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1+ min ago (268+ words) Google is slowly rolling out the big Gemini for Home upgrade for its smart home platform, but there is a waiting list, and limited access based on where you live and what devices you've got. Now it seems that there may be a way to skip the queue. If the trick works, you'll be able to start a free trial of Google Home Premium, and then get the Gemini upgrade. However, some users who have tried the hack only get new Gemini-style voices for the same Google Assistant AI, so it's not working for everyone. Interestingly, the Redditor who discovered the workaround appears to live in Italy. According to Google, early access to Gemini for Home isn't going to be expanding beyond the US before the end of 2025. If you're desperate to start playing around with Gemini for Home " perhaps…...

2+ min ago (1191+ words) I was sitting on my couch at 2 AM, phone in hand, staring at my bank account. That sinking feeling in your stomach when the numbers don't add up? Yeah, I had that. Hard. My co-founders and I had built two solid products. We knew they worked. We knew they solved real problems. But here's the brutal truth: none of that matters if nobody's buying. The money situation was getting tight. Really tight. And I kept asking myself the same question over and over: "What the hell do we need to do to get more clients?" The answer hit me like a cold shower: We needed traffic on our landing page AND a landing page that actually converts that traffic into paying customers. Now, building a page? That's easy for me. I'm a developer. I can spin up a Next.js…...

7+ min ago (293+ words) You've been coding for hours. The feature is elegant. Tests pass. Code review looks great. You hit merge. Forty-five minutes later, your Slack lights up. Not a polite ping'an explosion. " Red alerts. " Customer complaints. " Your CEO asking, "What's happening?" Your AI support agents'the ones customers love'are frozen. Conversations stuck. ChromaDB timing out. Database maxed out. Everything you built is collapsing in real time. By the end, you'll trace it to three innocent lines of code you wrote on a quiet Tuesday morning. Signals should never modify models. Use them only to queue async work after commit. We built a clean pipeline: Our models were straightforward: Then one Tuesday morning, a developer added this: It seemed harmless. Tests passed. Staging worked. 10 users? No problem. And then Friday happened. 11:35 AM ' Marketing launches a flash promo. "Try our AI support agents'free for 24 hours....

7+ min ago (172+ words) Spain's Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy confirmed "827 million ($961.4 million) in European Regional Development Fund co-financing for 133 energy-storage projects with a combined capacity of about 2.4 GW and 10 GWh. Spain's Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy confirmed "827 million ($961.4 million) in European Regional Development Fund co-financing for 133 energy-storage projects with a combined capacity of about 2.4 GW and 10 GWh.From ESS News The Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE) has published the Final Proposed Resolution for the first call for aid regarding innovative energy storage projects. Co-financed by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funds (20212027) and originally convened in May, the tender process saw its provisional results released in late October. The final results and resolution confirm financing for 133 storage projects with an aggregate power capacity of nearly 2,400 MW and a cumulative energy capacity of approximately 10,000 MWh....

8+ min ago (354+ words) Terraform is a well-known solution for defining, provisioning, and managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Most of the content out there focuses on major clouds as AWS, GCP, and Azure. I'd like to focus on Proxmox, an open source hypervisor used in a lot of home labs and also in production for companies that follow the baremetal approach, like Woovi. Proxmox is a virtualization platform. You can create VMs and LXC (Linux Containers) using the UI, but when your team grows, and you want to be able to reproduce the same staging environment at production, you need to use IaC. IaC is also great to make sure something is reproducible. You can think of LXC as simpler and lighter VMs. LXC provides less isolation, and some software can't run on top of it easily, like microk8s nodes. We are going to focus…...

8+ min ago (678+ words) The first-ever measurements of the ethanol content of fruits available to chimpanzees in their native African habitat show that the animals could easily consume the equivalent of more than two standard alcoholic drinks each day, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. It is still unknown whether chimpanzees deliberately choose fruits with higher ethanol levels, which tend to be riper and richer in sugar that can ferment. However, many of the fruit species they regularly eat contain measurable ethanol, indicating that alcohol is a routine part of their menu and was probably present in the diets of our human ancestors as well. "Across all sites, male and female chimpanzees are consuming about 14 grams of pure ethanol per day in their diet, which is the equivalent to one standard American drink," said UC Berkeley graduate student Aleksey Maro of…...

9+ min ago (598+ words) The calendar has turned to December, and the quieter year-end holiday season is now upon us. Nevertheless, we can still expect a few things from Apple this month. Apple previously announced that iOS 26.2 will be released to the general public in December, and we can expect corresponding updates to be released as well, including iPadOS 26.2, macOS 26.2, watchOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, and visionOS 26.2. iOS 26.2 brings offline lyrics to Apple Music, allowing you to view a song's lyrics even when you are not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular network. The update also lets you customize the Liquid Glass design of the Lock Screen's clock, set alarms for reminders, use AirPods Live Translation if you live in the EU, and more. iPadOS 26.2 allows you to drag and drop apps from the App Library, Dock, and Spotlight into Slide Over and tiled views, restoring some…...

10+ min ago (454+ words) Turborepo delivered 3x faster builds than Nx with 10x less configuration. Perfect for small-to-medium teams prioritizing speed and simplicity. Choose Nx if you need advanced code generation or have 50+ packages. I was building a full-stack monorepo with: Running builds manually across packages was painful: Turborepo is a high-performance build system for JavaScript/TypeScript monorepos, built in Go for maximum speed. Acquired by Vercel in 2021, it focuses on doing one thing exceptionally well: making builds fast. Blazing Fast Builds - Go-based, optimized for speed Minimal Configuration - Single turbo.json file Intelligent Caching - Local and remote cache built-in Zero Lock-in - Works with any tools Limited Code Generation - No built-in generators Basic Dependency Graph - No visual graph UI Smaller Ecosystem - Fewer plugins than Nx Total config complexity: " (5/5 - Dead simple) Nx is a comprehensive monorepo framework with advanced features like code generation, dependency graph visualization, and affected…...

11+ min ago (181+ words) There's no offer on my #1 fave model, but that's OK The Cyber Monday deals have landed, and they're looking spectacular this year. However, I have to admit that I'm a little sad that my absolute favorite Dolby Atmos soundbar didn't get a discount this year. Yes, I know it's a 2025 release, but I really had my fingers crossed for a deal on the five-star-rated Marshall Heston 120. Why? Well the Marshall Heston 120 is a phenomenal one-box soundbar that sits at the center of my home setup and delivers incredible Atmos effects, unbelievably impactful bass, and crystal clear dialogue. Let's finish with an option that delivers a full surround sound setup for a similar cost to the full-price Marshall Heston 120. The Samsung HW-Q990F is a stellar soundbar system that supplies terrific Atmos effects, room-swallowing bass, and an exceptional range of features. For…...

13+ min ago (1853+ words) I can't think of a better gift for someone who has everything - the Nextmug temperature-controlled coffee mug. It solves the problem of your coffee getting cold with self-heating technology that can keep your beverage warm, hot, or piping hot for hours. The Keurig K-Express is a cheap, convenient coffee maker that can quickly brew coffee using your favorite K-Cup Pods. It can brew 8, 10, and 12oz cups depending on your preference. The 42oz reservoir holds enough water to brew up to 5 8oz cups per refill. LifeStraw's personal water filter has become a breakout star during holiday sales, such as Cyber Monday, and Amazon has the nifty device on sale for just $9.95 " the lowest-ever price. Perfect for camping or hiking, the handheld LifeStraw filters out bacteria and parasites to provide clean, safe drinking water. Amazon's cheapest deal is this Kasa Smart Light Bulb for just…...