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The iPhone Duo is both the most exciting (and expensive) product from Apple's September hardware event. The Duo is Apple's first foldable, equipped with new features not present in the company's other iPhones. On the flip side, designing a foldable smartphone comes with a bunch of compromises, which means that the iPhone Duo misses out on a lot of features when compared with the iPhone 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max. Yes, even if you pay $1,999 (going all the way up to $3,199 for the 2TB variant) for an iPhone Duo, you won't be getting all the best new iPhone features this year. Here's every feature that the iPhone Duo misses out on.

The iPhone Duo doesn't have an Action button

Unlike the iPhone 18 Pro series (or any iPhone since the 15), the foldable iPhone doesn't get a programmable Action button. It doesn't even have a mute switch, which means that its only buttons are for volume control and power. The Action button can be mapped to simple tasks such as taking screenshots, or more complex automations of your choice, and it'll be missed on the foldable iPhone.

The iPhone Duo's selfie camera isn't as good as the iPhone 18 Pro

The iPhone Duo ships with a 12-megapixel Center Stage camera on the outer display, which is a lower-resolution sensor than the one on the iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max. The two 18 Pro series phones ship with an 18-megapixel Center Stage camera for selfies. The iPhone Duo also has an under-display front camera, and since Apple hasn't disclosed its megapixel count, it's safe to say it's also less than the 18 Pros. However, by its nature, the Duo has an interesting advantage here: If you're taking selfies with the device unfolded, you get to use the far superior "rear" camera sensor, as the front display becomes your viewfinder. Anyone using the Duo for selfies this way will shoot better pictures than those using the front camera on an iPhone 18 Pro.

The iPhone Duo's rear cameras have fixed apertures

Variable aperture is one of the best new camera features of the iPhone 18 Pro series. The primary rear camera lets you control aperture, which opens up the possibility for better quality photos, enhanced depth of field effects, and more creative control over your photography. Unfortunately, the iPhone Duo misses out on this feature.

Pro Controls aren't coming to the iPhone Duo

By now the trend is pretty clear: iPhone Duo misses out on a slew of camera features. For the iPhone 18 Pro series, Apple announced "Pro Controls" for the Camera app, which lets you control aperture, shutter speed, and more variables. This will undoubtedly appeal to photography enthusiasts, but despite the Duo's inflated price tag, this is another feature that didn't make it to the foldable.

Apple Reference Image is limited to the 18 Pro series

Apple also announced a new standard to combat AI-morphed images. Apple Reference Image allows you to verify that an image was captured using an iPhone 18 Pro device, and that it wasn't generated by AI. For some reason, however, this feature isn't coming to the iPhone Duo.

There's no telephoto lens in the iPhone Duo

Apple decided to go with two rear cameras in the iPhone Duo, which means that the telephoto lens gets a miss. The iPhone 18 Pro series has 4x and 8x optical zoom options, both of which won't be available on the iPhone Duo. You'll be limited to a zoom range of 0.5x to 2x on the foldable iPhone, across both the ultrawide and Fusion cameras.

You won't get Spatial photos, videos, and ProRAW on the iPhone Duo

Spatial photos, Spatial videos, and ProRAW are all features targeted at professional photographers and videographers. These features are available in the iPhone 18 Pro series, but not on the iPhone Duo.

The iPhone 18 Pro has better mics for video recording than the iPhone Duo

Apple included a "studio-quality" four-mic array in the iPhone 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max. The aim is to enhance audio quality when you're shooting video. The iPhone Duo misses out on this feature too.

iPhone Duo doesn't use Face ID

Apple chose to give the iPhone Duo Touch ID, which means that you can use your fingerprint to unlock the device. While the lack of Face ID may initially seem like a big miss, I think it makes perfect sense for a device that has multiple "front" cameras. Rather than placing the Face ID sensor near every camera, Apple opted for the more practical alternative. Plus, you can unlock your iPhone Duo with your Apple Watch, if you have one.

The iPhone Duo doesn't have a LiDAR scanner

LiDAR sensors measure distances between two objects, creating 3D scans of objects in the real world, and even mapping the layout of your home for 3D models. Your iPhone ships with an app called Measure, which works well with Pro series iPhones because those devices have a LiDAR scanner. The iPhone Duo misses out.

