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Handwriting your notes can be a give-and-take. On one hand, you retain information better, boost critical thinking skills, and improve your creative thinking by taking manual notes. On the other hand, it is convenient to type your notes on your tablet or laptop, store them more quickly, and compose them in a neater fashion. With smart pens, you can have the best of both worlds. These pens handle notes and can transform them into digital images, record audio,…

ZDNET I love a good note-taking app. They help keep me organized and ensure I don’t have to keep every thought that spills out of my head within the sulci and gyri of my brain. At their core, note-taking apps make my daily life a bit easier with: Bulleted lists of tasks. Notes for books I’m writing or planning to write. Shopping lists. Daily thoughts. And so much more. So, yeah, I use note-taking apps…

SR650a V4: a 2U2S design specifically meant for high-end use, such as AI and other GPU-intensive workloads like machine learning, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and media analytics. The platform supports up to four double-wide GPUs with front GPU access. Of the three servers, this is the one most geared toward AI. The ThinkSystem V4 solutions use Lenovo’s homegrown Neptune liquid cooling technology. A new feature called Neptune Core Compute Complex Module offers reduced fan speeds,…

ZDNET ChatGPT can now field your questions as the default search engine in mobile Safari. With the latest version of the ChatGPT app on your iPhone or iPad, any search you conduct in Safari automatically uses OpenAI’s chatbot to respond to your queries. Sorry, Google – but here’s how it works No dig at Google, but ChatGPT is better equipped to handle certain types of requests, especially if you just want a direct answer rather…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Kicked off on Tuesday, Apple’s first public beta of iOS 18.4 enhances a host of features in clever ways. But those of you expecting another AI-powered overhaul to Siri may be disappointed. What’s inside? On the plus side, the new beta adds more in the realm of Apple Intelligence. You can now enable Priority Notifications, which prompt the built-in AI to show them at the top of your notification stack. To activate this,…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET The Oura RIng 4 may have been ZDNET’s 2024 product of the year, but the market is full of other great fitness and wellness wearables that are perfect investments for those looking for more innovative, faster, and better ways to track their health in 2025. With plenty of options, including smartwatches for Apple and Android users and handy smart rings, you’re sure to find a suitable choice for your lifestyle — it’s just…

4. Europe is on the AI clock Each wave of technology creates an opportunity for the different regions of the globe to establish themselves as a leader. The battle for AI supremacy is well underway with the US having a strong foothold. The Middle East is likely to have an impact, as many countries there have made commitments to investing in this area. During a press Q&A, Oliver Tuszik, president of EMEA for Cisco, talked…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Phelinta 3-in-1 charger is available now on Amazon for $43 a pop. It charges all of your Pixel devices in one convenient place. It isn’t the fastest charger on the planet, but it does exactly what it needs to. What’s the deal? On Amazon, Phelinta’s 3-in-1 wireless charger has received a 7% price drop and a 20% off coupon. Combined, these two discounts bring the device’s cost down to about $32….

ZDNET Before you get too excited, point releases rarely (if ever) deliver exciting new features, and that holds true with Ubuntu. Point releases (in this case, .2) tend to be more about bug fixes, performance improvements, application upgrades, and security patches. But that doesn’t mean they’re always boring. These point releases almost always make the distribution better in more ways than one. Also: Don’t know how to quit Windows 10? This Linux distro is for…

UDN improves the flexibility and segmentation capability of the default layer 3 Kubernetes pod network for VM administrators by enabling custom, isolated-by-default layer 2, layer 3, and localnet network segments, Lim explained. The segment can act as either primary or secondary networks for container pods and VMs.  Lim noted that UDN custom network segmentation will enable organizations to do a few things. For example, it can be used as an easy way to create multi-tenant…