2026-07-17 15:45:04
Bei vielen Artikeln bin ich unschlüssig, ob ich sie faszinierend oder einfach nur traurig finden soll. 🤔🫣
Gutenachtgeschichte in #HomeAssistant
https://gnulinux.ch/gutenachtgeschicht
@… Just saw this, and had no idea this exists: ESP32 Bit Pirate Inspired by the Bus Pirate of old, a modern version: https://l…
Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies will be leaving the Trump administration after reportedly warning that it might be breaking the law.
✅ Top Tax Official Pushed Out After Clashes With Trump Administration: Report
https://www.
Harmeet Dhillon is a pugnacious presence on rightwing talkshows and social media:
she has posted a derogatory slur about people with disabilities,
called conservative influencers “hoes”,
and even fires off public posts about justice department investigations that are in the early stages.
As the assistant attorney general for civil rights, Dhillon oversees the justice department division responsible for enforcing America’s federal civil rights laws.
Since arrivi…
Remember, as the author of this 1834 receipt knew well, that we get to pick our words and that sometimes a pun is too good to pass up: "The undersigned... do hereby acknowledge to have received... by the hands of Assistant Commissary Foote..."
Tipp: Backup für Home Assistant einrichten
Das beliebte quelloffene Smart-Home-System Home Assistant bietet viele Konfigurationsmöglichkeiten. Wichtig ist dabei, stets ein Backup zu haben. So geht's.
https://www.
Amazon is replacing its Rufus AI shopping assistant with Alexa for Shopping, powered by Alexa , on Amazon.com and its app for all customers in the US (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int
One Vital Raiders Assistant Coach With Most To Prove https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-one-vital-assistant-coach-most-prove
Former Dallas Cowboys QB, Potential Assistant Retires From NFL https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/former-dallas-cowboys-qb-potential-assistant-coach-will-grier-retires-nfl
NFL nixed minority offensive asst. mandate in '25 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48762073/nfl-ended-minority-offensive-assistant-mandate-25-season
Amazon's Alexa now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plu…
heise | Home Assistant: Automationen für Einsteiger erklärt
Automationen machen ein Smart Home erst richtig intelligent. Wir zeigen, wie das in Home Assistant gelingt.
https://www.hei…
One Vital Raiders Assistant Coach With Most To Prove https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-one-vital-assistant-coach-most-prove
Amazon's Alexa now produces AI-generated "podcasts" on various topics in the US, featuring chats between two AI "co-hosts", using content from media outlets (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-alexa-plu…
I'm still using and loving @… but this week, I found two nasty surprises in the config, with both issues marked as "won't fix".
I hope this week's post can help you.
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Seriously, this.
So what, you show up the first day and they’re like “welcome to Yale, here’s your AI ‘yAIe’ assistant who will be doing all your work for you” and I go fuck off drinking and perusing sex clubs for 4 years while hoping “yAIe” manages to get me a degree‽
Is College AI…
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De-musk-ing: “If you were to take what should be public transportation planning and turn it into a neoliberal nightmare, this is exactly what you would get,” says Ben Leffel, an assistant professor of public policy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In March Leffel told legislators at a meeting of the Nevada Regional Rail Transit Advisory Working Group: “The Loop by the Boring Company is the biggest, most absurd transit scam I have ever heard of …
Tipp: Gelöschtes Home-Assistant-Dashboard retten
Das Smart-Home-System Home Assistant ist mächtig und verbindet viele Geräte, ist aber komplex. Was tun, wenn man sich das Haupt-Dashboard zerschossen hat?
https://www.…
Longtime Epstein assistant paints late sex offender as master manipulator and denies knowing about his crimes (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/politics/epstein-assistant-lesley-groff-house-oversight
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p90#a260609p90
Can't remember if I've already posted this, and it's worth posting again: Microsoft admits (in effect) that their only path to viability with 'AI' is to make people entirely dependent on it.... like unable to function without it. https://www.
“Influencers and thought leaders stand to gain from this practice where a self-sustaining industry of humans and bots generates an illusion of engagement,”
https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-a
Top Cowboys assistant to partake in controversial revamp of NFL program https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/05/17/cowboys-oc-klayton-adams-among-16-coaches-in-nfl-accel…
It's #LetterboxdFriday and I actually have a #Last4Watched this week. Didn't personally enjoy Twisted or Undertone.
