Question: How important is technology in the modern home?

Answer: Smart-home technology is nothing new, but its constantly changing and evolving. One of the biggest lessons Ive learned as a broker is to understand technology evolves so fast, its literally impossible to know what the future holds.

Smart-home technology (or home automation) has been around a long time, but with internet connectivity and rapidly evolving wireless technology, the good news is you dont have to be super tech savvy to understand how to operate smart-home technology these days. Almost any device in your home can be monitored and controlled through the use of an app. Current smart-home applications are controlled lighting, digital doorbells and door locks, home security, home theater and smart thermostats but the possibilities are truly endless.

That said, your homes network is going to be the most important component of making sure everything runs seamlessly. Thats especially important in the mountains, where high-speed connectivity is not something to be taken for granted.

Its important to hire a home technology specialist to make sure your network is built properly and can support and integrate a wide variety of devices that can be monitored from your iPhone. The goal with all smart-home technology is to provide instant response and instant resolve, remotely. Whether youre talking about water detection, motion alerts or unsafe temperatures, the overall comfort and security comes from being able to manage whatever is going on in your home when youre not there. With all this new technology, its important that you begin by creating a network that can support that.

Make sure your technology expert can create one display on one app that provides 100% functionality: the state of your windows, music, temperature, lights, movement, sauna, washer and dryer and more.

In terms of the most current technology trends, modern homes will typically have discreet audio-visual set-ups and other equipment. That means hiding things like speakers, TVs, even wall switches and thermostats so everything in a room is very seamless. Its a common trend in newer homes with modern architecture. There are no switches or control panels on the wall anymore; everything is on one screen.

Streaming TV also is a big trend right now; it enables you to watch TV through your existing providers from any device no matter where you are, whether its on an iPad at the airport or at home in your living room. Youre no longer paying for a cable box.

For second-home owners, things like digital doorbells and door locks that enable homeowners to self-police their property even if theyre not there are key. Cameras alert homeowners upon arrival that someone is at their door and theyll get an alert for when they leave. It gives you a sense of security to know what transpires at your home and to have the ability to respond. Thats especially helpful for managing subcontractors remotely.

Its also important for safety reasons. Say a door is left open, and its cold outside. Once your house hits 50 degrees, you or your property management team can be alerted. When it comes to having that security from afar, todays smart-home technology definitely gives a new meaning to the term remote control.

Shilo Bartlett is a real estate agent in the Roaring Fork Valley and a board member of the GWS Board of Realtors. She also is part of the commercial and entrepreneurial division of Slifer Smith & Frampton. She can be reached at sbartlett@sliferrfv.com.

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To hear Craig Federighi tell it, it's not about the money.

Apple's senior vice president of software gave an impassioned defense of the App Store at Wednesday's Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal. In the face of looming European Union legislation that would require Apple to permit users to install apps from outside the App Store, Federighi likened the App Store to a good home security system, and suggested to the crowd of developers and journalists that the App Store is practically all that stands between them and a wild horde of hackers and malware developers banging at their gates.

"Sideloading undermines security and puts people's data at risk," he told the audience. "Even if you never sideload, your iPhone and data are less safe in a world where Apple is forced to allow it."

Sideloading, in this context, refers to the ability of device owners to install whatever software they want on their gadgets. While the App Store may give iPhone owners the impression of that freedom, in fact they are only able to download apps approved by Apple to be in the App Store.

The European Union is considering legislation, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), directly aimed at anti-competitive behavior by tech giants. It was first proposed in late 2020.

"Some large online platforms act as 'gatekeepers' in digital markets," explains the EU. "The Digital Markets Act aims to ensure that these platforms behave in a fair way online."

Notably, Federighi did not appear to address a different possible motivation for his company's opposition to the DMA: the typical 30 percent cut Apple takes from App Store transactions. (We say appear, because the web stream of the event cut out for approximately 10 minutes at the top of Federighi's presentation to the bemusement and frustration of many watching. As of the time of this writing, the stream is still missing the first chunk of Federighi's talk.)

Instead, he reiterated the perceived security risks of platforms that allow their users the ability to install and run whatever software they want.

"One security firm found more than 5 million attacks per month on its clients using another mobile platform," he said. "But there's never been this kind of widespread consumer malware attack on iOS. Never. So what's the difference? Well the single biggest reason is that other platforms allow sideloading."