The Duo is available only in two colors

This year, Apple reserved all the fun iPhone colors for the 18 Pro and the 18 Pro Max, including the new Glacier and Burgundy color variants. I wish Apple had added at least one of those to the iPhone Duo, as the foldable iPhone is only available in "Night Sky" (dark blue) or white.

iPhone Duo is eSIM-only worldwide

The iPhone Duo is the first iPhone to ship with two eSIM slots globally. The iPhone 18 Pro devices will be eSIM-exclusive in 12 countries, but not in the rest of the world. The 18 Pro will ship with at least one physical SIM slot in most regions. An eSIM is great for those who never swap SIM cards or travel often, but having the option of a physical SIM is also useful. It allows you to use cheap prepaid travel SIMs when abroad, and offers you the flexibility to keep swapping SIMs quickly.


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Google turned on a transfer feature in Android that moves passwords and passkeys straight from one password manager to another, with no file to download along the way. You start it from inside the app you are switching to, and Google says the data moves between the apps in a few seconds.

“Historically, moving your passwords meant downloading them into an unencrypted text file, which left them unprotected on your device,” Google said. Passkeys, the sign-in credentials that stand in for a password and live inside the manager, could not be transferred between managers at all, by Google’s account, so a switch meant recreating each one across the sites and apps that used it.

How the transfer works

You open the new password manager, choose its option to import or copy from another provider, and the app hands the job to Android. Android then detects the password managers already on the device and shows you which ones it can pull from. Tap Continue and Android sends you back into the old manager to select, review, and authorize what moves.

Android password manager transfer

Which apps have it

Four managers support the flow today: Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden Password Manager, and Dashlane. Google says more partners will follow, without naming them or giving a date. It also does not say which Android versions carry the feature, or what protects the credentials while they pass between the two apps beyond calling the handoff secure.

If your manager is not one of those four, a switch still starts with the export button, and your passkeys stay where they are.


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Are we in a golden age for TV historical dramas? Once mostly limited to Sunday-night BBC imports on PBS, streaming has opened the doors for these journeys into the past, recent or otherwise. They're not all particularly faithful to historical fact (not a requirement), but each has the virtue of offering a brief escape from an increasingly obnoxious present.

One of the most recent successes is Netflix's My Brilliant Career, an adaptation of the seminal 1901 coming-of-age novel by author Miles Franklin. And once you've visited early 19th-century Australia with Sybylla Melvyn, you may well enjoy these 10 other stories of young women who'd just as soon you didn't try to tell them how to live their lives.

The Other Bennet Sister (2026 – )

A bit of a ratings blockbuster on the BBC, this miniseries revisits the events of Pride and Prejudice from the perspective of Lizzy Bennet's bookish, altogether dorkier sister Mary. Her ruddy complexion, penchant for grammatical correctness, and (gasp!) spectacles seem to make Mary entirely unsuitable for marriage and unfit for much other than genteel spinsterhood. That begins to change when Mary sets off to become a governess for the Gardiner family in London and manages to forge a life and a future for herself away from the parents and siblings who see her as not much more than a piece of furniture. Though in a different time and on a different continent, Sybella and Mary are similarly clever and forthright young women doing their best to find their place, expectations be damned. Stream The Other Bennet Sister on Britbox.

Little Women (2017)

Jo March is a young woman from a poor family who harbors both writerly ambitions and the talent to make her dreams come true—if only people can tolerate the independence of a young woman. She's also possessed of an elderly relative with the money to either help or hinder her. Any of this sounding familiar? Though overshadowed by the (excellent) Greta Gerwig film version's arrival two years later, this BBC adaptation is a bit more faithful to the text without ever feeling stuffy. Set in a Civil War-era New England in which women have largely been left behind by the men in their lives, the miniseries format does a fine job of capturing the passage of time that is so critical to the story. Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) is Jo, Emily Watson plays the stolid Marmee with an appropriate twinkle, and Angela Lansbury (in her final TV role) is perfect as the snide, snippy Aunt March. Stream Little Women on Peacock, Tubi, and Netflix.

Pachinko (2022 – )

Starting in 1915, this multigenerational saga follows one woman (played in different time periods by Youn Yuh-jung and Kim Min-ha) and her family, taking us from the Japanese occupation of Korea through the decades of the Korean diaspora. With her opportunities limited, Sunja leaves her home and family in Busan to pursue a life in Japan, even as racism and anti-immigrant sentiment are rampant amid the war. Like Sybella, she rejects the prospect of a practical marriage to a man of means in favor of independence, and refuses to let her circumstances limit her aspirations. In a parallel narrative that begins in 1989, we see what has and hasn't changed for Sunja and her family as part of a journey as personal as it is epic, with better location cinematography than most movies—and an all-time great opening credits sequence. Stream Pachinko on Apple TV.

