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heise | Home Assistant: Sicheren Remote-Zugriff kostenlos mit Tailscale einrichten
Mit Tailscale lässt sich Home Assistant sicher und bequem von überall steuern – ohne Ports freizugeben oder teure Abos zu bezahlen.

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

Alexa is moving into Amazon.com
The company is giving its AI-powered assistant special shopping skills on its website and app.

heise | Smart Home: Home Assistant mit nützlichen Apps erweitern
Apps in Home Assistant erweitern das System und machen es flexibler. Wir zeigen, was mit ihnen möglich ist.
https://www.

Amazon expands its healthcare AI assistant Health AI to its website and app; it was previously only available on the app for One Medical (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/amazon-launches-its-healthcare-ai-assistan…

Amazon launches its healthcare AI assistant on its website and app | TechCrunch
Health AI can answer questions, explain health records, manage prescription renewals, book appointments, and more.

I wish I'd thought about this months ago... Have you have had a CLI coding assistant give you code to copy and paste? Well, the stupid formatting the tool has always adds an indent. So I had this method to copy into geany and wrote a script to clean it up. I thought I was so smart.
Then I remembered xclip. Have Claude write to a file, then `xclip -selector clipboard < file_name` . It's so much easier, and I get all those code snippets written to file.

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…

Periodic reminder for people interested in #HomeAssistant
There is a @homeassistant@fedigroups.socialbot that replaces the old gup.pe home assistant bot.
Mention it in your home asssitant posts and it will boost them. Follow it to see all the #homeassistant posts it boosts that may not normally get federated to your instance.
There’s also @… - follow that and it will automatically boost everything you post with #homeassistant without you having to remember to mention the bot.
For those who don’t know, these bots exist because when you look for a a hashtag, your server only checks the posts that have been federated to it.
In order for a message to be federated to your server, the author (or one of the people boosting it) have to be followed by someone on your server. If no one touching the message is being followed, it’ll never get federated to your server and you won’t see it.
Hashtags are great for finding messages, but only messages that were federated to your server. They don’t help message propagation, but these bots will.

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

#Steady #Klimacrew
Oh, oh, Probleme beim #SmartHome: Meine fünf #Shelly H&T Gen1

Home Assistant: Die Datenübertragung der Shelly H&T stoppt
Shelly H&T Gen1 sendet keine Daten mehr? So behebst du das Home-Assistant-Problem mit CoIoT und Unicast.

Assistant Editor for National Desk: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/06/assistant-editor-for-national-desk.html

The 49ers are hiring former Bears coach Matt Eberflus as a defensive assistant, AP source says https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/the-49ers-are-hiring-former-bears-coach-matt-eberflus-as-a-defensive-assistant-…

Apple's stock dropped 5% on Thursday, its worst day since April, following FTC scrutiny of Apple News and reports about delays with Siri (Jennifer Elias/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/12/apple-stock-worst-day-ftc-siri.html

Apple has worst day since April as company faces FTC scrutiny, Siri delay reports
The iPhone-maker faces reported delays in its AI assistant and pressure from FTC chair Andrew Ferguson to look into possible political bias.

Trying out Mistral's Le Chat (chat.mistral.ai, French, but speaks English too ;) as AI Assistant now, as an alternative to the US Department of War partner, OpenAI's ChatGPT.
https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/

Was mir in vielen Apps (ARD/ZDF Mediathek, Music Assistant, etc.) immer wieder fehlt: Eine dislike-Option oder gleich eine "don't like this artist/show/whatever"-Option, die nachhaltig diesen Teil ausblendet.
Ich will keinen Dieter Nuhr sehen.
Ich will keinen Ronzheimer hören.
...
Man sollte glauben, dass so etwas zu einer grundlegenden Funktion jeder App dieser Art gehören sollte - ist aber nicht so.

A favorite dental assistant who long worked on my teeth once mentioned that she’d also had Pete Docter in her care at an orthodontia clinic when he was young, and she still vividly remembered his teeth — not in a good way or a bad way, just in a “she’s a professional and every set of teeth is unique” kind of way.
I thus feel a bizarre kinship with him, and cringe extra hard every time he puts his foot in his mouth like this, thus presumably undermining not only his reputation but also his orthodontic work.

