Eric Collins, Author at Constant Vigil Technology News

Open-Source Robotics Stacks Are Quietly Powering More Startups

Founders are skipping custom firmware for ROS 2 and community perception models — and shipping demos months earlier.

Managed service providers remain a juicy shortcut — one breach can open dozens of client networks.

Secret scanning got better. Accidental commits did not vanish. The weekend pages keep proving it.

After the RAG hype cycle, embedding stores become another box on the architecture diagram — with backups and budgets.

Recovered lithium, nickel, and cobalt are becoming a planning input — not a CSR footnote.

Entanglement distribution remains fragile — and somehow real enough for research backbones.

Logistics and field-service firms are letting conversational AI handle routine status calls — with a human always one tap away.

One brick, swappable tips, fewer abandoned cords — a small gadget trend with outsized daily relief.

A familiar-sounding CEO on a rushed call can move money — unless the office has a simple code word ritual.

Directors are asking for scenarios and money at risk, not another red-amber-green slide that hides the argument.