The Buccaneers (2023 – )

A hyper-stylized period drama (Bridgerton was clearly an inspiration), this 1870s-set adaptation of an unfinished Edith Wharton novel takes liberties in terms of costuming and music while also upping the juicy drama. The buccaneers of the title are among the so-called dollar princesses of the era: Nan St. George (Kristine Froseth) and her friends are young women from upper-class American families on the make among the British aristocracy—the Americans get titles, and the English lords get to keep their frequently cash-poor estates running. Before long, true love complicates everything for the young women who aren't necessarily career-minded like Sybella, but who nonetheless have ambitions outside of their family and social obligations. Stream The Buccaneers on Apple TV.

Lark Rise to Candleford (2008 – 2011)

The marriage-pressure angle is less prominent here, but we're nevertheless following a young woman starting a new chapter by leaving home...or, at least, going down the road apiece, which was a big deal in 19th century Oxfordshire (the story is drawn from a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Flora Thompson). Country girl Laura Timmins (Olivia Hallinan) sets out to look for work in the wealthier, modestly more metropolitan neighboring town of Candleford. She finds a job at the post office and is befriended and mentored by her mother's cousin, Dorcas (Julia Sawalha). Not everyone in Candleford is so welcoming of the rube from the countryside, especially when Laura is forced to choose between the demands of her job and the needs of the family she left behind. Stream Lark Rise to Candleford on Peacock and Tubi.

Anne With an E (2017 – 2019)

Based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic historical novel Anne of Green Gables, Anne With an E follows the titular heroine, a precocious girl growing up in a rural 19th-century setting as she's forced to carve a new life in a new place. As the series begins in 1896, a couple of elderly and unmarried siblings on Prince Edward Island, Canada, have sent away for an orphan boy to help on the farm, but instead find themselves with a girl: chatty Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), who has to fight to prove herself to her prospective parents, as well as to others in the town who judge her alternately for being a useless girl and for being a poor orphan. The reboot revisits the novel and mines its text (and subtext) for new ideas without betraying its spirit. Stream Anne With an E on Netflix.

Three Little Birds (2023)

The time, place, and context are different, but this historical drama shares with My Brilliant Career themes of young women leaving home in order to defy expectations of their birth, only to find new opportunities and new obstacles where they wind up. Set in the 1950s among what's often referred to as the Windrush generation (for the ship that brought several hundred West Indian passengers to the UK in 1948), the series finds Leah Whittaker (Rochelle Neil) traveling to England to escape an abusive husband, joined by her sister Chantrelle (Saffron Coomber), who dreams of movie stardom; also along for the journey is religious do-gooder Hosanna Drake (Yazmin Belo), with a prospective marriage in the works to a man she's never met. Upon arrival, the women find opportunities, but also challenges they hadn't quite accounted for, including the overt and violent racism of their new home. The script is from actor Lenny Henry, who based much of it on stories from his parents and grandparents. Stream Three Little Birds on Britbox.

Dickinson (2019 – 2021)

Dickinson is so scrupulously weird that it gets points just for doing the unexpected. The most surprising thing about it, though, is that it's not merely idiosyncratic—it’s good. The show imagines the life of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson (played by Hailee Steinfeld), with the true-feeling conceit that she didn’t fit especially well in her own time, a fact the show reflects through the casual use of anachronisms and more modern sensibilities. Think The Buccaneers or Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette for similar vibes—but neither of those is about a person nearly as haunting or mysterious as Dickinson, who is at war with her father throughout the series over her desire (need, really) to write. Bonus: It’s also beautifully filmed and acted. Stream Dickinson on Apple TV.

Sanditon (2019 – 2023)

Sanditon is based on Jane Austen's final, incomplete work, a fact that allows for plenty of creative leeway—it doesn't have the stylistic whimsy of Bridgerton, but serves as a purer distillation of the Regency-drama thrills that Austen bequeathed to us. Here, the wildly independent Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams) sets out to reinvent herself after moving to the title's growing seaside resort town (based, probably, on the real-life Worthing). She discovers that commercial prospects have drawn schemers and chancers to the area, creating a unique and vibrant social scene, with all of the balls and fancy costumes you'd expect. Naturally, romantic complications ensue when Charlotte gets judgy about the entrepreneurial Parker family and finds herself at odds with, and then getting close to, the wild youngest son, Sidney (Theo James). Stream Sanditon on PBS Passport or buy it from Prime Video.

