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ZDNET’s key takeaways The Ring Spotlight Cam Pro Battery is available for $230 but is currently on sale for $170 This Pro-level Ring camera has a removable rechargeable battery pack, top-of-the-line audio performance, and supports dual-band Wi-Fi, 2.4 and 5.0 GHz Unfortunately, the Ring Spotlight Cam Pro falls short on image quality, topping out at 1080p, the spotlights only reach 300 lumens in brightness, and the Pro features are only available with a subscription. more…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET What’s the deal? The Deebot T30S Combo is a robot vacuum and mop with a cordless vacuum on the side and is available for $850, its lowest price ever ahead of Black Friday. Also: The best Black Friday deals live now ZDNET’s key takeaways Ecovacs’ Deebot T30S Combo 3-in-1 robot vacuum, mop, and handheld vacuum is currently available for $950. The robot vacuum features an industry-leading 11,000 Pa of suction power, retractable mop pads…

Sometimes, you want to really unplug and listen to music while going for a nature walk, focusing on deep work, or decompressing during chaotic family gatherings (looking at you, Thanksgiving). But it can be difficult to truly disconnect if you’re listening to music on your phone, even if you’re on do not disturb mode. Enter the MVP of yesteryear: the MP3 player. This device used to be one of the only ways to listen to…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Boox Note Air4 C is a color ePaper tablet for notes and reading, available for $500 It’s easy to take the Boox Note Air4 C anywhere I go where I want to read, take notes, catch up on journaling, or keep tabs on my calendar; the tablet’s display is crisp and paper-like, and the included pen is accurate and pressure-sensitve, making it easy to create highly detailed sketches. That said, the…

TLS inspection technologies intercept and decrypt TLS traffic to check for malicious content or vulnerabilities. It then re-encrypts the traffic and forwards it to its destination. The capabilities help identify malware, data exfiltration, and other malicious traffic, and they also help ensure security compliance and the integrity of data in transit. This type of TLS inspection across all traffic flows can become burdensome for network and security teams, according to Cato, which is looking to…

Getting started on the Linux command line might seem overwhelming at first, but the many commands you need to use will fall into place more quickly than you might imagine. Let’s start with some introductory but very important commands. First, when you open a command terminal or log into a remote Linux server, you will be sitting at the command prompt. This might be just a $ or might be something as complex as [george@system…

The H200 NVL connects four cards, double the number of its predecessor, the H100 NVL. It also offers the option of liquid cooling; the H100 did not. Instead of using PCIe to communicate, H200 NVL uses NVLink interconnect bridge, which enables a bidirectional throughput of 900 GB/s per GPU, seven times that of PCIe 5. The H200 NVL is intended for enterprises to accelerate AI and HPC applications, while also improving energy efficiency through reduced…

Matthew Miller/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The 47mm Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra is on sale on Amazon for $490 ahead of Black Friday. Select models, like the Titanium Gray model are ever further discounted.  It’s a stylish-looking smartwatch with a slew of safety features and a long-lasting battery. However, it’s only available in a single size (47mm, to be exact), meaning it may not be a good fit for folks with smaller wrists. Samsung’s Galaxy Watch…

Immersion cooling in the data center space gets a lot of positive attention for the formulations that enhance thermal performance, material compatibility, and durability. CompuZol™ Immersion Fluid Solution, for example, comes with best-in-class material compatibility, durability and dependable thermal performance. Most notably, immersion cooling has been found to reduce power consumption by up to 30% compared to air-cooled systems and, because it is a single-phase system, it uses less water than other cooling solutions.  Let’s go beyond those…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Oura Ring 4, the newest generation of the popular smart ring is now available to buy and starts at $350. The Oura Ring 4 emphasizes a comfortable build with flatter and smarter sensors, more sizes, upgraded software, and an alleged eight-day battery life. The eight-day battery life is actually more like five and a half days. While Oura was quiet these past few years, in between the release of its Ring…