, Researchers Say

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Researchers report that Chinese AI agents have attempted to work around website restrictions. Here is what the evidence means—and what it does not prove.

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Tether QVAC AI Explained: Run Models Locally Without API Fees
  • Artificial Intelligence

Tether QVAC AI Explained: Run Models Locally Without API Fees

Aaron Thomas1 month ago1 month ago011 mins

Explore how Tether QVAC AI, QVAC Fabric, and local models could help developers build private, offline AI workflows without recurring cloud API charges.

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Webhooks vs APIs: Key Differences and When Developers Use Each
  • Software Development

Webhooks vs APIs: Key Differences and When Developers Use Each

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Learn how APIs and webhooks differ, where polling fits, and how to combine both patterns for secure, reliable payment, e-commerce, CRM, and SaaS integrations.

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DeepSeek and Huawei's Open-Source Tools Challenge Nvidia CUDA
  • Artificial Intelligence

DeepSeek and Huawei’s Open-Source Tools Challenge Nvidia CUDA

Aaron Thomas1 month ago1 month ago011 mins

DeepSeek and Huawei are expanding the Ascend software stack with open-source tools for AI kernels, matrix operations and Mixture-of-Experts communication that can Challenge Nvidia CUDA.

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Restate Raises $20M Series A for Reliable AI Agent Infrastructure
  • Artificial Intelligence

Restate Raises $20M Series A for Reliable AI Agent Infrastructure

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Restate’s $20 million Series A highlights growing demand for durable infrastructure that helps stateful AI agents recover from crashes, interruptions and network failures.

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Meta Launches Enterprise AI Platform, Hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai
  • Artificial Intelligence

Meta Launches Enterprise AI Platform, Hires MongoDB CEO CJ Desai

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Meta is moving deeper into enterprise AI with a unified platform led by former MongoDB CEO Chirantan “CJ” Desai. Here is how Muse, Business Agent, developer tools and enterprise-grade controls fit into its strategy.

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  • Artificial Intelligence

GPT-6 Astra Ships as OpenAI Chief Scientist Urges AI Slowdown

Aaron Thomas2 months ago2 months ago011 mins

Reported GPT-6 Astra launch details have intensified debate over frontier AI safety, responsible deployment, and calls for slower, more deliberate development.

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Bun Rewrote 535,000 Lines in Rust: Why JavaScript Developers Should Care
  • Software Development

Bun Rewrote 535,000 Lines in Rust: Why JavaScript Developers Should Care

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Bun’s massive Zig-to-Rust migration shows how AI coding agents, strong tests, compiler feedback, fuzzing, and human review can reshape large software rewrites.

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AI Observability Tools: How Developers Monitor LLM Apps at Scale
  • Artificial Intelligence

AI Observability Tools: How Developers Monitor LLM Apps at Scale

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Ubuntu 26.10 Completes Its Rust Coreutils Migration: What Changed
  • Operating Systems

Ubuntu 26.10 Completes Its Rust Coreutils Migration: What Changed

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Ubuntu 26.10 has completed a major migration toward Rust-based core utilities. Here is what changed, why it matters, and where GNU compatibility still counts.

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G20 Backs the Carolina Principles: Could Lighter AI Rules Win?
  • Artificial Intelligence

G20 Backs the Carolina Principles: Could Lighter AI Rules Win?

Aaron Thomas2 months ago2 months ago011 mins

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Can Quantum Computers Break Bitcoin? How Developers Are Building a Quantum Defense
  • Cryptocurrency

Can Quantum Computers Break Bitcoin? How Developers Are Building a Quantum Defense

Aaron Thomas2 months ago2 months ago010 mins

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What happens when your internet suddenly goes down? Do your smart lights stop responding? Do your automations fail? Does your entire smart home become useless?

Not necessarily.

A properly designed local-first smart home can keep essential functions running even when the internet disappears. Lights can respond to motion sensors, local hubs can execute automation rules, and compatible devices can communicate without sending every command to a remote server.