Miss Austen (2025)

Coming at Jane Austen a bit sideways, this rather masterful historical drama focuses on the famous writer's only sister, Cassandra, in the time shortly after Jane's death, and on the ways in which the lives of the two diverted from the romance-heavy plots of books like Pride and Prejudice. The author is on her way to the legendary status that she'd come to acquire, and the family is already battling over her legacy. Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) visits the home of dying family friend the Reverend Fowle with the intent of collecting and destroying personal letters between Jane and the Reverend's late wife, Eliza. Cassandra's unpleasant sister-in-law is also looking for the letters, planning to publish them for her own purposes. As Cassandra revisits her own past, the miniseries explores the separate paths she and Jane took toward independence (one through writing, the other through painting), while also placing Cassandra in the middle of Eliza's daughter's very Austen-esque quest to dodge a marriage she wants nothing to do with. Stream Sanditon on PBS Passport or buy it from Prime Video.


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During Apple’s big hardware announcement on Wednesday, the company placed a particular emphasis on the vapor chamber in the new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max. The glossed-over explanation is that these new vapor chambers can improve performance and reduce heat generation. But how exactly? And what does that mean for the phones you’re planning to buy?

How vapor chambers work

On a very simple level, vapor chambers work similarly to liquid cooling in other electronics systems like some desktop PCs or server racks. The goal is to carry heat away from the processor to keep it cool, so it can do more work without overheating. A cooler processor is a more efficient processor, which means it runs better.

Except, unlike a PC or server rack, a phone is a tight, compact system. There’s not enough space to heat water and then pump it away to a different location to cool it down. Instead, a vapor chamber is a thin, hollow chamber, typically made of either copper or stainless steel, with a small amount of liquid inside. When the liquid inside heats up, it becomes a gas, which then expands outwards, dispersing the heat throughout the body of your phone, rather than keeping it all close to the processor. As it gets further away from the source of heat, the vapor cools back down and becomes a liquid again.

Since the chamber is sealed, the liquid can’t evaporate and escape, meaning that the fluid can theoretically keep cycling through the chamber indefinitely for the life of the phone. Most manufacturers also pair this with some form of heat sink, like thin sheets of graphite or copper. Or, in the case of the new iPhone 18 Pro, both.

Why vapor chambers matter for smartphones

Keeping your phone cool is a massive problem compared to other electronic devices you might have, simply because they’re so small, yet so powerful. A moderately powered laptop like a MacBook Air can get away with a combination of conductive heat sinks, a metal frame, and low heat-generating processors to stay functional, while high-powered gaming laptops have space to stuff in large, laborious fans.

Your phone, however, needs to fit in your pocket, and a huge chunk of the space inside needs to be devoted to the battery to make sure it lasts long enough to get through the day. Once you account for all the processors, sensors, and antennas that a phone needs, there’s scarcely any space left for heat dissipation. That’s a huge part of why phones generally don’t have as powerful processors as tablets or laptops. Physically, it’s not impossible to fit a high-powered chip in a pocketable device. But it would likely generate so much heat that it would destroy itself without proper heat dissipation, which would make your phone too big for a pocket.

This kind of heat dissipation matters even more if you happen to live in places with warm climates. For example, I live in Texas. Even when driving inside an air-conditioned car, if my phone is in the sunlight, it can start to overheat. When I previously had a Pixel 6 Pro, it would occasionally shut off (taking my navigation with it) simply because it wasn’t in the shade. After upgrading to a Pixel 9 Pro, which does have a vapor chamber, I never noticed this problem—though this is obviously anecdotal.

How to consider vapor chambers when buying a phone

Apple says the iPhone 18 Pro’s vapor chamber has three times the surface area of the previous generation, which theoretically should mean better cooling and, thus, better performance. But does that mean you need to decide what phone to buy based on how big a phone’s vapor chamber is, or whether it has one at all?

Well, yes and no. It turns out that outside the Apple ecosystem, Android phones have been using vapor chambers for years, and you might not have even noticed. The existence of vapor chambers is increasingly becoming standard, so unless you have an old phone that frequently overheats, or you’re looking to buy a phone a few generations behind, you probably don’t need to go out of your way to make sure your phone has one.