However, it's not like iOS devices are invulnerable to malware attacks. Norton, an online security company, made that clear with a blog post detailing one particularly nasty attack that reportedly affected millions of Chinese iOS users.

"The malware, called XcodeGhost, was discovered by Chinese iOS developers, after it was able to find its way into legitimate Apple Store apps, including WeChat, a popular IM application," explained the post.

Apple loves to remind us that hackers and malware developers use sideloaded apps as a means to attack people's phones a point Federighi made Wednesday with a real example of ransomware disguised as a COVID-19 contact-tracing app but Federighi's presentation stunk of paternalism. Specifically, it was reminiscent of Apple's stance on right-to-repair legislation.

Trust us, the argument goes, because you'll just screw things up if left to your own devices.

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"Sideloading is a cybercriminal's best friend, and requiring it on iPhone would be a gold rush for the malware industry," he concluded.

Of course, if the DMA doesn't end up forcing Apple to allow sideloading, that would allow for a continued gold rush of a different sort.

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Floodlight cameras are an essential part of outdoor security, giving additional coverage to parts of your house that other outdoor security cameras may miss. Their wide field-of-view give missing coverage to backyards and garages, and the additional motion detection light provides a higher quality image while also acting as a deterrent to would-be intruders.

But not all floodlight cameras are created equally. When choosing the right floodlight camera, there are several factors to take into consideration, one of the most important of which is field-of-view. Floodlight security cameras should have a wide enough field-of-view - at least 135 degrees. And the video quality needs to be good enough for the camera's on-board AI services, such as face detection, to work properly.

This is why the eufy Floodlight Camera 2 Pro is a great outdoor camera option. Eufy has a longstanding reputation of providing holistic security coverage with secure, local storage.

The Floodlight Camera 2 is no exception. It comes with a 360 degree pan and tilt camera, allowing it to cover an entire yard regardless of where it is placed. Wide driveways and yards are no longer a concern the single camera can pan and tilt to cover a specific area, whereas other systems would require two cameras to do the same job.

But it's not just the 360 pan-and-tilt feature; the Floodlight Camera 2 pro also features onboard AI and spot tracking features that provide an extra layer of security. When the floodlight camera detects an unfamiliar face, it will automatically pan and tilt to track the subject until the subject is completely out of frame.

The floodlight panels and the 2k video resolution help provide clear, vibrant videos which also help with the camera's onboard AI. The three onboard light panels are tunable, which means that the color temperature and luminosity can be adjusted based on the environment.

Data privacy is a rising concern among home security users - who has access to which footage, how it is secured, and where it lives is something consumers are becoming more wary of. The eufy Video Floodlight addresses all of these by ensuring that all footage is stored locally on a military-grade encrypted hard drive.

Local storage also means no hidden fees that come with the floodlight. While other cloud-based security systems charge a monthly fee to access security footage and onboard AI features, all of the the eufy Floodlight Camera's features come without any additional cost.

The eufy Floodlight 2 Camea solves the biggest problem with most outdoor cameras - the 360 degree field-of-view makes it easy to see all subjects. Frank Zhu, general manager of Eufy Security says, "The eufy Floodlight solves one of the biggest complaints of floodlight cameras: limited field of view. With its 360 degree pan and tilt camera, tunable 3000 lumen LED array and AI-powered human detection and auto-tracking, there is virtually nothing our Floodlight Cam will miss."

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Automotive Software Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 - 2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The global automotive software market is valued at USD 10.7 Billion in 2020 and is expected to reach USD 29.3 Billion by 2026 registering a CAGR of 5.11%, during the forecast period, 2021-2026.

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Key Market Trends

Safety and Security Software is Expected to Witness Faster Growth Rate

Due to the increasing adoption of a few ADAS technologies as a standard option even in mid-size vehicles in the coming years, the safety & security category is expected to acquire a considerable part of the market studied during the forecast period. Consumer interest and regulatory demands in safety applications that help safeguard drivers and decrease accidents are predicted to drive demand for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to expand significantly over the forecast period.