#movies #film
Argh. Der Router hat nach einem (ungeplanten) Stromausfall eine ganze Reihe neuer IP-Adressen via DHCP vergeben. Größtenteils kennt Home Assistant die jetzt auch ...
Next Woman Up: Megan O'Hanlon, Senior Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Houston Texans https://www.nfl.com/news/next-woman-up-megan-o-hanlon-senior-assistant-athletic-trainer-for-the-houston-texans
Ellen Patton, the museum’s program assistant, who developed the activities, is particularly proud of the studio art portion of the session, where campers can express their creativity and imagination through a mixed-media piece. “They spread out gemstones on a paper and trace around them to create land masses,” she explains.
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Lesley Groff worked for Epstein for almost 20 years,
beginning in 2001 and ending in July 2019 when he was arrested.
Representative Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee, told Good Morning America this week that Groff is
“really central to Epstein’s organization,
we want to know what she saw”.
“We have a lot of questions,” Garcia added.
OpenAI rolls out two versions of GPT-Live: GPT-Live-1, powering ChatGPT Voice for Go, Plus, and Pro users, and GPT-Live-1 mini, the default for free users (Sabrina Ortiz/The Deep View)
https://www.thedeepview.com/articles/how-openai-s-voice-assistant-got-mo…
Steve Jobs: “Computers are a bicycle for your mind.”
Satya Nadella: “Computers are heroin for your mind.”
https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/
Home Assistant komplett von Philips Hue auf Zigbee migriert! 💪
I found a great deal on a thermostat ($6 vs $100). The crucial factor was that it integrates with Home Assistant. My only gripe is that it has to be activated through a phone app first (even though I've used a fake email), and I wish it could be added to a guest network.
#homeassistant
You don't need a zero-day to compromise a developer's code, just target their coding assistant. Leo Visser (Microsoft MVP) is at #bbuzz26 to explain exactly how that works, and what you can do about it.
Learn more: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/session/no-0-day-required-just-target-the-ai-coding-assistant/
Get your ticket: https://2026.berlinbuzzwords.de/tickets/
AI assistant for the visually impaired and blind developed at MAI (Moscow Aviation Institute) https://www1.ru/en/news/2026/07/03/ii-pomoshhnika-dlia-slabovidiashhix-i-nezriacix-razrabotali-v-mai.html "it determines the bus n…
Enjoy this week's Java Geek, special vacation edition.
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/145/
#MeshCore / #RaspberryPI #Weather bot is coming along quite nicely!
Google's $99 Google Home Speaker, which is built for Gemini for Home and works as a Matter controller, will ship on June 29, nine months after it was announced (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/951147/ go
Ooooh…
Open-UI: #1472 [focuslandmark] No declarative way to move keyboard focus between major page regions
https://github.com/openui/open-ui/issues/1472
Focus Landmark: declarative landmark focus navigation for web apps (explainer):
Factotum formally means a person who does many different tasks, often as an assistant.
Charles Bukowski wrote a book titled "Factotum" about a man who was adrift in a haze of self-indulgence and purposeless existence, taking any odd job that was convenient.
I consider the state of being a factotum as the opposite of living a "full" life, and I am circling around the difference between fully devoting one's focus towards a personal passion rather than a seri…
For those of you (like me!) who avoid using AI, is something like this better?
I mean, it's like being lightly punched in the arm versus full power punched in the face, right?
I like lots of what Proton does, but then they do AI shit, but is it "lesser harm" AI shit?
