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Screenshot by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET With the holiday season upon us, many companies are finding ways to take advantage through deals, promotions, or other campaigns. OpenAI has found a way to participate with its “12 days of OpenAI” event series. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced via an X post that starting on Dec. 5, the company would host 12 days of live streams and release “a bunch of new things, big and small,” according to the post. …

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Windows 11 has been around for a few years now, and if you were an early adopter like I was, there’s a good chance your computer has slowed down significantly since then. There are several reasons why a device’s performance may plummet.  It could be the result of too many apps taking up resources, unoptimized settings, or even a virus infecting the hardware. The easiest thing you can do in the short term…

Bloomberg/Getty Images The US may soon ban the world’s most popular router over national security fears. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Chinese-owned TP-Link is currently under investigation by the US Justice, Commerce, and Defense departments because of its link to several high-profile hacking incidents. The move comes as the US government is also considering a ban of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok over data security concerns. Also: The TikTok ban is…

Bloomberg/Contributor/Getty Images When I was a kid living near Grantsville, West Virginia, some of my neighbors were into amateur ham radio. I found their analog electronics and antennas and their mastery of Morse code fascinating.  They were into it because they talked with people thousands of miles away, played with tech, and knew they could help people in an emergency. Decades later, the tech has changed; you no longer need to know Morse code, but…

Screenshot by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET With the holiday season upon us, many companies are finding ways to take advantage through deals, promotions, or other campaigns. OpenAI has found a way to participate with its “12 days of OpenAI” event series. On Wednesday, OpenAI announced via an X post that starting on Dec. 5, the company would host 12 days of live streams and release “a bunch of new things, big and small,” according to the post. …

Kerry Wan/ZDNET One of the most memorable product launches from this year’s CES was LG’s Signature OLED T, a transparent TV that displayed “floating” graphics and artifacts when not being watched. It was at CES in Las Vegas; what else did you expect?  Also: I saw Samsung and LG’s new transparent TVs at CES, and there’s a clear winner Almost a year later, the TV is officially going on sale today for a whopping $59,999…

$ echo -e $GREEN I $YELLOW love $BLUE color $NORMALI love color The -e option with the echo command is described in the man page as “enable interpretation of backslash escapes” but it also allows these color options to work. How much the letters stand out will, of course, depend on the background color in your window, but you should see the colors selected. The NORMAL setting returns the font color to the default so…

PerlaStudio/Getty Images Between unencrypted messaging hacks, data breaches, and AI scam calls, smartphone-centered security threats appear to be everywhere. iVerify found that one type of spyware is trying to make a comeback. Also: Why you should power off your phone once a week – according to the NSA Last week, the mobile security firm resurfaced findings from its spyware detection feature: Out of 2,500 device scans that customers submitted for inspection, seven devices had been infected by the infamous…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET During the iOS 18 unveiling at WWDC 2024, Apple announced plans to give the Apple Home app support for the core functionality of vacuum cleaners by the end of 2024 — but those plans were delayed. Now that iOS 18.2 is live, new clues indicate that the next big iOS drop of 18.3 could finally bring Apple Home support for robot vacuums.  Along with delaying robot vacuum support for HomeKit, Apple had already…