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Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images It’s old news by now that business processes are being transformed into artificial intelligence (AI) operations. Companies such as Salesforce, Hubspot, and Microsoft unveiled a slew of AI “agent” capabilities this year for business functions such as customer service and sales.  Now, a wave of privately backed software firms are using AI to build brand-new applications from the ground up, to re-invent areas traditionally resistant to technology such as legal services and…

ZDNET It’s the time of year when people start to struggle to find last-minute gifts for those who are not (or are) on your naughty list. If those wonderful people are MacOS users, why not give them something to make their digital life a bit more enjoyable and/or productive? Also: 5 Apple products you shouldn’t buy right now (including this popular iPhone model) There are plenty of MacOS-related gifts to have, but for me, these…

Incase Phone case and accessory makers Incase just announced a new line of peripherals “designed by Microsoft,” unveiling the first products from the two brands’ partnership that will revive Microsoft’s discontinued devices. Incase, best known for its collection of cases, laptop sleeves, and bags, announced the collaboration earlier this year, marking the company’s first line of PC accessories.  Last year, Microsoft discontinued its own line of peripherals, including mice, keyboards, and audio devices, consolidating its manufacturing into…

Richard Drury/Getty Images A long, long time ago, I built websites by hand using the vi editor to write HTML. It was hard. Then along came NoteTab and Bluefish, which made writing and editing HTML easier but still a pain.  DreamWeaver, one of the first what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) tools, was a big jump forward. But, the real game-changer was when content management systems showed up, which combined creation, editing, and production in one package. The first…

David Merron Photography/Getty Images I’ve been covering Linux and open-source since 1999 (the year of Prince). During that long stretch, a year hasn’t gone by that I haven’t experienced someone (or a group of someones) still believing the myths that seem to be forever churning about the open-source operating system. Also: The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros you can try because change is hard It would be impossible to calculate the hours I’ve spent trying to…

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Windows 10 will soon be coming to an end. Anyone using the Microsoft OS has until October 14, 2025, to find an alternative. If your PC can handle the increased system requirements of Windows 11, you can always upgrade, but if your computer is aging, chances are slim that it will support the latest version. Also: If your Windows 10 PC can’t be upgraded, you have 5 options before time runs out Ergo… Linux!…