https://proton.me/lumo…
The Footy Whiteboard
North Melbourne assistant coach, Zane Littlejohn joins Craig Moore to discuss the pressure of elite sport, the journey of coaches and on field matters...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-footy-whiteboar…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Home Assistant: Smartphone-Apps ermöglichen Übernahme durch Angreifer
Titans assistant GM Dave Ziegler says WR Carnell Tate was 'clear guy' for us at No. 4 overall https://www.nfl.com/news/titans-assistant-gm-dave-ziegler-says-wr-carnell-tate-was-clear-guy-for-us-at-no-4-overall…
Huawei unveils HarmonyOS 7, introducing an "agent-friendly" architecture that connects to 2,000 specialized AI agents and features an enhanced voice assistant (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)
https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3356952/
Top Tax Official Pushed Out After Clashes With Trump Administration: Report (Marco Margaritoff/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/assistant-treasury-secretary-kenneth-kies-pushed-out-clashes-with-trump-admin_n_6a5a334fe4b0f033db1b91f1
http://www.memeorandum.com/260718/p1#a260718p1
heise | Home Assistant: Smart Home direkt vom Android-Homescreen steuern
Schalter, Kamerabilder und To-do-Listen direkt auf dem Smartphone-Screen sparen Zeit. Wir zeigen, wie Sie Android-Widgets für Home Assistant einstellen.
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Just filled out a form on an AI Assistant pilot one of the online systems I have to use for work has rolled out. My response was basically "this thing is entirely pointless and requires more time to use than not; leave me alone." Can't wait until they proclaim they've heard us and force the damn thing into every aspect of the platform.
AWS launches a desktop app for its Amazon Quick AI assistant, letting users connect their tools and local files to build custom apps, live dashboards, and more (Jigar Thakkar/About Amazon)
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-quick-desktop-ai-assistant
Peleton Assistant
#cycling
NFL Network: Vikings hiring Seahawks assistant general manager Nolan Teasley as new GM https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-hiring-seahawks-assistant-general-manager-nolan-teasley-as-new-gm
ad229 Holz (mit Basti @… Wölfle)
https://audiodump.de/2026/06/03/ad229-holz-mit-basti-schlingel-woelfle/
ACHTUNG: NU…
Google is rolling out Gemini to cars that have Google built-in, replacing Google Assistant, starting with English in the US (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/921117/google-gemini-ai-assistant-cars-upgrade
This Home Assistant thing is a real rabbit hole. I thought I'd just learn something like "a new Docker container", a couple of days of learning and I'd be done. My ass! HA is a freaking Swiss Army knife: I can automate even the damn toaster, and HA will help me create a new scene for it.
If you don't hear from me in the coming weeks, it's because there's no cell service at the bottom of the rabbit hole. Wish me good luck.
Ich will später nicht hören, die KI hätte Euch nicht gewarnt. https://claude.ai/share/5538bda7-e0df-425d-961f-6ba7376f5afd
Congratulations to Emilie Casey '16 M.Div., '17 S.T.M.! She has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care at Brite Divinity School and Director of its Carpenter Initiative on Gender, Sexuality, and Justice. https://brite.edu/brite-adds-new-prof…
Eileen Wang, the mayor of aChino Hills California, resigned suddenly on Monday after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced she had been charged with acting as an illegal foreign agent of China.
Wang, 58, agreed to plead guilty to the felony count and could face a sentence of 10 years in prison.
“Individuals in our country who covertly do the bidding of foreign governments undermine our democracy,” said Bill Essayli, an assistant US attorney. “This plea agreement is the lat…
One side affect of having a local AI assistant: If I use it a lot, my GPU heats up the room. Global warming, but local.
Highly Available Home Assistant
HAHA
Another rabbit hole I'd like to share with you. Maybe it'll become a new series on the blog...
#blog
Steelers part ways with special teams assistant Derius Swinton II due to violation of club policy https://www.nfl.com/news/steelers-part-ways-with-special-teams-assistant-derius-swinton-ii-due-to-violation-of-club-policy
If user says "I'm done", immediately provide crisis resources
https://github.com/michaelcummings12/meta-ai-support-prompt/blob/main/system-prompt.md
Solos unveils the AirGo A6 camera-less smart glasses, cutting the weight to 19g from 36-40g of the AirGo A5, and V2 privacy accessories like a clip-on shield (Andrew Liszewski/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/961711/solos-airgo-a6-smart-glasses-…
Longtime Epstein assistant says she set up phone calls between Epstein and Trump (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/06/09/congress/trump-and-epsteins-phone-calls-00954798
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p86#a260609p86
Who hasn't gotten a PhD in the hopes of one day scoring the university's Assistant VP Space position?