In this animated technology documentary, we explore how to build a smart home that doesn't depend on the cloud for everything.

Here's what you'll discover:

*Cloud vs. Local Control:* Why some smart devices stop working when their manufacturer's servers become unavailable.

*Wi-Fi vs. Internet:* Why losing internet access doesn't necessarily mean losing your local network.

*Home Assistant:* How a local automation hub can coordinate compatible smart devices without cloud access.

*Matter, Zigbee & Thread:* How local communication technologies help devices work together.

*Offline Automations:* How motion sensors, local hubs, and smart lights can continue operating during an internet outage.

*Privacy & Reliability:* Why local-first automation can reduce cloud dependency, while still requiring proper security.

*Building Your Own Offline Smart Home:* The hardware, protocols, physical controls, and practical steps to make your setup more resilient.

But there's an important catch: not every Wi-Fi, Matter, or smart-home device works completely offline. Your hub, devices, integrations, and automation rules must all support local operation.

The goal isn't to eliminate the internet. It's to make sure your home doesn't become less functional when the connection disappears.

*Would you build a smart home that keeps working even when the internet goes down?*

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Amazon's Ring Drone Cam is a flying indoor security camera designed to investigate suspicious activity around your home. But is a camera that flies through your rooms really the future of home security?

Announced at $249.99, the Ring Drone Cam can follow mapped routes, respond to compatible Ring security alerts, and send live video to homeowners. It uses Ring AI Pilot and cloud-based processing to navigate your home.

But there's a catch: it reportedly flies for just *five to eight minutes* before needing to recharge.

In this video, we investigate:

🚁 How Amazon's Ring Drone Cam works and how it navigates your home  
🤖 How Ring AI Pilot uses mapping, sensors, and cloud processing  
🔋 Why five to eight minutes of flight time could limit its usefulness  
📡 Why the drone depends on Wi-Fi and Amazon's cloud services  
👁️ What happens to privacy when a camera can fly into different rooms  
🔐 What Ring's camera shutter and encryption protections actually mean  
💰 Whether a $249.99 flying camera can compete with traditional security cameras  

We also look at the difference between a mobile camera and fixed security cameras, the role of Ring Protect subscriptions, and the regulatory approval still required before the planned US launch.

The Ring Drone Cam isn't an autonomous security guard. It doesn't physically confront intruders or automatically contact emergency services just because it sees something suspicious. Its job is to investigate an alert and give homeowners another view.

*Would you let an AI-powered flying camera patrol inside your home? Or does that cross a privacy line?*

Tell us what you think in the comments.

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https://www.theprotec.com/blog/ring-drone-cam-flying-ai-home-security-camera-privacy/

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Why is America's aviation infrastructure still connected to technology from the 1980s?

Some legacy Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) systems have continued using floppy disks to distribute operational information. But there's an important detail: these disks do NOT control aircraft, process radar data, or navigate flights.

In this animated technology documentary, we investigate why this outdated technology has survived inside parts of America's air traffic infrastructure—and why replacing it is more complicated than simply swapping floppy drives for USB ports.

Here's what we'll explore:

✈️ Where floppy disks still fit into certain FAA legacy systems  
💾 What information these systems display, including weather updates, flight alerts, restricted-airspace schedules, and pilot reports  
⚠️ Why replacing decades-old hardware and software requires extensive compatibility checks, safety testing, training, and careful deployment  
🖥️ How the FAA's Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS) is designed to consolidate four legacy systems  
📅 Why the planned rollout across 435 sites by the end of 2028 is a modernization target—not a completed upgrade

The bigger story isn't simply about floppy disks. It's about the difficult engineering challenge of modernizing critical infrastructure without disrupting the services people depend on.

*If technology this old still supports essential services, what else might be running behind the scenes?*

Tell us in the comments, and don't forget to Like and Subscribe to The Protec for more technology investigations and explainers.

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https://www.theprotec.com/blog/floppy-disks-still-used-air-traffic-control/

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