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The holiday season and colder weather are officially here, making it an ideal time to curl up with a Kindle or buy one as a gift for a loved one. Three new upgraded models made this list, which means it’s a great opportunity to upgrade your old one. Also: The best Black Friday Kindle deals: Early sales available now While most Kindle tablets have a fixed amount of internal storage, many support Amazon Cloud backup…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET One of the most practical applications of generative AI is enhancing voice assistants, which have remained relatively unchanged for years — and have notoriously not been the best at communicating. With Gemini Live, you can finally have human-like conversations with AI.  Also: I downloaded Google’s Gemini app on the iPhone for free – and it nearly replaces Siri for me In May, Google unveiled Gemini Live, a conversational AI-powered assistant that can be…

I value a good night’s sleep over everything, and if you’re anything like the 30% of adults with insomnia, you probably do too. While I don’t have insomnia, thankfully, I treat my sleep routine the way athletes treat their workout regimen — seriously. If I get a few days’ worth of bad sleep, I don’t feel like myself for weeks, and I prioritize getting to bed around the same time most nights and getting around eight…

PAU BARRENA/Getty Images SALT LAKE CITY – At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024, Red Hat announced more updates to its OpenShift Kubernetes platform than you can shake a stick at. Most focused on AI integration, edge computing, and enhanced security features. Here, without further ado, are OpenShift’s crème de la crème. First up, Red Hat introduced OpenShift 4.17. This latest version of Red Hat’s Kubernetes distribution is designed to accelerate innovation across hybrid cloud…

Extreme Networks recently surveyed 200 CIOs and senior IT leaders for its research on platformization, for example. Among CIOs surveyed, 88% said platformization could help them integrate multiple embedded components, including networking, security and eventually AI, within a single, manageable package. Respondents stressed the importance of a platform that could help them transition their network to the cloud to streamline IT efficiency and lower total cost of ownership. In addition, 55% of respondents emphasized the…

Max Buondonno/ZDNET Phone scams are on the rise, and thanks to AI, they’re more convincing than ever. That’s why Google is stepping in and offering one last line of defense for Pixel users — a feature that listens in, on your phone calls, and alerts you if a scam is going down. Also: Gmail users, beware of new AI scam that looks very authentic Here’s how the feature works. When you place or make a…

A solid gaming laptop doesn’t have to cost a fortune or even have the latest components and hardware. Whether upgrading or buying your first model, there are plenty of options for budget-minded gamers from top brands like Asus, Dell, MSI, HP, and more. Also: The best Black Friday laptop deals  And if you’re looking to get started as a gaming content creator, there are plenty of options to help you put together high-quality videos and live…

sjvn/ZDNET SALT LAKE CITY – If your business recently posted a job ad on LinkedIn, you may have received — in addition to the usual influx of resumes and cover letters — a very unexpected response: the threat of a lawsuit from Edge Networking Systems LLC. Edge Networking is a patent troll. This means it buys up patents — not to use them but to extort money from anyone who might want to use the…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition is available for $200. I’ve been testing the Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which features the fastest performance yet and up to 12 weeks of battery life; alternatively, the 16 GB Kindle Paperwhite is available for $160. Remember that Amazon’s promise of up to 12 weeks of battery life assumes 30 minutes of daily use with wireless off. more buying choices I’ve used the TCL Nxtpaper Tab 10…

There is no doubt that SSDs (solid-state drives) are the speed demons and rock-solid champions of reliability when it comes to storage, leaving HDDs (hard disk drives) in the dust. However, not all SSDs are cut from the same cloth. Also: The best network-attached storage devices you can buy Traditional SSDs and HDDs rely on the tried-and-true SATA (Serial AT Attachment) port when connecting to a PC. But hold on tight because modern motherboards are bringing…