The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) are a set of standards issued by the United States that outline the safety criteria for all motor vehicles. While the EU's standards are mostly based on UN studies and recommendations, the FMVSS was formed within the context of US regulatory organizations. Both the United States and the European Union are framing mandates to see that all vehicles are equipped with forward-collision warning systems and emergency-braking systems by 2020. FWVSS specifies three domains of testing for meeting their regulatory requirements, including crash avoidance crashworthiness and post-crash survivability.

For instance, 2021 Kia Carnival comes with the 'safe exit warning' and 'safe exit assist' systems that will use sensors located near the tail lights to detect potential approaching hazards when the car is travelling less than 3km/ h and avoid crashes. Such launches of safety and security features in vehicles are likely to drive the demand for reliable software solutions from the suppliers in the market studied, during the forecast period.

North America Captured a Major Market Share

North America is expected to dominate the market in the forecast period. Owing to factors like strong and established automotive company clusters and also being the home for the world's biggest technology companies like Google, Microsoft, etc the region has been pioneer regard to autonomous vehicles. Particularly in the United States, self-driving cars have already been tested and used in California, Texas, Arizona, Washington, Michigan, and other states of the United States. The United States covers the largest market share of more than 65% in the North American automotive software market.

The country has been significantly increasing the number of launches of autonomous car models, as well as the development of vehicle autonomous systems among the players in the automotive industry, over the past two years. Furthermore, it is expected to continue its growth rate during the forecast period.

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1 INTRODUCTION

2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

4 MARKET DYNAMICS

4.1 Market Drivers

4.2 Market Challenges

4.3 Industry Attractiveness - Porter's Five Force Analysis

5 MARKET SEGMENTATION

5.1 By Application

5.2 By Vehicle Type

5.3 Geography

6 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE

6.1 Vendor Market Share

6.2 Company Profiles

7 MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS

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Heidi Planck hasnt been seen in more than two weeks, but on Tuesday, investigators were considering new information about the Mid-City mom and whether her disappearance is related to her job as a financial controller.

The 39-year-olds employer, Camden Capital in El Segundo, is under federal investigation for an alleged $43 million fraud scheme.

The Los Angeles Police Department and federal agents served a search warrant at Plancks home last week, apparently seeking evidence in the fraud investigation.

Plancks friends say in the days leading up to her disappearance, she was worried.

She was really stressed and nervous, but she didnt go into much detail, said Plancks friend Natalie John.

On the day she disappeared, Plancks home security camera showed her leaving home with her dog. She attended her 10-year-old sons football game, but abruptly left the game early.

She didnt seem agitated. She might have been a little bit antsy. She left with her dog, and she just walked up to us and said, Im gonna go,' Plancks ex-husband Jim Wayne said.

A few hours later, her dog was found wandering around an apartment in downtown L.A. But Planck was nowhere to be found.

Friends said Planck would not willingly leave her 10-year-old son behind.

She would never do this to her boy. Shes worked so hard, so hard in her custody battle for this little boy, John said.

Absolutely abnormal, unlikely, friend Danielle Nadolny said. She would never just leave.

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wansview (97% positive lifetime feedback) via Amazon is offering its 1080p Outdoor Smart Security Camera for$17.99 Prime shipped when you clip the on-page coupon. Usually selling for around $40, but currently down to $30, todays deal undercuts our last mention for the all-time low at 54% off. Wansivews outdoor camera is equipped with a 2MP lens for 1080p streaming and filming, with night vision up to 20-meters. You can check in on your home and property from your smartphone or any Alexa-enabled device with a screen, like the Echo Show or Fire TV. And with motion detection alerts, youll be the first to know if someone wanders on site. The entire apparatus is IP66 waterproof, so these cameras will keep shooting come rain, snow, or temperatures up to 104-degree Fahrenheit. Currently rated 4+ stars from over 5,000 customers. See more below.

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While youd be hard pressed to find a quality security camera for less, wansview does offer an upgraded version for $28. Youll need to clip the on-page coupon to drop the price down from $40. This new and improved smart camera includes infrared night vision up to 25-meters and a two-way talk mode. So if you need to call the kids in from the yard, or answer the door while youre away, just pick up a phone or Echo device, and youre set. And with your savings today, you can throw in some hard storage with Samsungs 64GB SD card down for $8. Wansviews new 1080p smart camera is rated 4.5/5 stars from 500 customers.

