The Dogwood is completely pushing the boundaries of a tiny home and maybe the largest weve seen. It occupies a floor space of 750 sq ft and was designed by Mustard Seed Tiny Homes. It is 52 feet long and 14 feet wide, bigger than the big tiny homes weve recently seen, like the duplex model TinyPlex. It is equipped with a trailer base and doesnt have any wheels. Although it doesnt seem like the type of home that can be towed, it is intended to be a static house. It would be appropriate to call it a prefab home, but it does take a lot of inspiration from a tiny home, and that is what the firm describes it as well.Designer: Mustard Seed Tiny HomesThe home is elegantly finished with engineered wood lap siding complemented by board and batten detailing, creating a harmonious blend of traditional and modern aesthetics. It is topped with a durable and sleek standing seam metal roof, adding to its contemporary appeal and longevity. You can enter the home through a set of charming French doors, which lead you into a spacious kitchen. This kitchen serves as the heart of the home, featuring a central island that doubles as a dining area. The kitchen is well-equipped with a large fridge/freezer, an oven and cooktop, a dishwasher, and a sink. It also offers abundant cabinetry, providing ample storage space for kitchen essentials and more.The living room is closely located, and it is furnished with a fireplace, as well as sufficient space for a sofa and chairs. It includes two downstairs bedrooms, which have been placed on opposite sides of the living area. The master bedroom also includes space for a double bed, closets, and an en-suite bathroom with a shower/bath, toilet, and sink. The bathroom can be separate as well, depending on how the home is configured and arranged.The second bedroom in the home is generously sized, offering ample space to accommodate a double bed and additional closets for storage. It also features an en-suite bathroom, complete with a shower, sink, and toilet. The thoughtfully designed tiny home also includes a laundry room. There is a loft area, accessible via a cleverly designed staircase that incorporates storage solutions within its structure.As expected, the loft has a low ceiling, but it can still be used for different things. It could serve as a cozy guest bedroom for visitors or be utilized as a storage area, ensuring the living areas are organized and clutter-free. This multi-functional design maximizes the use of space within the tiny house. The Dogwood is priced at aroundUS$200,000.The post This 52-Foot Residence Is The Biggest Tiny Home Weve Ever Seen first appeared on Yanko Design.

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Microsoft Exchange administratorsrunning versions older than March 2023 need to update or they wont get the latest security mitigations, says an expert.But, David Shipley added, even better advice is to shift quickly to the cloud-based Microsoft 365, which always has the latest patches.Running your own Exchange Server is really a bad idea in 2025, said Shipley, head of Canadian-based security awareness training provider Beauceron Security. Anyone not patched to the nines, to the latest standard [today], is asking for trouble.Shipley was commenting on last weeks caution from Microsoft that an older Office Configuration Service (OCS) certificate that verified automated downloaded Exchange Server mitigations is being deprecated. The new certificate, which is deployed by the Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service (EEMS), can only be read by servers running Exchange Server Cumulative Updates or Security Updates newer than March 2023.The Microsoft alert said, The EEMS running Exchange versionsolder thanMarch 2023 is not able to contact OCS tocheck for and download new mitigation definitions. You might see an event like the following event logged in the Application log of the server:Error, MSExchange Mitigation ServiceEvent ID: 1008An unexpected exception occurred.Diagnostic information: Exception encountered while fetching mitigations.In the alert, the company urged admins to take action, saying, If your servers are so much out of date [pre-March 2023], please update your serversASAP to secure your email workload and re-enable your Exchange server to check for EEMS rules.The Microsoft blog is alarming, said Andrew Grotto, a research scholar at Stanford Universitys Centre of International Security and Co-operation and the senior director for cybersecurity policy at the White House in both the Obama and Trump administrations. It shows how sticky [on-premises] Exchange is.Exchange mitigations are essentially hot fixes that plug holes, Shipley explained. Shifting to the software-as-a-service M365 doesnt solve all security problems for the email service, he acknowledged, but, he added, it does solve the problem of threat actors being able to exploit unpatched or aged versions of the server, because Microsoft installs fixes for Microsoft 365 as soon as it creates them.It isnt known how many organizations still run Exchange on-premises but Shipley said he knows at least one unnamed public service organization currently running Exchange 2013.Why do IT admins still have old versions of Exchange or any other software? One reason: To save money on expensive software and hardware updates, Shipley said.Legacy infrastructure is the most difficult addiction to kick, added Roger Cressey, a partner with US-based Liberty Group Ventures and formerly a senior vice-president at the Booz Allen Hamilton consultancy, where he supported the firms cybersecurity practice in the Middle East.Both men stressed that better security is one of the biggest reasons to move to the cloud. This is particularly true for Exchange. Its been hit by a number of vulnerabilities, including zero day holes. Arguably the most notorious were the vulnerabilities dubbed ProxyLogon, exploited in 2021 by a Chinese-based group called Hafnium. There was also a chain of vulnerabilities called ProxyShell.These issues led to the release in September 2021 of Exchange Server updates that included the EEMS, which applies mitigations to the servers until patches are developed.On-premises Exchange and not just older versions should be considered a legacy product, Johannes Ullrich, dean of research at the SANS Institute, said in an email to CSO. Support from Microsoft is decreasing, and the overall tendency at Microsoft is to push Exchange users to cloud offerings. There is probably no good reason to avoid this push and to migrate to cloud e-mail services as soon as possible. Exchange support is only going to decrease and patching will remain painful.Thus, said Cressey, Exchange admins should move to address the Microsoft warning.

