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ZDNET In the name of beefing up Android security, Google has added a new feature called Identity Check that automatically locks sensitive settings behind biometric authentication.  How Identity Check works The feature works when you carry your phone beyond trusted locations. Once Identity Check kicks in, you’ll need to use biometric authentication to access saved passwords and passkeys, autofill passwords in apps, change screen lock and biometrics, factory reset your device, turn off Find My…

ZDNET The web is filled with resources, which makes it possible to find all the answers you need in one place, but this can also make finding exactly what you need a long and overwhelming process. Google’s Deep Research offering aims to help you manage that process — and it’s now rolling out on Android.  In December, Google announced several AI advancements and releases. One of the biggest standouts for everyday users is Deep Research,…

Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images Whether for developer needs or mundane tasks, the artificial intelligence (AI) tide appears to be turning in favor of open-source solutions.  On Tuesday, Block — the Jack Dorsey-founded company behind Square, Cash App, Tidal, and Afterpay — released a total rewrite of codename goose, its open-source AI developer agent previously available in beta. Released under the Apache License 2.0 (ASL2), codename goose offers “interoperability between user interfaces, language models, and…

NotebookLM Plus/ZDNET Business leaders rejoice: Google NotebookLM Plus could be your next AI tool for streamlining and organizing your operations or revitalizing a research-intensive project.   What are NotebookLM and NotebookLM Plus? Google’s AI-powered NotebookLM is a free, experimental AI notebook designed to be part note-taker, part collaborator, part data collector, and part librarian. It brings together all the text, notes, documents, and other research materials you need in one place. After expanding its source base…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is available for $200. I’ve been testing the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which features the fastest performance yet and up to 12 weeks of battery life; alternatively, the 16 GB Kindle Paperwhite is available for $160. Remember that Amazon’s promise of up to 12 weeks of battery life assumes 30 minutes of daily use with wireless off. more buying choices I’ve used the TCL Nxtpaper Tab 10…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Active cooler that is more effective than just a fan Almost silent cooling fan Does take more power to run than a standard wireless charger I’ve become a fan of wireless charging because it’s quick, easy, and far more convenient to place my iPhone on a charging pad than to search for a cable, especially in the dark. However, wireless charging has drawbacks, including the heat generated during the process. This waste…

ZDNET The artificial intelligence market — and the entire stock market — was rocked on Monday by the sudden popularity of DeepSeek, the open-source large language model developed by a China-based hedge fund that has bested OpenAI’s best on some tasks while costing far less. Also: I put DeepSeek AI’s coding skills to the test – here’s where it fell apart As ZDNET’s Radhika Rajkumar detailed on Monday, R1’s success highlights a sea change in AI that could…