August 22, 2025 1:50 PM Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now The adoption of interoperability standards, such as the Model Context Protocol (MCP), can provide enterprises with insights into how agents and models function outside
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Google snuck a new smart speaker into its big Pixel
Image: YouTube Over the past several months, the question surrounding Google’s next smart devices hasn’t been when they will arrive, but if they will arrive. After all, Google’s been slowly but steadily discontinuing older smart products (the Nest Protect, the Nest x Yale Lock) while leaving their replacements to third parties. At time same time
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I always take this $12 phone mount on bus, plane,
Image: Mark Knapp / Foundry Traveling is a true joy, but only when you’re at your destination. Getting there is a different story. The combined hours crammed onto planes, trains, or buses can really take their toll—especially if you’re 6’3″ like me. Watching a movie or TV show can help distract from the tight seats
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A popular cloud storage platform is offering 5TB for life
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Skip the monthly payments for cloud storage and get a FolderFort 5TB lifetime subscription for $299.99 (reg. $1,499). Monthly subscription fees for cloud storage add up quickly, especially if you need a lot of space. Instead of paying for Dropbox every month, try FolderFort. FolderFort is a way to skip those recurring charges entirely with 5TB of
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Your AI-powered investment sidekick is just $55.19
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: Get a lifetime of Sterling Stock Picker for $55.19 with code SAVE20—AI-driven picks, portfolio building, and financial coaching for all skill levels. If you’ve ever stared at a stock chart like it was an alien language, Sterling Stock Picker is here to be your translator, strategist, and hype team all in one. Right now, you
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I tested a new Home Assistant adapter with Z-Wave superpowers
Skip to content Image: Ben Patterson/Foundry I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the cloud. Starting today, Home Assistant users have an awesome new toy to play with. The Home
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Making Sense of Cybersecurity – Part 2: Delivering a Cost-effective
At Black Hat Europe last year, I sat down with one of our senior security analysts, Paul Stringfellow. In this section of The post Making Sense of Cybersecurity – Part 2: Delivering a Cost-effective Response appeared first on Gigaom...
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This coding beginner bundle gives you access to pro-level software
Image: StackCommerce TL;DR: A lifetime license for Microsoft Visual Studio Pro plus coding training courses is now only $55.97. Learning to code is one of the most practical ways to open new career paths, and having the right tools and training from the start can make the process a lot smoother. If you want to find the tools and
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Microsoft Copilot is now powered by GPT-5 too, mostly
Image: Microsoft Microsoft has added GPT-5 to Copilot, a day after adding OpenAI’s open-source GPT model to its local services. GPT-5, which also powers ChatGPT, is now live within Copilot, at copilot.microsoft.com, Microsoft said Thursday. Presumably the same model will eventually power the Copilot application running on top of Windows PCs, but the Windows app
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This fast 27-inch 1440p gaming monitor is shockingly cheap today
Image: Acer It ain’t easy to find a deal on a gaming monitor, particularly if you want one that has a quality IPS panel. But today, Acer (via its official branded eBay store) is offering just such a deal: a refurbished 27-inch 1440p 240Hz gaming monitor, with that crucial IPS tech, for just $178.99. That’s