If youre looking to add some Alexa control indoors as well, weve spotted a slew of deals on TP-Links popular Kasa smart cameras. With new all-time lows and savings up to 48% off, theres bound to be something in there worth a peek. Though if youre set on home security, our smart home guide is jam-packed with other deals and ideas to help streamline your home life.

Wansview outdoor camera W4 is equiped with 2MP HD lens which provides crystal clear picture. When are you out, you could check your home anytime on your smartphone, once there are any movement in the monitored area, you could get instant alert notification and you could check what is happening immediately.

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Many Republicans are now trying to rewrite the history of January 6 to portray the assault on the Capitol that left five dead as a benign protest. But lawmakers fears of extremist violence are reflected clearly in recent campaign filings that show a dramatic surge in spending on security. Among those dishing out the most for protective measures: House and Senate Republicans who have dared to criticize Donald Trump for imperiling our democracy with phony election fraud claims and for inciting his supporters into a bloody rebellion.

Increasingly, Republican and Democratic lawmakers in both chambersespecially those vilified by Trump and his allieshave started hiring security consultants and bodyguards, upgrading their home security systems with cameras, and, in some cases, employing firms that specialize in fortifying residences with reinforced doors, bulletproof glass, and other high-end protective features. An analysis of campaign finance records by Mother Jones found that in the three months after the Capitol attack, security spending jumped 176 percent from the same period last year. Such spending is up 233 percent from the first quarter of 2019.

Prior to the January 6 attack, three-term Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) had never spent campaign funds on security. But in the first three months of this yearas she publicly denounced Trumps role in fueling the insurrection, a transgression for which she was deposed from her leadership postshe paid $58,000 for protective measures, hiring a security consulting firm that specializes in executive protection and retaining three former Secret Service agents who previously served on her fathers vice presidential detail.

While Cheney has continued to speak out against Trump, she said recently that many of her GOP colleagues are too fearful for their safety to risk riling up Trumps conspiracy-crazed supporters by going against the former president.

I have had a number of members say to me, we would have voted to impeach, but we were concerned about our security, she told David Axelrod on an episode of his podcast. I think that in some ways people have sort of glossed over that, but I think thats a very important point to pause and contemplate, that you have members of the United States House of Representatives for whom, you know, securitytheir personal security or their family security, their concerns about that affected the way that they felt they could vote. Thats a really significant thing to say about the current state of our politics.

Like Cheney, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) rebuked Trump for his election fraud lies. After the insurrection, he called on Trump to resign and was one of seven Senate Republicans to vote for Trumps impeachment in February. The cost of opposing Trumps bid to overturn the election has been steep: During the first quarter of 2021, his campaign racked up a whopping security tab of nearly $70,000. His campaigns first payment came on February 8, the day before Trumps Senate impeachment trial commenced. Among other expenditures, Toomey paid $39,000 to T&M USA, a New York Citybased private security and intelligence firm. His campaign filings also list a $7,300 payment to Fortified Estate, a Texas outfit that bills itself as the leading company for bespoke, high-security hardening of residential and commercial structures and specializes in installing panic rooms, bulletproof doors, and blast windows.

The campaign operation of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who voted to convict Trump during his first and second impeachment trials, paid more than $43,000 to Ambolt Security Group, a Utah-based firm run by former law enforcement officers that offers services including close protection, safe room consulting and design, residential escape plans, and threat assessments. Political uncertainty, rioting in US streets, attacks on governance are contributing to a climate of fear within our communities, the business sector, and most troubling our homes and families, the company notes on its website. (Security is not a subject that members of Congress seem eager to discuss. Mother Jones reached out to 10 lawmakers, including Cheney, Romney, and Toomey. None responded.)

The GOPs most lavish spenders on security are two of its biggest promoters of the Big Lie. Ted Cruzs campaign dropped more than $74,000 on a security firm in early 2021, the most of any GOP lawmaker. (In February, when Cruz jetted to Cancun in the wake of a deadly winter storm that left much of his state without power, a reporter dropped by Cruzs home and found one of the senators guards caring for the family rescue dog, Snowflake.) Cruz, who offered to argue a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the presidential election before the Supreme Court, first began spending heavily on security in 2020, making payments to a company that installs security cameras and safety glass. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), whose memorable raised-fist salute to Trump supporters outside the Capitol on the morning of the attack became an iconic image of that dark day and his role in helping to inspire it, hired security consultants, to the tune of at least $44,000, following the insurrection.