Microsoft says it is "exploring the potential of technologies like OpenClaw in an enterprise context", including a team of always-on agents within Microsoft 365 (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mic…

Microsoft Plots New Copilot Features Inspired by OpenClaw
As Microsoft faces growing competition for business customers from Anthropic, it is developing new features that would make its AI assistant Copilot function more like OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent that has taken the AI industry by storm in recent months. A newly created team under ...

#MeshCore / #RaspberryPI #Weather bot is coming along quite nicely!

• 🥶 FREEZING! It's 0°C (32°F) - Just stay home and get some hot chocolate!
• 🧊 It's currently 8°…

"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary using AI Assistant."
AI Assistant, how can you help Acrobat to open a 800 KB PDF in less than a minute?

Me: Let’s see how the FairPhone folks are doing… maybe I was overly harsh on them and they’ve used the time to wean themselves off of Google… what with being Waag and all…
Also me: fucking what the fuck now?
*sigh* 🤬

Over 100 applications for my part-time #journalist assistant job. I'm amazed how many people will apply using acronyms that only people from that country would know.
I know what it means that someone is "fluent in BM" but have no what "graduated from GW" "technical AEO" "studied at SPPU" or "wrote stories on ATP/WTA" means.

One more week. One more Java Geek Weekly.
Lots of coding assistant related content obviously.
https://blog.frankel.ch/java-geek-weekly/131/

Oh, another nice thing I just saw: iOS Live Activities are finally coming to #HomeAssistant!
Roadmap entry: https://github.com/OpenHomeFoundation/roadmap/issues/52 (pu…

Controversial Cowboys Assistant Lands Major Role With New Team https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/controversial-dallas-cowboys-assistant-lands-major-role-new-team

Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/wordpress-com…

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more | TechCrunch
The feature is designed to work inside the website to understand its content and layout, allowing site owners to make changes with natural language commands. The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either.

Raiders bring back former assistant with ties to 2025 No. 1 pick https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/raiders-bring-back-former-assistant-with-ties-to-2025-no-1-pick-3712985/

🚨Job Alert!🚨 Position in Earth Materials Sciences, Utrecht University
#mineralogy #materials ⚒️🧪

Assistant Professor in Earth materials & mineral science
Are you the team player and initiative taking entrepreneur to complement our Earth Sciences faculty in earth materials research and/or mineral sciences?

heise | Fahrzeugdaten in Home Assistant darstellen per OBD2-Dongle
Tankfüllstand, Drehzahl, Fahrtdaten: Mit einem OBD2-Dongle lassen sich umfangreiche Autodaten in Home Assistant anzeigen.
https://www.

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…

My department at CSU Northridge is hiring a vertebrate functional morphologist! We've got a great EEB group, and we're looking for someone to carry forward a tradition of enriching organismal courses and community-engaged research. App review starts March 15
I'm not on the hiring committee, but happy to answer questions about the department, campus, and life in Los Angeles

Controversial Cowboys Assistant Lands Major Role With New Team https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/controversial-dallas-cowboys-assistant-lands-major-role-new-team

My department is looking to hire a professor of practice in CS, with a focus on AI. Job posting below. If you have questions I'll do my best to answer them, else find someone who can! We are in Providence, easy commute access from Boston.
https://

Professor of the Practice in Computer Science with a Focus on Artificial Intelligence - Providence, Rhode Island job with Computer Science | 37970844
The Department of Computer Science at Brown University is seeking applicants for a Professor of the Practice position at the assistant, associate, ...

Longtime friends with a common commitment to YDS: Read our new story on alums Jim Waits '61 B.D. and Barbara Brown Taylor ’76 M.Div. and the amazing friendship that began when Dr. Waits hired her to be his assistant at Candler School of Theology in 1978. #WeAreCalled

A doctor, not a criminal. Came here “the right way.” Kidnapped while attending an #immigration appointment.
#FuckICE

Memphis medical assistant detained by ICE
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Venezuelan pediatrician working as a medical assistant in the Raleigh neighborhood is currently in ICE custody. Jose Vargas is currently being held in Mason, Tennessee after bein…

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…

About Lumo, the privacy-first AI assistant | Lumo by Proton
Lumo helps you stay productive and private. As a privacy-first AI assistant, Lumo protects you with Proton's no-logs policy and zero-access encryption.

