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picture alliance/Getty Images If you’re looking forward to Android 16, you might not have to wait as long as you were expecting. Speaking to Android Police at Mobile World Congress, Google says the next version of Android is on track to arrive sometime in June.  Also: Android 16 Beta 2 now makes it easier to open Google Wallet on your Pixel – here’s how If that seems ahead of the normal schedule, it is. For…

ZDNET There are several blood pressure monitors on the market, but few reliable smartwatches with that functionality. Chinese tech brand Huawei’s Watch D2 could change that. Huawei’s Watch D2 includes an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring device, the first wrist-based device of its kind. The wearable is certified by China’s National Medical Products Association and the EU’s Medical Device Regulation. According to Huawei, the device is one-fifth the width and 1/25th the volume of a traditional…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET MWC 2025, or the Mobile World Conference, has officially kicked off in Barcelona. It’s an annual conference where tech companies come together to showcase upcoming mobile devices. Lenovo has joined the festivities by unveiling a slew of new laptops, from lightweight machines like the convertible ThinkPad T14s to powerful workhorses such as the Yoga Pro 9i Aura Edition. In addition to these computers, the company showed off some very interesting prototypes. Also: Best of…

Broadcom released emergency patches for its VMware ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products to fix three vulnerabilities that can lead to virtual machine escape and are actively being exploited by attackers. Products that include VMware ESXi, such as VMware vSphere, VMware Cloud Foundation, and VMware Telco Cloud Platform, are also impacted. VMware products, especially the ESXi enterprise hypervisor, are high-value targets and have been repeatedly attacked by cybercriminal and cyberespionage groups over the years. Hypervisors, or…

Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images When I was a young whippersnapper, I used to fantasize about being born in 1970. I would’ve bought all the properties in downtown Manhattan. Or if I were born in 1990, I would’ve put all my money into Bitcoin and never sold. Instead, I was busy wasting my early years being potty trained and figuring out basic stuff like learning how to walk and talk. 😩 Obviously, I’m being facetious! But!!! I’ve…

ZDNET I often need random passwords. Mostly, those passwords are used for the creation of user accounts on apps and services, at which point I’ll use my password manager that includes a very good random password generator. But other times, I might need a temporary password that doesn’t require saving in a password manager. Or maybe it’s a permanent password, but I’m logged into my desktop from a remote machine, and the command line is…

ZDNET If you’re an Android user, you are familiar with Gemini, as it has replaced Google Assistant as the default. Although Gemini is a powerful and helpful tool, some worry that it invades their privacy. If you use the default settings, that concern is not too far from the truth. If you happen to share that mindset, I have five tips to help you maximize your privacy when using Gemini on your Android device. Also: How…

From academic to entrepreneur Goodwin says the transition from academics to running a company has been pretty smooth. He points out that the academic world has a competitive aspect to it. “You end up a founding team of one for a company that is your thesis effort. You need to ensure that you have a competitive edge and a different angle than other people in the field,” he says. “The Ph.D is high-altitude training for…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Oukitel WP100 Titan will be available on Amazon in mid-April for around $599. With a built-in projector, massive battery, rugged chassis, and powerful light, this phone is ideal for outdoorsy types. It’s also massive, and weighs nearly 1.5 pounds. I have in my hand the single heaviest phone I’ve ever reviewed. It’s beefy in a way I never imagined a phone would be. This phone weighs 1.93 pounds. Pounds! To put…