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Maria Diaz/ZDNET While 2024 was the year of self-cleaning robot vacuums, 2025 promises to be the year of robotic limbs. At CES 2025, Roborock had spectators doing double and triple takes when it unveiled a new flagship robot vacuum with a mechanical arm that removes obstacles. While the company got the most attention for its innovation, it wasn’t the only one displaying this technology at the show.  Also: The best robot vacuum we saw at CES…

The financial scope of the deal underscores its significance. Analysts see HPE’s landmark $1 billion deal with X as a major endorsement of its AI capabilities, but competition remains fierce in the high-growth AI server market. “HPE’s $1 billion deal with X not only enhances its credibility but also highlights its recognition for high-performance computing capabilities,” said Rachita Rao, senior analyst at Everest Group. “While HPE focuses on software-integrated AI infrastructure, Dell’s strong partnership with…

Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images Red Hat, the IBM-owned open-source software giant, has completed its acquisition of Neural Magic, a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) optimization startup. Initially announced in November 2024, the deal closed on January 13, 2025, marking a significant step in Red Hat’s strategy to enhance its AI capabilities across hybrid cloud environments. While the price was not disclosed, Neural Magic had previously raised $50 million in venture capital funding from various investors,…

The 750 Series APs support up to 18.7 Gbps tri‑band aggregate data rates and can connect to a ton of IoT devices. “Our flagship HPE Aruba Networking 750 Series Access Points go beyond the Wi-Fi standard to offer enhanced IoT capabilities,” Levin wrote. “They can connect to more IoT devices with twice the number of connections to support BLE, Zigbee, and USB port extensions. The APs themselves have extra horsepower so that the data can be pre-processed…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Xgimi’s Horizon S Max offers sharp and vibrant picture quality that’s well above its price tag. The new gimbal design is convenient and easy to set up. Minimal port selection might be a problem for some more buying choices The Xgimi Horizon S Max is one of the brightest projectors I’ve tested. It includes my favorite design element from the JMGO N-series of projectors, which makes it easy to plug in, set…

Mecha/ZDNET I’ve been around long enough that I remember testing Linux PDAs. I even had one set up to run an Apache server — carrying around a server in my pocket was pretty cool. Other than that neat trick, most of those Linux PDA devices were pretty bad. (That was the early days of handhelds, so they were all bad by today’s standards.) Naturally, I was excited this morning to see an announcement about the Mecha Comet handheld…

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNET With the winter holidays in the rearview and the new year finally here, many retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Amazon are amping up the savings with serious sales.  But no matter the time of year, ZDNET’s team of expert product testers and editors search through all of the best products and deals coming and going to help you find the best value on all the products you wanted (and those you didn’t…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Proton Pass is a privacy-focused password manager with affordable annual plans and an excellent free tier that allows unlimited logins across unlimited devices. Proton Pass’s unique privacy features include integrated email aliases and robust data breach monitoring, which users can use to protect their personal information when browsing and shopping. Conversely, some standard password management features, including file and document storage, are unavailable. A good password manager focuses on security: keeping your…

Still, there is still room for optimism.  The experts foresee emerging technologies and positive developments manifesting this year. Andrei believes the advent of decentralization technologies, rather than AI, will be worth following. “2025 will be a year of paradigm changes in the social system, and we will see the emergence of technologies – including information technologies – to facilitate a decentralized way of life and of building community, most likely decentralized social networks, local currencies,…

Leonid Korchenko/Getty Images Meta’s upcoming move to replace its third-party fact checkers with a Community Notes feature isn’t sitting well with everyone. Following CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement last week, a host of users took to Google to search for help on how to delete their Facebook, Instagram, and Threads accounts, according to Google Trends data spotted by TechCrunch. The jump in such searches was felt most keenly over the two days directly following Zuckerberg’s announcement. Google searches…