Apple has publicly released macOS Sequoia 15.3, which brings with it new features and improvements, but also temporarily takes away certain notification summaries.Apple has publicly released the new macOS Sequoia 15.3 updateFollowing the release of macOS Sequoia 15.2 in December 2024 and several subsequent betas of its followup, version 15.3 is now the official macOS and will be preinstalled on new Macs. Among the changes are bug fixes for Genmoji, and a more behind-the-scenes fix for how third-party apps could use Apple's Writing Tools.Apple Intelligence now defaults to being on unless a user elects to turn it off. While that seems obvious, previously users had to specifically choose to download Apple Intelligence. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Apple has released iOS 18.3, with the newest update few updates focusing on a few Apple Intelligence features, including how notification summaries are handled.An iPhone running iOS 18The beta testing cycle for iOS 18.3 has concluded with the formal release of the operating system update to iPhones around the world. The third major update for iOS 18, it helps push forward Apple Intelligence's features, but not to the same extent as previous releases.The first Apple Intelligence wave concentrated on basic features, while iOS 18.2 brought with it more graphical changes. For iOS 18.3, things are somewhat muted. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

Having delivered two excellent co-op games inA Way OutandIt Takes Two, Hazelight Studios is attracting a great deal of attention with its next outing,Split Fiction.Revealed in December, the action-adventure title see players stepping into the shoes of two sisters who are also writers and jump back and forth between each others sci-fi and fantasy worlds.And on the road to launch not long from now, the game has hit a major milestone. Hazelight Studios boss and game director Josef Fares has revealed on Twitter thatSplit Fictionhas now gone gold, which means development on the title has wrapped up. Any work that the studio does now on polishing the game further will likely show up in the form of pre-release or day one patches.A new gameplay trailer offering another look at the titles action-packed co-op gameplay was also recently revealed. Check it out through here.Split Fictionlaunches on March 6 for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Check out its PC requirements through here.And also #splitfiction has now gone gold. So get ready on march 6 Josef Fares (@josef_fares) January 27, 2025

The Coalition has announced that People Can Fly, who worked on Gears of War: Judgment, has returned for Gears of War: E-Day. The studio will serve as a co-development partner like with the original trilogy.People Can Fly CEO Sebastian Wojciechowski stated on the companys website, Returning to collaborate on the next chapter of this legendary saga is both a privilege and an exciting opportunity to build upon the intense, visceral action and rich storytelling that fans have come to love. We are deeply grateful for our partners trust and support on this journey.Development director Guillaume Barry also noted that the team, consisting of dedicated Gears of War fans, is pouring everything we have into creating an experience that will exceed expectations. While we cant share more just yet, were eager for the day when we can show all the exciting things weve been working on.Mike Crump, studio head at The Coalition, added, Gears of War: E-Day is not just our next major game; its a return to what makes Gears of War games special and authentic. Were pleased to be partnering with the talented folks at People Can Fly who have been a part of our franchises legacy for so long.As a prequel, the story focuses on Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago after Emergence Day occurs. As COG soldiers, they must battle against the Locusts and attempt to protect Sera. It takes place 14 years before the first game, though The Coalition confirmed its the next mainline title and not a spinoff.Players will explore a new location, the City of Kalona, across a linear campaign spanning multiple days, with a more horrifying atmosphere akin to the original. Of course, fans can also look forward to multiplayer, while Unreal Engine 5 offers ray tracing, improved animations, and extensive destruction.Gears of War: E-Day is coming to Xbox Series X/S and PC, with rumors claiming it could launch this Fall. Stay tuned for updates in the meantime.

