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Ledger Spy Chip Attack: How Tampered Hardware Wallets Stole Crypto
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Ledger Spy Chip Attack: How Tampered Hardware Wallets Stole Crypto

Aaron Thomas1 month ago1 month ago011 mins

A hidden LTE implant reportedly captured Ledger recovery phrases during setup, exposing how physical tampering and reseller weaknesses can bypass otherwise secure hardware.

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Apple HomeView Explained: Features, Price, Release Date & More
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Apple HomeView Explained: Features, Price, Release Date & More

Aaron Thomas1 month ago1 month ago015 mins

A complete guide to Apple HomeView, including its reported smart-home features, Siri integration, specifications, pricing status, compatibility, and release-date claims.

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Can You Leave Your License at Home? Google Wallet IDs Explained
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Can You Leave Your License at Home? Google Wallet IDs Explained

Ellie Adam1 month ago1 month ago011 mins

Oklahoma has joined Google Wallet’s digital ID rollout. Here is how Android state IDs work, where they are accepted, and why your physical card still matters.

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Amazon Ring's $249 Smart Lock Uses a Physical Dial to Recharge
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Amazon Ring’s $249 Smart Lock Uses a Physical Dial to Recharge

Aaron Thomas1 month ago1 month ago011 mins

Amazon Ring’s new $249 smart lock tackles battery anxiety with a physical dial that lets users manually recharge the lock when power runs low.

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Webhooks vs APIs: Key Differences and When Developers Use Each
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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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Microsoft Copilot Becomes a Super App for Chat, Code and Agents
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Microsoft Copilot Becomes a Super App for Chat, Code and Agents

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Microsoft is bringing chat, software development and autonomous agents into one Copilot Super App. Here is how Home, Code and Autopilot reshape the AI workspace.

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AI Leaders Warn the UN: Could Humanity Lose Control of Advanced AI?
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AI Leaders Warn the UN: Could Humanity Lose Control of Advanced AI?

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AI Leaders Sam Altman and Dario Amodei brought AI control to the UN Security Council, highlighting why autonomous agents require stronger safeguards, technical oversight and international safety standards.

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What Happens When AI Agents Get Permission to Run Your Business?
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What Happens When AI Agents Get Permission to Run Your Business?

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AI agents become fundamentally different when they can execute actions. Learn how to manage their access, identities, decisions, and security risks.

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Scott Bessent's OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack Claims: What We Know
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Scott Bessent’s OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack Claims: What We Know

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Scott Bessent’s reported criticism of OpenAI has intensified scrutiny of an alleged AI-agent attack on Hugging Face. Here is what is confirmed, claimed, and still unresolved.

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Why OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Are Teaming Up on AI Safety
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Why OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Are Teaming Up on AI Safety

Aaron Thomas2 months ago2 months ago010 mins

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind compete to build leading AI models, but shared frontier risks are giving the rivals compelling reasons to coordinate on safety.

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Why AI Apps Run Out of Context: Costs and Smarter Solutions
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Why AI Apps Run Out of Context: Costs and Smarter Solutions

Aaron Thomas3 months ago3 months ago011 mins

Bigger context windows help AI applications process more information, but they also introduce higher costs, slower responses, and declining relevance which cause AI Apps Run Out of Context. Here is how smarter context engineering keeps large AI workloads useful and efficient.

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Why AI Agents Need Sandboxing for Secure Autonomous Coding Workflows
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Why AI Agents Need Sandboxing for Secure Autonomous Coding Workflows

Aaron Thomas3 months ago3 months ago010 mins

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AI Code Review Isn't Enough: 7 Reasons Developers Must Know Their Code
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AI Code Review Isn’t Enough: 7 Reasons Developers Must Know Their Code

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AI reviewers can find defects and accelerate pull requests, but they cannot replace engineering judgment. Discover seven reasons developers must understand, debug, secure, and own every change.

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eSIM vs Physical SIM: Which Is Better for Travel and Privacy?
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eSIM vs Physical SIM: Which Is Better for Travel and Privacy?

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The Biggest Technology Trends Shaping the Next Wave of Innovation
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The Biggest Technology Trends Shaping the Next Wave of Innovation

Aaron Thomas4 months ago4 months ago010 mins

From AI agents and advanced chips to zero-trust security and new computing models, these are the technology trends that will shape how businesses build, defend, and scale.

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The Future of Web Hosting: AI, Edge Delivery, and Green Infrastructure
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The Future of Web Hosting: AI, Edge Delivery, and Green Infrastructure

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  • AI Development

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Why Modern Smartphones Need More AI Than More Megapixels
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Why Modern Smartphones Need More AI Than More Megapixels

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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?*

Share your thoughts in the comments!

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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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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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