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NurPhoto/Getty Images With every iOS update, people flood social media to complain about how the update has destroyed their iPhone’s battery health, with the health figure dropping precipitously immediately after installation. If you’re someone who knows, without looking, what your iPhone’s battery health is, then you need to stop obsessing over this number. Also: Your iPhone’s next iOS 18.2 update may come earlier than usual – with these AI features Don’t know the state of…

Save big on this lifetime Microsoft Office Pro 2021 and Windows 11 Pro bundle.  Kerry Wan/ZDNET It doesn’t matter if you’re upgrading to a new laptop or just upgrading your existing system — access to Microsoft Office and Windows is a necessity for getting things done on your computer these days. And right now, you can buy a bundled lifetime license to Microsoft Office Pro 2021 and Windows 11 Pro from Stack Social for $53…

A new Costco membership comes with a $20 gift card right now. StackSocial Thinking about joining Costco? Or, have you been sharing a membership card with your parents or friends? Now that Costco is starting to crack down on membership sharing (in the coming months, the stores will start scanning cards at the entrance and requiring the member to be present), it’s a good time to invest in your own. And with this deal, when…

Jason Cipriani/ZDNET Do you own an iPhone 14 Plus with a defective camera? If so, you can now get it fixed by Apple — for free. On a new support page posted last Friday, Apple explained the issue with the camera and the requirements for getting it repaired. A “very small percentage” of iPhone 14 Plus models exhibit no preview when you use the camera. Yep, that means you can’t see anything when you aim the…

Stack Social If you live near a BJ’s Wholesale Club and have been thinking about buying a membership, now is a great time: New members can buy an annual membership for just $20 (reg. $55) through this Stack Social deal — saving you 63%. Not only that, if you sign up through this deal, you’ll get a $20 store credit reward back when you spend $60 in your first 30 days — essentially making your…

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Apple has been touting its Apple Intelligence as the spark to finally bring artificial intelligence (AI) to the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. But the technology is being doled out in dribs and drabs with each new update. iOS 18.1 already added a few AI tidbits to the iPhone. Now iOS 18.2 is set to deliver more AI capabilities, possibly as soon as early December. In the latest edition of the Apple-focused Power On Newsletter,…

It’s a simple but effective desktop. Jack Wallen/ZDNET AI is being promoted everywhere. Many Linux distributions have already proclaimed they will never add it to the desktop (as Apple and Microsoft have for MacOS and Windows). With the latest release, Linux Lite decided to buck that trend… sort of. I’ll explain that bit in a moment. Also: If you’re ready to leave Windows 11 behind, I recommend this distro for new Linux users The new release…

Raspberry Pi While there’s a lot you can do with a Raspberry Pi without ever needing a display, there are some applications where a screen, specifically a touchscreen, is a must. Raspberry Pi first released a 7-inch LCD panel in 2015, and while that’s been good, not only is 800×480-pixel resolution a little miserable nowadays, but the display wasn’t compatible with the new Raspberry Pi 5 board.  Fear not — Raspberry Pi has been busy…