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ZDNET Another day. Another cloud service changing the rules on stuff we already bought and paid for. This time, Amazon is removing a feature that’s been part of the Kindle experience for more than a decade: downloading files to your computer. Also: The best Kindles of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed I’m not going to bury the lede: You have until Feb. 26, 2025, to download copies of your Kindle books to your computer. After…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Right now, you can get a Ring Stick Up Cam Pro at Amazon for only $90 (that’s half off). The 50% discount is available on the battery Pro model, but you can also get a battery-powered Ring Stick Up Cam at 20% off for $80. Also: Better than Ring? This video doorbell has all the benefits and no monthly fees (and it’s $30 off) Since the Ring Stick Up Cam Pro is built for…

wildpixel/Getty Images Regulators across the world are increasingly taking action against DeepSeek AI, the controversial Chinese startup behind two open-source models that have shaken up the industry.  Also: What is DeepSeek? Here’s what you should know On Tuesday, South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PICP) announced it was removing DeepSeek’s chatbot app from Google Play and the App Store, due to the company’s failure to comply with South Korean data protection requirements. PICP asked DeepSeek to…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The iPhone SE (2022), with its 4.7-inch display, single camera lens, and outdated design is finally getting a revamp. Even then, it remains Apple’s most affordable iPhone, with a starting price of $429. You’ll just have to settle with its underwhelming battery life and limited skillset. more buying choices Apple will likely replace the current iPhone SE, which launched almost three years ago, with a more vitalized, capable, and up-to-date successor as…

$ fortune | rev!ti deteled dna ,ti daer resu-repus eht tub ,liam dah uoY The shuf command allows you to randomize the lines in a file. Here’s a sample file and the results of shuffling its contents. $ cat namesBillDannyDorothyJimJoanneJohnMartyNancySandraStewart$ shuf namesJimNancyJoanneMartySandraDorothyStewartBillDannyJohn Each time you run shuf, the output should be different. When you just need some random text for testing a script, these commands can help you out. 6. Using the watch command to…

The sheer amount of digital assets it takes to run a company today is dizzying. Accounting for every application, word doc, presentation, or piece of internal data, even small and medium-sized businesses can rack up assets in the tens of thousands. That’s a lot to keep track of when migrating your business and all its assets to the cloud. The truth is cloud migration requires a well-thought-out strategy and the right resources to ensure the…

ZDNET Need a good editor to spruce up your emails, messages, or notes? With the right iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you can turn to Apple’s Writing Tools for help. Part of Apple Intelligence, this AI feature can proofread, rewrite, and even summarize content across Mail, Messages, Notes, and other text-based apps. To revise your own words, you can pick a specific style and decide whether to accept the suggested changes. To get the gist of…

Nokia seems to have the same goal, but it is taking a different route to reach it. Rather than trying to assemble the ingredients of the kind of IoT needed for empowerment, they start with a recipe—the digital twin. Digital twins are computer models of real-world systems, designed to assemble the state of the pieces of a complex process into an understanding of the process as a whole. IoT feeds the model, and the model’s…

ZDNET Stress is rampant across the world these days. It’s practically unavoidable. From politics, finances, work, school, and relationships, everything seems to be getting wrapped up in a cocoon of chaos that threatens our peace. That’s why, any time I can, I will reach for something capable of easing me back into a state of calm. The developers of the Opera browser understand this, so they developed a new web browser built specifically to level…