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Max Buondonno/ZDNET Amazon’s Big Spring Sale has finally ended, and while there were plenty of great phone deals over the last week on the e-commerce platform, one of the best, if not the best, offer is still available elsewhere. I’m talking about the Google Pixel 9, which sells for just $549 ($250 off) at Target. That’s the lowest price I’ve seen on the handset since Black Friday, and it beats what both Amazon and Best Buy…

Google Pixel phones are known for their clean software and AI features, and the company now has an offering in every price segment. The flagship lineup includes not two or three but four Pixel phones, including the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL, and Pixel 9 Pro Fold. The Pixel 9a will soon join the lineup as the most affordable Google phone to buy. While we’re in the process of reviewing the new Pixel phone,…

You can order an iPhone 15 directly from Apple, which is an excellent option if you don’t want a carrier lock.  The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are thinner than their legacy counterparts. They come equipped with a USB-C port, 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch displays, and the Dynamic Island camera design. The Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max come with Apple’s new A17 Pro CPU, a faster neural engine, and camera improvements,…

When was Amazon’s Spring Sale 2025?  The Amazon Big Spring Sale ran from March 25 through March 31.  Are robot vacuums really cheaper during Amazon sales?  Yes, robot vacuums are actually cheaper during Amazon sales. Prices often reach all-time lows during Prime Day events and the Amazon Big Spring Sale. You can find robot vacuum discounts sporadically throughout the year, but these big sales events tend to feature the biggest discounts and are often the…

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The top strategy so far is what one enterprise calls the “Cloud Team.” You assemble all your people with cloud skills, and your own best software architect, and have the team examine current and proposed cloud applications, looking for a high-level approach that meets business goals. In this process, the team tries to avoid implementation specifics, focusing instead on the notion that a hybrid application has an agile cloud side and a governance-and-sovereignty data center…

MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET When Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this month, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year’s model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch version was $100 less was a pleasant surprise, however, positioning it as a competitive choice in the current market.  Also: I replaced my…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Apple’s iOS 18.4 update offers a variety of new and improved features, but the star of the show may be priority notifications and expanded Apple Intelligence. Although the company’s AI-powered technology has received some criticism, Apple remains focused on improving its reach and capabilities.  Here are the biggest changes coming to your iPhone and iPad, plus what’s new in other software updates rolling out to Apple devices. 1. Priority notifications First up: Apple Intelligence…

“We deliberately named it after Iron Man’s AI assistant because we wanted that level of capability – an intelligent system that understands context, can access different tools and knowledge bases, and most importantly, works alongside engineers rather than just responding to commands,” Kalpage said. Platform engineering has hit a crisis point of complexity. The modern tech stack of Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native tools has created three critical pain points, Kalpage said, including:  The bottleneck problem:…

“Silicon photonics can transform HPC, data centers, and networking by providing greater scalability, better energy efficiency, and seamless integration with existing semiconductor manufacturing and packaging technologies,” Jagadeesan added. “Lightmatter’s recent announcement of the Passage L200 co-packaged optics and M1000 reference platform demonstrates an important step toward addressing the interconnect bandwidth and latency between accelerators in AI data centers.” The market timing appears strategic, as enterprises worldwide face increasing computational demands from AI workloads while simultaneously…