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Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Microsoft has been pushing people to upgrade to Windows 11 but it doesn’t want you running the OS on an unsupported system. For security reasons, only PCs with Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 are supported by the latest version of Windows. To dissuade you from skipping past that requirement, the company has removed the steps for a Registry hack workaround from a Windows 11 support page. Also: Microsoft has a big…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Nomad’s Universal Cable for Apple Watch lets you charge your favorite Apple devices in multiple configurations. This 1.3m, Kevlar outerwoven cord features an Apple Watch fast charger and USB-C ends This cable is travel-friendly, and lets you charge devices from your iPhone. If you’re an Apple user who’s on the go, then you know how important it is to have an easy setup for charging your most used devices when you need…

SOPA Images/Getty Images Android updates seem to come fast and furious these days. Or so one might be led to think. Although the February 2025 update might seem small, there are some important things going on under the hood. In fact, most of what is found in the latest update is “behind the scenes.” Also: How to clear your Android phone’s cache and make it feel like new for 2025 Even the release notes are titled…

Artie Beaty/ZDNET One of the biggest drawbacks to using Gemini as your default Android assistant is going away. In a blog post today, Google detailed how Gemini extensions are now available from your phone’s lock screen. While there isn’t necessarily any new functionality, it is now easier than ever to access Gemini for getting quick answers, setting reminders, making calls, controlling smart devices, setting alarms, controlling media, and more. Also: Gemini’s Deep Research browses the web for you…

In this third team, we also find vendors most interested and active in the IoT opportunity, two of which are usually not considered enterprise vendors at all: Ericsson and Nokia. Both these companies are actively pursuing new IoT strategies, and while they are surely hoping that broad public-sensor IoT will deploy and create a service provider network opportunity they can address, both are also emphasizing private 5G, which is an on-ramp to an enterprise IoT…

The upcoming years will also bring about an increase in the use of standard container practices, such as the Open Container Initiative (OCI) standard, container registries, signing, testing, and GitOps workflows used for application development to build Linux systems. We’re also likely see a significant rise in the use of bootable containers, which are self-contained images that can boot directly into an operating system or application environment. Cloud platforms are often the primary platform for…