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Houston home healthcare service notifies 22K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, credit cards, and medical info
Houston home healthcare company In-Home Attendant Services yesterday confirmed it notified 22,100 people about an October 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Government-issued ID number (e.g. driver’s license, passport) Financial account numbers Credit and debit card numbers Medical info Health insurance info Dates of birth Mailing addresses “Other” info In-Home Attendant Services on…
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The Best Early Black Friday Deals From Home Depot
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Credit: Product images from Home Depot. Black Friday is no longer a single-day sale on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It’s one of the biggest sales of the year that starts as early as October for some retailers—and you need to…
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How to Speak With a Real Person at Home Depot Customer Service
The holiday shopping season has unofficially started, with early deals rolling in from many retailers already, including Home Depot’s BOGO deals. As is often the case, issues will arise, and speaking with a live agent (instead of a machine) can make resolving any issues or questions much easier. Here is the best way to get in contact with a customer…
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How to Cut Home Heating Costs This Winter
To play air leak detective, hold a lit stick of incense in front of windows and doors while inside. Horizontal smoke indicates less-than-airtight closures. Or dampen the back of your hand and run it around door frames to feel for cool outside air that’s making its way in. You can also use a handheld thermal leak detector. These same techniques…
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Google now lets you manage all of your old Nest Cams from the Home app
Google now lets you manage Nest Cam IQ indoor and outdoor cameras — which were both released in 2017 — through a public preview in the Google Home app, meaning that you can now technically manage all Nest cams from as early as 2015 from the Home app instead of the Nest app. Google has been slowly making it possible…
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You Can Use Gemini to Build Google Home Automations, but Should You?
Smart devices, on their own, are nifty, but one-note. You can turn things on or off, adjust volume or brightness, or tell your vacuum where to go. But automations are what make smart homes awesome: you network your devices together, create dependencies, and set up if/this, then/that scenarios to automatically execute tasks. Building these automations always takes a little finesse,…
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7 Ways a Smart Doorbell Can Improve Home Security
Key Takeaways Smart doorbells allow you to remotely monitor your front door (or answer it) from anywhere with two-way audio so you can interact with visitors and delivery people. Motion detection features can automatically capture activity and send you an alert or simply save the footage for later review. The ability to record and review footage provides peace of mind,…
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Apple’s ‘iPad-like’ smart home plan hits a tired market – Computerworld
Though there is the issue of trust. A matter of trust While governments eager for growth seem to think tech will save us, consumers trust the sector less and less. There’s lots of data that reflects this decline. Arguably this could well represent a reaction against everything from huge security problems such as the recent Crowdstrike disaster to election interference,…
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Apple’s rumored six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025
The iPad-like device, which will reportedly be available as soon as next March, has a six-inch display with thick edges, a built-in camera, a rechargeable battery, and speakers, according to Gurman. The plan is to have Siri and Apple Intelligence voice control support as well. If the rumors are true, the smart display will offer a centralized way to control…
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Windows 11 lifecycle for Home and Pro
Windows 11 (similar to other versions of the operating system) has a lifecycle for each release (feature update), which starts when a new version becomes officially available and ends according to the version and edition policy applied by Microsoft. Usually, the software giant provides a lifecycle of at least 18 months for each release of the Home and Pro editions…
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