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Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn MoreDeepSeek, the fast-growing Chinese AI company, is shaking up global technology yet again. Just as the rapid rise of the companys frontier AI models triggered a sell-off of U.S. artificial intelligence stocks, the company launched a brand new product:Janus Pro 7B, anopen-sourcevision-based AI model. (You can try a demo right here.)This unexpected release from DeepSeek intensifies investor worries about Chinas growing power in AI and further pressures American tech companies. The company curiously released Janus Pro 7B today as U.S. AI stocks plunged, a timing that appears to be deliberate and designed to highlight the Beijing-based firms challenge to Silicon Valley.DeepSeeks latest launch follows its release last week of the frontier R1 large language model. Industry experts were largely impressed by R1s efficient and strong performance. The R1 model immediately raised concerns that China is quickly advancing in AI and could disrupt the current leaders in the field. Markets reacted quickly. Nvidia, a key maker of AI chips, saw its stock price fall sharply. Other major AI companies also experienced stock drops as investors reassessed the competitive landscape with DeepSeek emerging as a strong new player.Efficiency is the new king: Why Janus Pro 7B changes everythingDeepSeek is now extending its reach beyond language processing into the critical domain of computer vision with Janus Pro 7B. According to the technical paper released alongside the model, Janus Pro 7B is engineered for efficiency and versatility, excelling in a range of visual tasks from generating photorealistic images to performing complex visual reasoning. Janus [Pro] is a series of efficient vision models, the DeepSeek research team states in their paper, aiming to achieve a balance between performance and computational cost. We present Janus-Pro-7B, a 7 billion parameter vision modelachieving state-of-the-art performance on a wide range of vision tasks.This emphasis on efficiency is a crucial differentiator for enterprise customers. Unlike some of the largest and most resource-intensive AI models, Janus Pro 7B, with its 7 billion parameters, is designed to deliver high-level performance without demanding vast computational resources.This efficiency could significantly lower the barrier to entry for businesses looking to integrate advanced vision AI into their operations. For companies ranging from startups to multinational corporations, the prospect of deploying sophisticated visual intelligence without incurring exorbitant infrastructure costs is increasingly attractive.The research paper further details the breadth of the models capabilities, stating, Janus-Pro-7B demonstrates strong performance in various vision tasks, including image generation, visual question answering, and image captioning.This multi-faceted functionality is particularly appealing for businesses seeking to leverage AI across diverse applications. Imagine a global retailer utilizing Janus Pro 7B to automate the creation of marketing visuals, respond to customer inquiries about product appearance, and generate detailed and visually rich descriptions for online product listings all powered by a single, streamlined AI model. The potential for streamlining workflows, enhancing customer engagement, and improving operational efficiency is substantial.Charts released by DeepSeek show performance metrics for its new Janus Pro 7B vision AI.(Left)Janus Pro 7B achieves high average performance with fewer parameters than many other multimodal models.(Right)The model also scores top accuracy on text-to-image generation benchmarks, outperforming competitors. (Credit: DeepSeek)DeepSeeks one-two punch: R1 language model followed by vision AI intensifies market anxiety and competitive pressureThe timing of the Janus Pro 7B launch amplifies its impact. Coming on the heels of the R1 model and the ensuing market turbulence, it reinforces the narrative of DeepSeek as an innovator capable of disrupting the established order in AI.Last weeks initial market jitters, triggered by R1s release on a holiday Monday, escalated into full-blown panic over the weekend as leaked benchmarks and online demonstrations highlighted the models impressive capabilities. And today, as the tech stock sell-off intensified, DeepSeek introduced Janus Pro 7B, further amplifying the sense of urgency and competitive pressure felt by U.S. AI companies.Markets are reacting viscerally to DeepSeek, not just to another AI competitor. They sense a rule change. For too long, AIs story was relentless scaling: bigger models, more parameters, higher costs. This favored giants, mostly in the West. DeepSeek, with Janus Pro 7B and R1, breaks this mold. They show nimble, efficient models can overperform. Its an architectural shift. AI advantage may shift from server farm size to smart innovation and broad distribution.Janus Pro 7Bs open-source nature amplifies this disruption. Like open-source movements before, this increases access to advanced AI, unlike closed proprietary models. Enterprises outside Big Tech gain: cutting-edge AI without vendor lock-in or high fees. For AI powerhouses, DeepSeek poses a direct threat. Can their proprietary, premium models survive free, high-quality alternatives? The market sell-off suggests investors doubt it.For enterprise technology decision-makers, the message is increasingly clear: the AI landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation, and DeepSeek represents a significant new force.Ignoring the implications of Janus Pro 7B, and DeepSeeks broader strategic approach, would be a critical oversight. Businesses must now assess the opportunities and challenges presented by this new wave of AI innovation, even amidst ongoing market volatility and geopolitical uncertainties. The era of unchallenged U.S. AI leadership may be drawing to a close, and the global economy is entering a more dynamic and potentially disruptive phase of AI-driven competition.Daily insights on business use cases with VB DailyIf you want to impress your boss, VB Daily has you covered. We give you the inside scoop on what companies are doing with generative AI, from regulatory shifts to practical deployments, so you can share insights for maximum ROI.Read our Privacy PolicyThanks for subscribing. Check out more VB newsletters here.An error occured.