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June Wan/ZDNET It may not be Black Friday, but Presidents’ Day has its fair share of great tech deals — and OnePlus is joining the festivities. Right now, if you buy the OnePlus Open from the company’s online store, you’ll receive two gifts: a OnePlus Nord N30 and the OnePlus Buds Pro 3 in either Midnight Opus black, Lunar Radiance white, or Sapphire Blue. In total, you’ll be saving almost $500 with this purchase. Also: The…

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 40% off for $60 this Presidents’ Day. Also: The 45+ best early Amazon Presidents’ Day tech deals live right now Since the Ring Stick Up Cam Pro is built for indoor or outdoor…

Roborock Roborock made waves at CES in Las Vegas in January by debuting the world’s first mass-produced robot vacuum with a robotic arm. Now they’re releasing the flagship models of their new Saros series, named after the cycle used to forecast eclipses.  The Roborock Saros 10 and Saros 10R, both a super-slim 7.98 centimeters, feature a main brush and a flexible side brush to sweep away the hair on your floors, and Roborock’s AdaptiLift Chassis,…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Presidents’ Day may be a week away, but that doesn’t mean the holiday deals haven’t started. There are plenty of savings to be had on household tech and accessories, and even savings on the most coveted tech, like Apple products.  That includes Apple’s over-ear headphones — the popular AirPods Max Apple just released an updated version sporting new colors and a USB-C port (also on sale for $70 off), but if you’re more excited…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET I love my Apple Watch. It’s with me wherever I go, whether that’s to the gym for my (almost) daily workout or to the office so I can check my notifications at a glance. I like switching between the different watch faces, trying to find the right band to fit my style, and replying to messages with the surprisingly accurate QWERTY keyboard on my wrist. Occasionally, I’ll even crack open an app to…

Christina Darby/ZDNET I am someone who gets headaches — a lot. And sometimes, no matter what over-the-counter medication I take or herbal remedies I try out, they just won’t go away. Desperate to find a solution to the migraines that would render it impossible to write, I bought the Renpho Heated Eye Massager to try out, and I’m so glad I did.  Also: The best early Presidents’ Day tech deals live now: Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, and more…

 “When you are 50 or 70 times faster than the competition, you can do things they can’t do at all,” says Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman. Tiernan Ray/ZDNET AI computer pioneer Cerebras Systems has been “crushed” with demand to run DeepSeek’s R1 large language model, says company co-founder and CEO Andrew Feldman. “We are thinking about how to meet the demand; it’s big,” Feldman told me in an interview via Zoom last week. DeepSeek R1 is…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET The Apple Pencil Pro has dropped to a new low of $99 in the week leading up to Amazon’s Presidents’ Day sale. With its advanced features, the Pro is a more attractive option than the USB-C Apple Pencil or the Apple Pencil 2nd Gen (both of which are also on sale at Amazon). Also: The 45+ best early Amazon Presidents’ Day tech deals live right now That sales price results in a mere $15 difference between the Pro…

Part of the problem is that they are one trick pony. Both Intel and AMD use their FPGAs for high-end networking cards. “I see these things are basically really powerful networking cards and nothing more or very little beyond that,” said Alvin Nguyen, senior analyst with Forrester Research. “I think AI and GenAI helped kind of push away focus from leveraging [FPGA]. And I think there were already moves away from it prior to [the…

ZDNET Though we’re well past the holiday deals season, don’t worry. Major retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart are still dishing out some serious savings on top tech, even a week before Presidents’ Day 2024.  Also: The best early Amazon Presidents’ Day tech deals live now From AirPods to the Oura Ring to Samsung’s popular The Terrace TV, now’s your chance to snag savings that are near or equal to those we saw during Cyber…