And whether bigger is necessarily better is also a bit of a gray area. All other things being equal, yes, a larger vapor chamber will dissipate heat better and keep your phone cooler. But all other things are rarely equal. A larger vapor chamber also means the manufacturer can put a more powerful processor inside and achieve the same thermal balance. So, a phone could theoretically be equally likely to overheat, but do more before it does.

Figuring out the right balance between processing power and heat dissipation is the kind of thing best left to the engineers and dedicated hobbyists. But there are a couple of things the average person can take away from this. First, if you live in a warm climate, better heat dissipation is always going to be better. Your phone isn’t running at full power all day, but the Texas sun is. So, if you’re worried about your environment causing overheating problems, check phone reviews for how well it handles heat. More importantly, consider the power needs you have for your device before you buy. If you just use your phone to scroll TikTok and reply to emails, you probably don’t need an overpowered processor, but if you plan to edit 4K videos or play graphically intense mobile games, then better thermal regulation could do you some good.


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At $154.99 for the Wi-Fi model, Apple’s refurbished 9th-generation iPad lands in the same price range as many budget Android tablets while still offering the polished experience people usually expect from an iPad. The Wi-Fi + Cellular version is probably the better value here since it costs only $15 more—and having built-in cellular connectivity means you are not constantly depending on public Wi-Fi or tethering from your phone, which makes a noticeable difference for commuters, students, rideshare drivers, and frequent travelers.

And since Apple still supports this model with iPadOS 26 updates, you're not immediately stepping into outdated software either. That, combined with the “Grade A” refurbished condition (comes with little to no cosmetic wear) and included one-year warranty, still makes this older iPad a reasonable option for students, parents, travelers, or anyone looking for a dependable secondary device for reading, streaming, video calls, light work, and casual gaming. That said, it is not built for demanding creative workloads like professional video editing or heavy multitasking, but that limitation feels reasonable considering the price. The biggest compromise is the 64GB storage capacity, which works best for people who mostly stream content rather than store large games or video files locally.

And while its A13 Bionic chip is older by Apple standards, it still keeps up with everyday use—apps launch quickly, Safari browsing stays smooth with multiple tabs open, and streaming services run without feeling sluggish. The 10.2-inch Retina display also holds up surprisingly well for everyday use, especially for reading articles and ebooks or watching videos. You still get Touch ID in the home button, stereo speakers, and support for the first-generation Apple Pencil for handwritten notes or sketching. Battery life also remains practical, with Apple estimating up to 10 hours of use on a charge, which is enough for a full day of browsing, streaming, and light work. All things considered, this 9th-gen iPad is a great deal.

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Orchid Security has announced identity drift detection and application-level kill switches for AI agents. They can complete authorized objectives beyond their initial privilege level within seconds. AI agents do not need to “break” security controls or workflow guardrails.

AI agents can find and use the identity debt already embedded across the enterprise: hard-coded credentials, orphaned accounts, unmanaged authentication paths and excessive permissions. The new AI readiness controls help enterprises scale AI adoption without losing control.

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AI adoption is now a board mandate

Boards have moved from asking whether their companies should adopt AI to asking how quickly they can scale it. Resisting is no longer a viable security posture. What enterprises need is a defensible plan that enables adoption while keeping autonomous agents inside authorized boundaries.

“AI transformation is exciting. Identity hygiene is not,” said Roy Katmor, CEO of Orchid Security. “Boards are no longer asking whether AI will be adopted—they are asking why it is not moving faster, and security cannot answer with a blanket ‘no.’ Enterprises need to observe how agents act, understand when they drift, and govern them immediately, including terminating the authority through which they operate.”

The obstacle is not agent behavior. It is what agents inherit. Agents do not need to break security controls to exceed their intended scope—they find and use the identity debt already embedded across the enterprise: hard-coded credentials, orphaned accounts, unmanaged authentication paths, and excessive permissions. Orchid’s Identity Gap 2026 found that 57% of enterprise identity is unseen and unmanaged. Agents can turn that identity dark matter into an active path to elevated access in seconds to minutes—far faster than periodic governance reviews can detect or contain it.