On the other side of the aisle, the two biggest spenders on security are newly elected Sens. Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Mark Kelly of Arizona. Both hail from states that were (and remain) a focus of election fraud conspiracies propagated by Trump and his backers. Warnock, Georgias first Black senator, has spent more on security than any Senate candidate in history. Since last fall, his campaign has paid more than $245,000 to Executive Protection Agency, a security service, with $136,000 of that spending coming during the first quarter of 2021. (His fellow Georgia senator Jon Ossoff spent nearly $50,000 on protection between January and April.) The campaign of Arizonas Kellywhose wife, former representative Gabby Giffords, was nearly assassinated during a constituent event in 2011has doled out $130,000 for security so far this year.

Some Democratsespecially high-profile progressives and people of colorhave long voiced security concerns. Among them is one of the rights favorite targets, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has said she feared for her life during the Capitol insurrection: "I did not know if I was going to make it to the end of that day alive. AOCs campaign spent $47,000 on security, including payments to Three Bridges NY, a New York company that provides personal protection to celebrities, between January and Aprilmore than she spent during the entirety of last year. Fellow squad member Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), who complained publicly about being harassed by the QAnon-promoting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, paid $35,000 during this period.

In total, congressional campaigns and political parties spent an estimated $2.6 million on security in the first three months of 2021. During the comparable timeframe in 2019, at the start of the last Congress, Federal Election Commission filings show campaigns and political parties made $902,000 in security expenditures. In 2017, parties and campaigns together spent $2 million over the course of the entire yearless than the security costs racked up in the three months after January 6.

Members of Congress who can show they face a genuine threat can request protection from the House or Senate Sergeant-at-Arms offices, but the resources are limited, with only members of congressional leadership receiving full-time security details (Cheney was recently assigned protection by the Capitol Police). Most members of Congress have usually traveled and interacted with their constituents with only a minimal level of securityif any. Their relative accessibility has been one of the features of our congressional system. But the possible threats that lawmakers face were on display in viral videos that circulated this winter showing irate Trump supporters confronting members of Congress including Sens. Romney and Lindsay Graham (who was labeled a traitor for mildly rebuking Trump for stoking the insurrection). In footage of the Graham episode, a Trump supporter wearing a QAnon T-shirt declares ominously, One day they will not be able to walk down the street. It is today.

The attack on the Capitol has revived an old debate over to what extent political candidates can dip into their campaign coffers to fund security expenses. The FEC has rules preventing the use of campaign funds for personal expenses and has generally applied a strict interpretation of that. For years, it did not allow candidates to spend campaign funds on home security systems and upgrades under the theory that such expenditures would also increase the values of their homes.

But in 2011, following the shooting that severely injured Gabby Giffords, the FEC began to ease its rules when it granted her campaigns request to use contributions to install a security system at her home. Since then, campaign spending on residential security systems has risen from about $7,100 in 2013 to $143,000 last year. Campaigns have spent $82,000 on security systems in the first three months of 2021 alone.

In 2017, in the wake of the shooting at a congressional softball practice that hospitalized Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), thenHouse Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, citing numerous requests for protection from members of Congress, asked the FEC for more clarification on acceptable security expenses. According to Irving, threats against members of Congress were escalatingin 2016, his office investigated 902 threats. In just the first six months of 2017, it had already looked into 950. Irving testified that his office didnt have the ability to fully investigate all threats against lawmakers, much less protect them from unknown dangers they might face. More recent numbers suggest the problem has worsened.

In response to Irving's request, the FEC concluded that members of Congress, whether or not they were the target of a threat, could use campaign funds to pay for the reasonable costs associated with installing (or upgrading) and monitoring a security system at Members residences. The agency issued no further guidance in the years that followed. Then came January 6.

Days after the Capitol siege, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the National Republican Congressional Committee appealed to the FEC to formally authorize the use of campaign funds for security detailssomething lawmakers had already started paying for in the absence of any concrete guidance from the commission on the subject.

