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    Illustrator-drawn floor plan becomes a Home Assistant dashboard●I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboardYhnSportCricket9369 min ago

    A smart-home enthusiast commissioned a professional illustrator to draw an illustrated version of his house and turned the artwork into his Home Assistant dashboard. Instead of a plain grid of controls, the interface shows a custom-rendered home where each room, light and device is embedded in the illustration, drawing wide attention and praise from readers who see it as a more personal, aesthetic approach to home automation interfaces.

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    Whistle offers speech-to-text in a 16.9 MB model●Whistle: Speech to Text in 16.9 MBYhnSportBaseball95817 min ago

    A new open speech-to-text model called Whistle is drawing attention for packing transcription into just 16.9 MB. Developers on Hacker News are discussing its tiny footprint, which could make accurate on-device speech recognition practical on phones, embedded hardware, and other low-resource settings where larger models are impractical.

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    M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer Firmware Reverse Engineered●Reverse Engineering of the M-VAVE FM-1 Pocket Synthesizer FirmwareYhnCultureFilm7510 min ago

    A reverse engineering effort targeting the firmware of the M-VAVE FM-1, a budget pocket synthesizer, has been published publicly. The work opens the door to custom firmware, deeper understanding of the device's sound engine, and modifications beyond what the manufacturer offers. Hobbyists interested in affordable music hardware and embedded hacking are discussing the project and its implications for the cheap synth ecosystem.

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    Crypto thieves selling hardware wallets with hidden eSIM▼Crypto thieves sell hardware wallets with secret eSIMYhnBusinessCrypto11034 min ago

    Security reports describe tampered cryptocurrency hardware wallets being sold with a secretly embedded eSIM. The hidden module can silently relay wallet data or intercept information, letting thieves drain victims' crypto funds even when owners believe their keys are stored offline. Buyers are being warned to purchase devices only directly from manufacturers and verify packaging and firmware.

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    ESP32-C3 Adblock Project Gains Attention●ESP32-C3 AdblockYhnScienceSpace Policy19534 min ago

    A developer has released an open-source adblock tool built on the ESP32-C3 microcontroller, available on GitHub. The project lets a low-cost hardware device block ads at the network level, drawing interest from hobbyists and developers discussing DNS-based filtering on embedded hardware.

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    Apple bets on new screen gadget and Siri AI for the home●Apple bets on new screen gadget, Siri AI in home device push✉newsTechnologyAI44 min ago

    Apple is pushing further into the smart home with a new screen-equipped device that leans on a revived, AI-powered version of Siri. The move signals Apple's effort to catch up in the AI race by embedding assistants more deeply into everyday household hardware, and it is drawing attention as one of the company's biggest new product bets.

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    Third-Party Tool Strips Apple Intelligence From macOS 27●A Third-Party Tool Removes Apple Intelligence Models From macOS 27✉newsTechnologyGadgets44 min ago

    A newly released third-party utility lets users delete Apple Intelligence models from macOS 27, the next major version of Apple's Mac operating system. The tool targets people who want to reclaim storage space or avoid Apple's on-device AI features entirely. It highlights ongoing debate over how deeply Apple is baking AI into its software and whether users should be able to opt out more easily.

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