An operational framework for agent adoption: Observe→ Understand→ Govern→ Prove

Orchid enables continuous, auditable AI-Readiness and defensibility:

  • OBSERVE: Discover AI agents and the identities, applications, credentials, tools, and access paths through which they operate. Continuously capture actual behavior, not only what was configured in the studio.
  • UNDERSTAND: Compare runtime behavior with the agent’s original purpose and authorized scope. Orchid applies readiness tags to applications, accounts and access paths, exposing identity hygiene gaps, excessive permissions and environments that are not yet safe for agentic access.
  • GOVERN: When behavior or effective authority drifts beyond policy, Orchid orchestrates action through the organization’s existing identity, security and AI infrastructure. Actions can include reducing permissions, revoking credentials, disconnecting tools, suspending workflows or uniquely activating its own application-level kill-switch.
  • PROVE: Orchid generates a defensible audit trail linking each agent action to the identity used, delegation chain, access path, business context, detected drift and resulting governance response.

What enterprises should be able to demonstrate

Before autonomous agents are deployed at scale:

  • Identity hygiene: Every orphaned, dormant, local, and over-privileged account is identified and assigned a readiness status.
  • Authorization guardrails: The organization can determine who or what may act, on whose behalf, for what purpose, and under what conditions.
  • Runtime understanding: Actual agent behavior can be compared continuously against approved intent, permissions, and expected access paths.
  • Universal auditability: Every action can be attributed to an identity, delegation chain, application, access path, and business context.
  • Enforceable response: The enterprise can immediately restrict or terminate the authority a drifting agent operates through.

Regulators are converging on the same requirements. NIST’s draft Cyber AI Profile notes that “regardless of where organizations are on their AI journey, their cybersecurity programs need risk management approaches that support and integrate the realities of advancements in AI.” In Europe, DORA obliges financial entities to demonstrate control over ICT access and third-party dependencies, an obligation that does not pause because the entity acting is an agent rather than a person.

Availability

Following the recent agentic enhancements to Orchid’s Identity Control Plane in May, the capabilities below are now available:

  • AI readiness tagging across applications, identities, and access paths
  • Identity hygiene and security risk findings for orphaned, dormant, over-permissioned, and suspicious accounts
  • Continuous drift detection between an agent’s intended purpose and observed behavior
  • Orchestrated response, including application-level kill switches that restrict permissions, revoke credentials, disconnect tools, or suspend agent workflows
  • Audit generation documenting agent activity, identity context, detected drift, and the response

Orchid has also expanded its integration ecosystem:

  • Palo Alto Networks Idira: A certified PAM integration that discovers privileged accounts not previously known to Idira and brings them under management.
  • Splunk Enterprise Security: A prebuilt integration that streams identity telemetry to the SOC for correlation, investigation, and incident response.

Shannon Wilkinson, CIO and CISO at Findlay Automotive Group, described the tension from the practitioner’s seat: “The challenge is how to enable the business to move faster and realize the productivity that AI agents bring, but it honestly terrifies a lot of us. At Findlay we’re leaning heavily into AI to build a better customer experience. At the same time we must define guidelines, put guardrails in place and, above all, know what the identities are doing.”

Enterprises have ignored identity dark matter in general, and poor identity hygiene specifically, for a long time now- which is one of the reasons that threat actors are more likely to log in than hack in today. But exposing AI agents to all the identity clutter that has accumulated over time is a recipe for disaster.


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If you struggle to sleep soundly and awaken at the slightest noise, sleep earbuds could help you rest more easily. Right now is a good time to give them a go: These Soundcore Sleep A30 earbuds from Anker are 27% off, bringing them down to $168.99 from their original $229.99 price. Not only do these in-ear buds reduce the sounds of commotion like traffic and environmental factors, from roaming pets to noisy appliances; they can also detect and filter out the sound of snoring by playing audio to obscure it. Your partner’s (or pet's) snores never even enter the equation.

Each earbud is made of silicone, meaning they’re more flexible than typical earbuds, and they're ergonomically designed to be comfortable even when you're sleeping on your side. Anker also sends along a few different-sized eartips, so you'll be able to find the right fit. For those who prefer to hear something soothing instead of nothing when sleeping, these earbuds come with free access to the Calm (via the official Soundcore app), a curated library of a variety of relaxing sounds and harmonies.

When fully charged, these earbuds will provide eight to 10 hours of noise masking or relaxing sounds, and the charging case can keep them powered for up to five nights of use. The Soundcore app tracks and monitors your sleep patterns to help you form better sleeping habits. They’re also waterproof (perhaps in case your cat knocks over that glass of water on your bedside table?).

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