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A developer has found a clever way to free his Coway air purifier from its cloud dependency entirely. By intercepting a plain HTTP certificate download — a genuine security gap — he rerouted his device to a local Home Assistant server. The result is faster, more reliable control, with no third-party cloud in the loop.
Across the United States, air travelers are still untangling the aftermath of a nationwide ground stop that lasted nearly five hours. Flights have resumed, but cancellations and cascading delays mean thousands of passengers are still stranded mid-journey, working through logistics that will likely take another day or more to fully resolve.
And on the diplomatic front, Ukraine faces a difficult proposition. The United States has suggested Kyiv consider territorial concessions in exchange for NATO membership, according to President Zelensky. Meanwhile, Russia has reportedly rejected an energy truce, and this week's US-mediated talks ended without any meaningful progress on the ground.
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