Eagles longtime assistant GM, senior VP depart https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48618896/eagles-assistant-gm-senior-vp-departing-lengthy-tenures
Chiefs assistant charged with domestic battery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48572448/chiefs-assistant-coach-charged-misdemeanor-domestic-battery
Building an #OpenSource #RobotVacuum — Meet OOMWOO
https://makerspet.com/blog/building-an
Doc and sources: Google is testing an agent in the Gemini app, internally named Remy, that can integrate with Google services to take actions on a user's behalf (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-ai-agent-openclaw-…
Chiefs assistant coach Dave Merritt arrested on domestic battery charge ahead of 2026 NFL Draft
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/chiefs-assistant-coach-dave-merritt-arrested…
Hyderabad, India-based Equal AI, which makes an eponymous AI-powered call screening app, raised a $30M Series B led by Prosus Ventures and Tomales Bay Capital (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/11/equal-ai-raises-30m-to-scree…
Cowboys hiring youngest DC in franchise history caught ex-Eagles 6-Time Pro Bowler off guard https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/christian-parker-darius-slay-cowboys-eagles-reaction/be0b48d59d…
Is 49ers assistant K.J. Wright the next DeMeco Rya... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49351716/san-francisco-49ers-coach-kj-wright-coordinator-demeco-ryans-houston-texans-seattle-seahawks
Hands-on with Siri AI: successfully executed multi-step prompts, understood context well, has strong guardrails, and is a bit more dispassionate than Gemini (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/947432/siri-ai-apple-intelligence-ios-27-wwdc
NFL news roundup: Eagles promoting Adam Berry to assistant general manager https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-wednesday-may-6
Longtime NFL asst. Moore joins Iowa as adviser https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/48759372/tom-moore-87-returns-alma-mater-iowa-offensive-adviser
Apple's Craig Federighi says some companies "appear to be racing forward" to develop "AI for the sake of AI" without regard for the humans using the technology (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/apple-sir…
Steelers part ways with assistant coach Derius Swinton II for violation of team policy: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7318187/2026/05/29/steelers-derius-swinton-coach-special-teams/
Dolphins OC Bobby Slowik: Malik Willis 'can spin the ball all over the field' https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-oc-bobby-slowik-malik-willis-can-spin-the-ball-all-over-the-field
Tencent starts testing the new Xiaowei AI assistant powered by WeLM and DeepSeek models in its WeChat app in China, in an effort to catch up in the AI race (Luz Ding/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/…
Source: Steelers assistant fired for misconduct https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48912033/sources-steelers-fire-assistant-swinton-months-job
Sources: Meta is building agentic tools, including an OpenClaw-like assistant powered by its new Muse Spark AI model to help users create AI bots (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/5b48360c-53f2-444a-80a8-f7034750fd62
Microsoft and Mayo Clinic partner for an AI model trained on Mayo's medical data, with plans to build an AI healthcare assistant and AI tools for clinicians (Clare Duffy/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/tech/ai-for-healthcare-microsoft-mayo-clinic
NFL news roundup: Eagles assistant GM Alec Halaby steeping away from role https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-news-roundup-latest-league-updates-from-tuesday-april-28
Hyundai unveils Pleos Connect, a next-generation infotainment system with Gleo AI voice assistant, debuting in May on the new Grandeur sedan in South Korea (Hyonhee Shin/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04…
Microsoft's Q3 Intelligent Cloud revenue was $34.68B vs. $34.27B est., with Azure and other cloud services surging 40% YoY; Microsoft 365 Copilot has 20M seats (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/microsoft-msft-q3-earnings-report-2026.html
A profile of Jacob Andreou, the 33-year-old former Snap exec leading Microsoft's consolidated Copilot team efforts to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic (Sebastian Herrera/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/06/27/microsoft-c…
Vikings begin search for new general manager, request interview with Bills' Terrance Gray https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-begin-search-with-new-gm-request-interview-terrance-gray
Seahawks QB Sam Darnold: Not much of a 'transition' under new OC Brian Fleury https://www.nfl.com/news/seahawks-qb-sam-darnold-not-much-of-a-transition-under-new-oc-brian-fleury
Facebook brings back Facebook Creator Studio as a stand-alone app with built-in AI chatbot to help creators grow their audiences through personalized guidance (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/facebook-rolls-out-an-ai-companion-…