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ZDNET’s key takeaways The NUU N10 Android phone is available now on Amazon for $99 This phone is about as impressive as it gets on a tight budget The NUU N10 does suffer a bit of lag with animations and the camera won’t blow you away. I’ve seen just about every type of Android phone on the market, from the suspiciously inexpensive to the ridiculously overpriced. Some of these handsets impressed me with their combination…

The framework allows providers to deliver services either as individual components or bundled solutions, depending on customer needs.  “Sometimes a multinational says, ‘Look, I only want on-demand NaaS because I’m going to build my own cybersecurity on top,’” Menezes said. “But sometimes a small business says ‘I don’t want to deal with all this.’ So it’s à la carte.” Bundling seems to be what smaller businesses want, he noted. LSO APIs drive automation at scale…

Jian Fan/Getty Images When you install applications on any Ubuntu-based distribution, the apt package manager is utilized — whether you use the command line or a GUI tool. The apt package manager connects with Personal Package Archives (PPAs) to locate the package you wish to install.  What are PPAs? Essentially, PPAs allow developers to create repositories to house software users can install. Think of PPAs in a similar vein to Apple’s App Store or the Google…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Whether you’re conducting interviews, doing research, or otherwise need to document a conversation, there are many reasons you may want to record a phone call on your iPhone.  With iOS 18.1, Apple’s latest release, users can now record phone calls directly on their devices using Apple Intelligence, which also provides a transcription and summary in the Notes app. However, ZDNET editor-in-chief Jason Hiner notes that summarization is “still a work in progress.” Also: My biggest…

Yaroslav Kushta/Getty Images Is artificial intelligence (AI) the answer — or at least a partial answer — to nagging software quality issues? Software quality has been a challenge since the first computers were built eight decades ago, and in a world awash in technology networks and solutions, the problem has only grown more acute. A new study suggests that generative AI (gen AI) is emerging as an important step in managing quality. According to a…

oxygen/Getty Images OpenAI’s Whisper, an artificial intelligence (AI) speech recognition and transcription tool launched in 2022, has been found to hallucinate or make things up — so much so that experts are worried it could cause serious damage in the wrong context. Last week, the AP reported that a researcher at the University of Michigan “found hallucinations in eight out of every 10 audio transcriptions he inspected” produced by Whisper during a study of public…

rob dobi/Getty Images The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and with all the great sales and promotions come the usual cyber scams. While generally quick and convenient, shopping online can leave you vulnerable to scammers if you’re not cautious. Based on a consumer survey, a new report from Norton looks at how scams are a common concern among shoppers and how to protect yourself while holiday shopping online. Also: AI scams have infiltrated the…

Old-fashioned cable is a thing of the past and is, for many people, a waste of money. But what about the live sports, movie marathons, and award events? There’s something undeniably special about sharing a live experience with the nation, from Super Bowl wins to breaking news.  Luckily, many live TV streaming services are available on platforms that you may already subscribe to. Platforms like YouTube TV and Hulu Plus Live TV allow you to…