I'm planning to set up a music room for $SPOUSE. Neither of us are audiophiles.
Looking for recommendations for amps that support Airplay, and work well with #HomeAssistant.
Must haves:
- local control - I don't want something that will have issues if its mothership turns off servers, or even just because my internet is out.
- AirPlay support
- Works well with Home Assistant
- Supports unpowered speakers
- Doesn't require an app to configure it
Nice to have
- Streaming support
- IOS app for control
Also looking for disrecommendations for stuff that doesn't work well with HA.

Sandbar, which is developing the Stream Ring, a $249 AI-powered wearable that transcribes audio notes, raised a $23M Series A, bringing total funding to $36M (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/sandbar-secures-23m-series-a-fo…

Sandbar secures $23M Series A for its AI note-taking ring | TechCrunch
Sandbar aims to ship the Stream, which can be used to take notes, chat with an AI assistant, and for media playback, this summer.

An old SSD, an 80mm fan I had lying around, a Raspberry Pi 4, and a 3D-printed case make up the new (and likely temporary) home for Home Assistant.
For now, I have modest plans for this setup, but once I get the hang of it, I might need to upgrade the hardware if I run out of resources to add new self-hosted home automation devices.
#selfhosted

I was considering switching from ChatGPT to Claude AI, but thus far find Claude too dumb by using Elon Musk's claims as a source of comparisons https://claude.ai/share/dca0e965-7ddd-4325-a63b-7daa431b4590 Visual resolution of Neuralink Blindsight like Atari Graphics? BS…

Peleton Assistant
#cycling

heise | IR-Leseköpfe in Home Assistant: Digitalen Stromzähler einfach auslesen
Wer seinen Stromverbrauch digital überwachen möchte, kann mit einem IR-Lesekopf und Home Assistant bequem alle Daten erfassen – so gehts.

Given details of many ministerial speeches made outside of parliament are sent in advance to the press, they're not usually something that would be expected to convey financial advantage. So without solid details, this feels a bit thin.
https://news.sky.c…

Mandelson's assistant sent Epstein government speech before it was delivered
Documents from the Epstein files suggest Peter Mandelson's government assistant when he was a minister in 2009 was in contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Then business secretary, Lord Mandelson is now under investigation by police.

Falcons fire assistant defensive line coach LaTroy Lewis after sexual assault allegation surfaces

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/falcons-fire-assistant-defensive-line-co…

Never thought I'd say this, but... 💀🪦
#PhpStorm is dead. #JetBrains just doesn't know it yet.
They're playing catch-up with #AI Assistant while the competition already rew…

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

AWS launches Amazon Quick desktop AI assistant that works across your applications, tools, and data
Amazon Quick brings a personal AI assistant to your desktop. Build presentations, intelligent dashboards, and more. Connect to more of your favorite apps. All in one place.

Editorial Assistant: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/13/editorial-assistant.html

Assistant Special Envoy to the Shield of the Americas Lewandowski, to you!
https://bsky.app/profile/nwayne66.bsky.social/post/3mgdoralrdc22

Niels finds AI agents useful but wants to isolate them
https://www.wired.com/story/ironcurtain-ai-agent-security/

This AI Agent Is Designed to Not Go Rogue
The new open source project IronCurtain uses a unique method to secure and constrain AI assistant agents before they flip your digital life upside down.

Heute ab 18:30 findet das #EmbeddedSoftwareMeetup zum Thema #HomeAssistant bei #SupercomputingSystems in

Home Assistant, Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 6:30 PM | Meetup
**About** Home Assistant is an open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. It is powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiast

#Hiring for a #journalism assistant and got way too many applications. Too many cover letters have the same exact format, with bullet points summaries in the middle.
Is this how #AI writes cover letters?

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

Gemini is rolling out to cars with Google built-in
Google is preparing to update vehicles that have Google built-in with its Gemini AI assistant.

heise | Home Assistant: Smart Home mit dem PC steuern – und als Steuerzentrale nutzen
Der Hass Agent vernetzt Windows-Systeme mit Home Assistant. Wir zeigen die Einrichtung, um den PC als Präsenzmelder, Mediaplayer oder Steuerzentrale zu nutzen.