In late March, the FEC finally ruled that members of Congress may use campaign funds to pay for bona fide, legitimate, professional personal security personnel to protect themselves and their immediate families due to threats arising from their status as officeholders, when federal agents are not protecting the Members or the Members families.

But that decision sparked a debate of its own. Who did the FEC consider a legitimate security professional and what would their roles be? That is, would they protect members of Congress only from threatsor also from potentially uncomfortable encounters with citizens voicing their opinions?

As FEC Commissioner Ellen Weintraub put it during the commissions hearing in March, I want to ensure that the people who would be in a position to perhaps block members of the publics access to their elected leaders would be doing it in a way that is sensitive to the First Amendment concerns.

Lawyers for the NRSC and the NRCC argued that drawing up language to police the credentials of the guards would slow down the process of getting protection in place for members of Congress who needed it. And the FEC ultimately imposed no strict limitations on who could be paid with campaign funds to perform security. In a brief, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committeethe NRSC's and the NRCCs Democratic counterpartscontended that in doing so the FEC was "opening the door to the improper use of campaign funds to compensate fringe militia groups under the guise of legitimate security expense." The groups noted that some Republicans have known links to far-right organizations like the Three Percenters, Proud Boys, and Oath Keepers, whose members participated in the Capitol attack. (In at least one instance, members of the Three Percenters militia group provided security at a campaign event for then-candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, although they dont appear to have been paid.) What was stopping Republican lawmakers from employing guards associated with the very same groups involved in the assault on the Capitol?

Nick Steen, a retired Secret Service agent and former supervisor of the agencys presidential protection division, says its clear that members of Congress require more protection. He also notes that its not practical to have law enforcement guarding every member of Congress and candidate.

I dont know that it is right, cost effective, or efficient to add protection of every congressional or senatorial candidate to the growing list of federal law enforcement responsibilities, he says. But he adds that leaving security up to the campaigns raises its own set of questions. If a model for private security is developing for that gap, then a lot of work will need to be done to set parameters and scope for those private security folks. Cost is just one aspect of it, he says.

The questions of how much security is appropriate and who pays may be coming to a head. In May, the Capitol Police disclosed that already this year its case load had risen 107 percent from 2020 and said it had just 30 officers in its threat assessment division to respond to over 9,000 cases. (By comparison, the Secret Service employs 100 threat assessment staffers who handle 8,000 cases.) Meanwhile, Trump and his allies have stoked conspiracy theories, pinned to quixotic election audits in Arizona and other states, that he could be reinstated to office this summer, concocting a new version of the Big Lie for supporters to rallyand perhaps, plotaround. Rep. Peter Meijer, a first-term Republican from Michigan who voted to impeach Trump and recently decried members of his party for salivating for civil war, told Rolling Stone he foresees more political violence ahead:I dont put it beyond the realm of assassinations.

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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The ioXt Alliance, the global standard for IoT security, today announced that as part of Google Nests new security commitments, Nest products released in 2019 or later will use the ioXt Alliances global security standards to test and validate their security. Google Nest is prioritizing consumer security and privacy by testing products in its suite of connected home devices against the ioXt Alliances rigorous security standards, with more devices to be added later in the year.

Focused on security, upgradability, and transparency, the eight ioXt pledge principles that the devices will be tested against include clear guidelines for quantifying the optimal level of security needed for a specific device within a product category. The first set of evaluations against the ioXt Pledge for Google Nest will be completed by NCC Group, one of the ioXt Alliance Authorized Labs, which will provide the third-party validation of device test results to ensure all products are cybersafe. Once a device meets or exceeds the requirements after testing, they will receive the ioXt SmartCert label. Google also has plans to publish the findings on its website once the testing is complete.

We are thrilled to be able to work with Google Nest to further its commitment to security by providing the means for testing and third-party validation of their connected home products to ensure the safety of all device end-users, said Brad Ree, CTO of the ioXt Alliance. By complying with our standards and providing transparency of the results to consumers, they will be able to make informed decisions about their devices to better protect their personal information, which will lead to greater consumer confidence in the security of the Nest suite of products.

To learn more about the ioXt Alliance, visit https://www.ioxtalliance.org/ and for more information about Nests privacy and security commitment, visit https://safety.google/nest/.

