A vulnerability in Google’s Gemini CLI allowed attackers to silently execute malicious commands and exfiltrate data from developers’ computers using allowlisted programs. The flaw was discovered and reported to Google by the security firm Tracebit on June 27, with the tech giant releasing a fix in version 0.1.14, which became available on July 25. Gemini CLI, first released on June 25, …
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Procter & Gamble is elevating an operations veteran with global experience to lead the consumer goods behemoth as it navigates an ambitious workforce restructuring, tariffs, and geopolitical headwinds. The leadership shuffle comes a month after P&G announced it would cut 7,000 jobs, equivalent to about 15% of its non-manufacturing workforce. Chief operating officer Shailesh Jejurikar, 58, will officially take the …
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Voice assistants are… not perfect. That’s me being nice. But if I were to cease being nice, I’d probably say something more like “voice assistants suck,” and I think most would agree I’d be justified in saying so. While no voice assistant really manages to escape that criticism, I usually opt for Google Assistant, which—in my experience—is the least sucky. …
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When I started building a smart home, my Samsung Frame TV served as the hub that connected everything together. Now the brains of home is a tiny box that controls everything locally instead of relying on the cloud. It’s called Home Assistant Green, and it’s the single best investment I’ve made in my smart home. I Didn’t Want to Install …
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When I started building a smart home, my Samsung Frame TV served as the hub that connected everything together. Now the brains of home is a tiny box that controls everything locally instead of relying on the cloud. It’s called Home Assistant Green, and it’s the single best investment I’ve made in my smart home. I Didn’t Want to Install …
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What you need to know Google is aware of customer complaints regarding smart home devices and is promising a fix. The company’s head of Home and Nest took to social media this week to speak to frustrated users directly. Unfortunately, it looks like smart home issues won’t get a proper fix until this fall. People deep in Google’s smart home …
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Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant issues while also teasing “major improvements” coming later this year. As Google has been moving towards Gemini, the experience of using Google Assistant has been, in a …
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Privacy-focused productivity tools maker Proton on Wednesday released its AI assistant, called Lumo, which it says prioritizes protecting user data. The company says the chatbot keeps no logs of your conversations, has end-to-end encryption for storing chats, and offers a ghost mode for conversations that disappear as soon as you close the window. Available via a web client, as well …
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