Coach who Rob Leonard once replaced joins Raiders as senior assistant https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/02/18/raiders-hire-al-holcomb-senior-defensive-assistant/88747876007/…

Falcons asst fired amid sex assault investigation https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48055596/falcons-assistant-latroy-lewis-fired-amid-sexual-assault-allegations

Former Cowboys DC Matt Eberflus joining staff of NFC contender https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/03/05/cowboys-former-dc-matt-eberflus-49ers-assistant-coach-defense/89006104…

How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost-cutting and workload demands (Mia Galuppo/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-featur…

Hollywood Assistants Are Using AI Despite Their Better Judgment — Including in Script Development
“When they say, ‘You should be using AI,’ the first thought in your head is: ‘Are you asking me to teach you how to replace me with technology?’” says one studio assistant.

Eagles longtime assistant GM, senior VP depart https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48618896/eagles-assistant-gm-senior-vp-departing-lengthy-tenures

Telekom und ElevenLabs: KI-Assistenz direkt im Telefonat
Übersetzung, Fragen, Zusammenfassungen: Der Magenta AI Call Assistant bringt KI in Echtzeit in jedes Telefonat.
https://www.heis…

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-…

Google is building an AI agent that could be its answer to OpenClaw
Employees are testing a new "24/7 personal agent" internally called "Remy" that can integrate across Google's other services.

Well, it's about time I got started on my latest self-hosted project: Home Assistant. Luckily, I've had an RPi 4 for a while now, so I'm saving myself the money these gadgets cost these days.
First stop: automating the lighting system.
Next stop: smart irrigation system.
Here I go!
#selfhosted

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

Raiders promoting assistant coach to serve as next defensive coordinator https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-promoting-assistant-coach-serve-next-defensive-coordina…

@…: "I formalised and proved the correctness of Move’s new borrow checker in Lean: 39,000 lines of mechanised metatheory, produced in under a month with the help of an AI coding assistant. This post tells the story of how it went and what it means for the future of PL research."

Chiefs assistant charged with domestic battery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48572448/chiefs-assistant-coach-charged-misdemeanor-domestic-battery

Automattic adds an AI assistant to WordPress.com, enabling users to perform site-wide layout and style modifications via natural language commands. (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/wordpress-co…

WordPress.com adds an AI Assistant that can edit, adjust styles, create images, and more | TechCrunch
The WordPress AI assistant doesn't need precisely tailored prompts, either.

Raiders bring back former longtime assistant as pass game coordinator https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/02/27/raiders-bring-back-nick-holz-offensive-pass-game-coordinator/889…

Dreos smarter Ventilator fächelt kühlende Luft mit Matter
Mit Matter-over-WiFi lässt sich der Dreo TurboPoly Ventilator 765S ohne Bridge offiziell in Plattformen wie Apple Home und Home Assistant automatisieren.

Dreos smarter Ventilator fächelt kühlende Luft mit Matter
Mit Matter-over-WiFi lässt sich der Dreo TurboPoly Ventilator 765S ohne Bridge offiziell in Plattformen wie Apple Home und Home Assistant automatisieren.

Burger King launches Patty, an OpenAI-powered voice chatbot in headsets that offers coaching, meal prep help, and evaluates interactions for "friendliness" (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/884911/bur…

Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
Burger King is launching a new AI assistant, called Patty, that will live inside employees’ headsets, allowing them to ask questions while they prepare food or clean machines.

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…

Raiders interviewing Rams assistant head coach for DC job https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/02/13/raiders-interviewing-rams-assistant-head-coach-aubre…

Roblox revamps Roblox Assistant, its plain-language AI tool for game development, with agentic tools to let developers plan, build, and test games (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/16/robloxs-ai-assistant-gets-…

Roblox’s AI assistant gets new agentic tools to plan, build, and test games | TechCrunch
The new new tools are designed to help creators throughout the entire development process.

Browns hire former Ravens assistant Travis Switzer as offensive coordinator https://www.nfl.com/news/browns-hire-former-ravens-assistant-travis-switzer-as-offensive-coordinator

Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant, which can orchestrate and execute multistep tasks across Creative Cloud apps, available in public beta in the coming weeks (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/adobes-new…

Adobe's new Firefly AI assistant can use Creative Cloud apps to complete tasks | TechCrunch
Adobe says the assistant can work across apps like Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator and its other apps to do tasks for you.