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The ioXt Alliance is the Global Standard for IoT Security. Founded by leading technology and product manufacturing firms, including Google, Amazon, T-Mobile, Comcast and more, the ioXt Alliance is the only industry-led, global IoT product security and certification program in the world. Products with the ioXt SmartCert gives consumers and retailers greater confidence in a highly connected world.

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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said it vetted 730 tips in connection with the disappearance of 5-year-old Summer Wells from her home in Rogersville as of Thursday but none of them "led to a solid lead."

Authorities are asking tipsters not to report rumors or speculation, however they also said anything that people in the area of Ben Hill Road on the late afternoon or early evening of June14 and 15 may have seen or heard could possibly help the investigation.

"Every detail is important," the TBI said in a statement.

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Anyone with credible information is asked to contact the bureau at 1-800-TBI-FIND.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said it vetted 730 tips in connection with the disappearance of 5-year-old Summer Wells from her home in Rogersville as of Thursday but none of them "led to a solid lead." (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)

Investigators were also seeking a potential witness who was seen in a late 1990s maroon or red Toyota Tacoma with a full-sized ladder rack and white buckets in the bed.

"We want to stress that this individual is not a suspect, but is a potential witness who may have heard or seen something that may help us in our search for Summer," the TBI said in a statement.

TENNESSEE 5-YEAR-OLD SUMMER WELLS GOES MISSING FROM OWN HOME

Area residents were also being asked to check their home security and trail cameras for any evidence that may help locate the missing girl.

Summer is about 3 feet tall and weighs around 40 pounds. She was last seen wearing gray pants, a pink shirt and may have been barefoot. She has close-cropped blonde hair and blue eyes.

Summer Wells was last seen at her home in Rogersville, Tenn., on June 15. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation)

Investigators say the circumstances surrounding her disappearance have yet to be determined but they said they were looking into "all possibilities."

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Law enforcement officers from more than 100 agencies in Tennessee and neighboring states have searched more than 3,000 acres without finding Summer following her disappearance 16 days ago. They said they were scaling back their efforts Sunday but that the search would continue.

Her parents, Don Wells and Candus Bly, told local media they believe that she was lured out of their rural home and taken.

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Segmented by Category

Monitoring And Alarming Systems

DIY Security Cameras

Others

Segmented by End User-Segment

E-Commerce-Online

Organized Retailers

Segmented by Country

North America

United States

Canada

Mexico

Europe

Germany

France

UK

Italy

Russia

Spain

Asia Pacific

China

Japan

Korea

Southeast Asia

India

Australasia

Central & South America

Brazil

Argentina

Colombia

Middle East & Africa

Iran

Israel

Turkey

South Africa

Saudi Arabia

Key manufacturers included in this survey

SAMSUNG

SImpliSafe

Protect

Nest Labs

LifeShield

ISmart Alarm

Icontrol Networks

GetSafe

Frontpoint Security Solutions

Abode Systems

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Table of Contents

1 Product Introduction and Overview2 Global DIY Home Security Solutions Supply by Company3 Global and Regional DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status by Category4 Global and Regional DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status by End User/Segment5 Global DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status by Region6 North America DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status7 Europe DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status8 Asia Pacific DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status9 Central & South America DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status10 Middle East & Africa DIY Home Security Solutions Market Status11 Supply Chain and Manufacturing Cost Analysis12 Global DIY Home Security Solutions Market Forecast by Category and by End User/Segment13 Global DIY Home Security Solutions Market Forecast by Region/Country14 Key Participants Company Information15 Conclusion16 Methodology

Points Covered in the Report

The points that are discussed within the report are the major market players that are involved in the market such as market players, raw material suppliers, equipment suppliers, end users, traders, distributors and etc.

The complete profile of the companies is mentioned. And the capacity, production, price, revenue, cost, gross, gross margin, sales volume, sales revenue, consumption, growth rate, import, export, supply, future strategies, and the technological developments that they are making are also included within the report. This report analysed 12 years data history and forecast.

The growth factors of the market are discussed in detail wherein the different end users of the market are explained in detail.

Data and information by market player, by region, by type, by application and etc., and custom research can be added according to specific requirements.

The report contains the SWOT analysis of the market. Finally, the report contains the conclusion part where the opinions of the industrial experts are included.

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