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Security Bits — 11 May 2025

Feedback & Followups Listener and community feedback, developments in recently covered stories, and developments in long-running stories we’re tracking over time. A great example of why it’s important to patch – this is one of the things the Apple updates we called out last time patched: Apple ‘AirBorne’ flaws can lead to zero-click AirPlay RCE […]

In this picture, you can see my telescope mounted on a very sturdy tripod. The Camera is attached at the back end, and the tracker is the larger object holding up the telescope. The black band near the opening of the telescope is a dew heater, which prevents dew from forming by warming the opening of the telescope. The telescope setup is being illuminated by a red flashlight so I don’t ruin my night vision.

Astrophotography by Stealth Part Three — by Brian Hoffman

Astrophotography by Stealth, from looking up at the night sky, to hanging a picture on the wall that takes your breath away. Part three: Time to go bigger or go home. Hello and welcome back, I’m Brian Hoffman, and in our last episode, I had gotten to the limits of my Right Ascension (RA) tracker-based […]

CSUN 2025: HCLTech Accessibility as a Service

Allison interviews Glenn Barfield from HCLTech about their expertise in offering accessibility as a service to companies. HCLTech aims to help large-scale organizations make their products more accessible and conform to national accessibility standards. HCLTech assists companies in auditing and resolving accessibility issues with their websites, software, and applications. They guide companies through all phases, […]

Front view of the Chef iQ Cooker. It appears as a countertop slow cooker with a rotatable lid that has a large handle on top for lid removal. The cooker also has handles on the upper sides to lift and move unit. The cooker is all black with a color LCD panel on the front for control. Under the panel are three knobs to control and select the cooking functions displayed on the panel. A mobile phone is also shown in the lower left in front of the cooker. It displays a “Featured Recipe” and associated cooking instructions for remote control and monitoring of the cook.

CES 2025: Chefman Chef iQ Smart Cooker and MiniOven

Allison interviews Todd Oliver from Chefman about three of their new Chef iQ cooking-related products. Todd describes the iQ Cooker, a smart slow/pressure cooker that is WiFi-connected and can be controlled remotely through a mobile app. It has over 300 cooking presets and seven unique cooking functions. This multifunctional cooker has a 6-quart, nonstick cooking […]

Oblique view of the Gardena Sileno Flex Robotic Lawn Mower from above as it mows a strip of grass bordered by small brick walls. The mower is black with two large wheels in the front - the back wheels underneath the mower are not visible. The mower is a rounded rectangle with curvature around the wheels and on top for a sleek modern look. Turquoise highlights are shown as radial spokes on the wheels. A turquoise oval on top of the mower surrounds a closed panel that covers the controls for the mower. The grass is trimmed short and various bushes are planted on either side of the strip of lawn.

CES 2025: Gardena Robotic Mower & B-hyve Automatic Smart Water Management

May 1, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Dennis Koehler from Gardena and Matt Cardon from Orbit. Dennis discusses Gardena’s robotic mowers, and Matt describes Orbit’s smart water management devices. Gardena has a long history of supplying robotic mowers to the European market and has begun to tailor their mowers for use in the U.S.. Dennis describes Orbit’s Sileno Flex Robotic […]

Digital display on the train showing energy flowing from the engine and battery to the motor

Tech on Travel — the Japan Edition

Whenever Steve and I take a major trip to a foreign country, I like to reflect on what I learned from a tech perspective. I didn’t expect to have many observations about tech in Japan, but I found a lot to talk about. Our trip was on a tour by a company called Odysseys Unlimited, […]

CES 2025: OnlyCat AI Cat Flap with Prey Detection

April 30, 2025
by Steve Sheridan

Allison interviews Tomas Rosinski, Co-founder of OnlyCat, about their AI cat flap that detects prey in your cat’s mouth. OnlyCat is effective in letting only your cat into the house while keeping bugs, birds, mice, rats, and other pests along with rival cats out of the house. OnlyCat has a device that senses your cat’s […]

CCATP #813 — Bart Busschots on Quantum Computing & Cryptography

This episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond is going to be a bit different. On the NosillaCast #1042 for April 27th, Bart Busschots and I recorded his usual segment on Security Bits, but the majority of it was a deep dive. The subject was whether cryptography as we know it is doomed because of […]

Security Bits — 27 April 2025 — Deep Dive into Quantum Computing

April 27, 2025
by Bart Busschots

Deep Dive — Where are we with Quantum Computing NosillaCastaway @milddemons asked the following in the Podfeet Slack: “I am wondering if you know and can tell us what the security community is up to in regards to quantum computing breaking the encryption that we have now. I just thought about this as Microsoft has a quantum computing […]

Two photos side by side. On the left we see the PlugBug FindMy held in hand. The device is mostly white with red visible on the bottom, where there are four USB-C ports. In the second photo, we see the PlugBug from behind showing the back completely red and the New Zealand pin adapter installed.

Twelve South PlugBug Travel 120W

April 24, 2025
by Allister Jenks

In 2001, I traveled to the United Kingdom for work. I remember taking my SLR camera, and a VHS-C handy-cam. I guess I would have had a cellphone, too, but I don’t recall using it. I know I had a single, bulky power adapter from UK to New Zealand sockets. The next time I left […]

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