Cowboys Add Former NFL Offensive Lineman With Local Ties to Schottenheimer’s Staff https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/kyle-fuller-hired-assistant-offensive-line-coach/

Mike McCoy named Assistant Head Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/mike-mccoy-named-assistant-head-coach

Telekom und ElevenLabs: KI-Assistenz direkt im Telefonat
Übersetzung, Fragen, Zusammenfassungen: Der Magenta AI Call Assistant bringt KI in Echtzeit in jedes Telefonat.
https://www.heis…

Bills' Brady adds Fox to staff as senior assistant https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47921239/bills-coach-joe-brady-adds-john-fox-staff-senior-assistant

Mike McCoy named Assistant Head Coach https://www.raiders.com/news/mike-mccoy-named-assistant-head-coach

Sources say Ola's AI venture Krutrim's smart assistant Kruti is unavailable to users and the development of its Indian multilingual LLM, Krutrim 3, has stalled (Swathi Moorthy/The Economic Times)
https://econom…

Ola's AI smart assistant 'Kruti' goes dark across app platforms
While 'Kruti' was not accessible via its direct website, kruti.ai, which showed a "site not found" error, users accessing it through Olakrutrim.com/kruti saw a message stating the site was under maintenance and would be back shortly.

Cowboys expected to hire Baylor grad, NFL alum for assistant coaching role https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/02/13/cowboys-kyle-fuller-expected-hiring-assista…

Former Titans assistant coach McGinnis dies at 74 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48479231/former-tennessee-titans-assistant-dave-mcginnis-dies-74

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

Kubiak begins coaching staff with hiring of assistant head coach https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/raiders/kubiak-begins-coaching-staff-with-hiring-of-assistant-head-coach-3619790/

Recently Fired Cowboys Coach Lands New Job With Hated NFC Rival https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/matt-eberflus-new-job-nfc-rival/

Seahawks block Raiders, Klint Kubiak from interviewing assistant coach https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/seahawks-block-raiders-klint-kubiak-interviewing-assistant-coach/ea…

How Hollywood support staff are integrating AI into workflows, from mundane tasks to creative development, amid cost-cutting and workload demands (Mia Galuppo/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-featur…

Hollywood Assistants Are Using AI Despite Their Better Judgement — Including in Script Development
“When they say, ‘You should be using AI,’ the first thought in your head is: ‘Are you asking me to teach you how to replace me with technology?’” says one studio assistant.

Sources: Raiders promoting Leonard to DC https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47931317/raiders-promoting-assistant-rob-leonard-dc

Raiders bring back former long time assistant as defensive line coach https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2026/02/16/raiders-bring-back-former-long-time-assistant…

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

Sources: Amazon's "sponsored prompts" for its Rufus AI assistant are yielding significantly lower traffic than traditional ads, but are more cost-effective (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/amazons-ai-chat-a…

Amazon’s AI Chat Ads Yield Data but Few Sales
The early batch of ads running on OpenAI’s ChatGPT has drawn a lot of attention in recent weeks. But marketers have also been trying out another new form of conversational ads offered by an existing advertising heavyweight: Amazon. Even there, marketers are only starting to get a read on how ...

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

Perplexity releases its Comet browser app for iOS and iPadOS with a built-in AI assistant, four months after launching on Android (Laurent Giret/Thurrott)
https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/333936/perplexity-launches-its-comet-browser-on-ios-and-ipados…

Perplexity Launches its Comet Browser on iOS and iPadOS
Perplexity’s Comet AI browser is coming to iOS and iPadOS today, offering a built-in AI assistant, a native ad blocker, and some agentic capabilities.

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…

Bears denied compensatory picks for former assistant GM Ian Cunningham

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-draft-bears-compensatory-picks-ian-cunningham/

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

Microsoft beats on top and bottom lines with 40% Azure growth
Microsoft's Azure growth did better than Wall Street had predicted, and corporate adoption of the Copilot artificial intelligence assistant is picking up.

CISA's interim director Madhu Gottumukkala is reassigned as DHS' director of strategic implementation; executive assistant director Nick Andersen will take over (Luke Barr/ABC News)
https://abcnews.com/Politics/us-cybersecurity-agency-new-a…

US cybersecurity agency to get new acting director
The nominee to serve as CISA director has not yet received a hearing.

Google launches task automation for Gemini on Pixel 10 and Samsung Galaxy S26, enabling it to autonomously navigate apps like Uber and DoorDash (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/884210/google-gemini-samsung-s26-pixel-10-uber

Gemini is getting its first agentic capabilities
Google’s AI assistant will be able to hail an Uber for you or put together a grocery order — all on its own.

Google releases new tools for its Gemini AI assistant that let users upload chat history and context from other AI apps, making it easier to switch from them (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20