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The White House is moving fast on quantum security, and the stakes could not be higher. A new executive order sharply accelerates the deadline for government agencies to adopt quantum-resistant encryption — the kind that can withstand attacks from quantum computers powerful enough to crack the systems protecting military secrets, financial networks, and personal data accumulated over decades.
Shifting from national security to the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence — Envoy AI Gateway has reached version one point zero, marking its first stable, production-ready release. Built on the widely trusted Envoy Proxy foundation, it gives developers a dedicated layer for managing AI traffic in real-world applications, a sign that the tooling around AI deployment is quietly maturing into something serious.
And on a note that touches everyone with a smart home — Google is updating its Familiar Faces feature in Google Home to recognize people even when they're turned away from the camera. Rather than relying purely on facial recognition, the system will now incorporate additional non-biometric signals, raising both the convenience ceiling and some reasonable questions about where that boundary sits.
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