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As a smartphone reviewer, I spend countless hours testing apps, making phone calls, accepting that AI features are here to stay, and snapping way too many food photos with the latest phones on the market. I’m basically best friends with my SIM card ejector — and I say that proudly. That’s also to say, among all the options from Android makers like Samsung, Google, and OnePlus, I’ve developed a good sense of which ones are…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET There’s a new MacBook Pro in town, and Apple is touting some of the most promising features and specs I’ve seen from the company. Sure, the Thunderbolt 5 port on the M4 Pro and M4 Max models will appeal to creatives and professionals who desire faster, more powerful data transferring, and the peak SDR brightness of 1,000 nits will satisfy any digital nomad. Still, I’m most attracted to a boringly awesome upgrade: battery…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Day three of Apple’s “week of announcements” saw the news that many have been waiting patiently for: the release of the new MacBook Pro M4. The revamped MacBook Pro is stacked with updated hardware such as Thunderbolt 5 ports, a 12MP camera, a nano-texture display, and of course the much-anticipated M4 chip in one of three different chip configurations: the M4, M4 Pro, or M4 Max.  All three have a 16-core neural engine…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple officially revealed the M4 MacBook series earlier today, but in the shadow of this announcement is other news that’s arguably just as important. The company has increased the base memory of its M2 and M3 MacBook Air models to 16GB of RAM. The best part? The starting price for these laptops remains $999. Also: Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) review: Sleeker, faster – and more expensive The tech giant will not charge extra…

And anecdotally, it’s not unprecedented. I’ve heard stories of gamers who bought second-hand, high-end GPU cards that had been used for crypto mining. Those cards ran 24/7 for months if not years and later died on the gamers who bought them, not realizing they’d purchased heavily used cards. Still, the process of powering on and powering off a PC is actually worse than leaving it running steadily, notes Jon Peddie, who is president of Jon…

Get Windows 11 Pro at a big discount right now. StackSocial Need an operating system upgrade? Windows 11 Pro puts productivity in your hands with features that make everything from hybrid work to streaming entertainment easy, and you can grab the software for a discounted price right now through Stack Social. A lifetime subscription for the software is $20 right now, saving you 89%.  Windows 11 Pro brings an improved user interface and heightened customization…

“FortiDLP integrates with the Fortinet Security Fabric and complements the existing FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Service,” Shah said. “Fortinet customers can implement consistent data identification policies across endpoint, network and cloud.”   How FortiDLP identifies sensitive data A common challenge with DLP technologies is the process of first identifying and determining what data needs to be protected. FortiDLP automatically classifies IP and sensitive data at the point of access, and it tracks and controls the…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Ozlo Sleepbuds, founded by three Bose engineers, just launched, and they are the most useful sleep earbuds I’ve tested so far. The sound is perfect for masking environmental annoyances that keep you awake, and the fit is comfortable and secure. The sleep tracking feature hasn’t hit the earbuds yet, and setup took a few tries and several glitches, but once these work in your ears, they get you to bed instantly….

Get a one-year subscription to Microsoft 365 at a big discount right now. StackSocial If you’ve recently upgraded your laptop, you may have suddenly found yourself without access to Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, and the rest of Microsoft’s near-necessary software. And since Microsoft switched from the traditional Office suite to a Microsoft 365 subscription service, it’s become more expensive to access those programs. But right now, Microsoft partner StackSocial is offering a one-year subscription to…

A silent mouse is the perfect instrument for disturbance-free computing, whether you are working, studying, and watching DIY videos. But without having tried them all for yourself, it can be hard to know what silent mouse works best for your lifestyle and your needs.  Also: These 5 gadgets leveled up my work-from-home setup That’s why we’ve tested some exceptionally quiet mouse options. These aren’t as fashion-forward as high-end productivity or gaming mice, but that’s by…