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Utamaru Kido/Getty Images Back in the early 2000s, I remember connecting to my desktop computer via SSH (from another location) while my girlfriend at the time was at my desk. I sent the following command to the printer: echo “I love you” | lp The printer spat out a page with that single line. Within moments, she called me to ask if my printer was possessed or if I was just being cute. Guilty as…

What is the best Windows VPN in 2024? ZDNET’s top pick for a Windows VPN in 2024 is NordVPN. NordVPN combines excellent speed, an expansive server list, and security with an easy-to-use Windows app, making it a great option starting at $3.59 per month. When you connect to Wi-Fi in an airport, hotel, school, or coffee shop, you don’t want your data running over a public hotspot that could be corrupted in a thousand different…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple announced significant updates for the iPhone with iOS 18 during its June WWDC event and a new iPhone 16 lineup in September. In addition to a customizable home screen, Control Center, and lock screen, iOS 18 will give users a Photos app overhaul, new Messages enhancements, a new Passwords app, and many artificial intelligence (AI) updates under Apple Intelligence to enhance app functionality. Also: iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence is here. Try these 5 AI…

First things first: Make sure your phone can get the update. To get the iOS 18.1 update, you need to have an iPhone running an A12 Bionic chip or later (the A12 Bionic was the first to feature a neural engine).  If you already have iOS 18, you’re good to go. If, for some reason, you held out on updating, you might be surprised and find you’re actually not getting it! The iPhone XS, iPhone…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Apple announced significant updates for the iPhone with iOS 18 during its June WWDC event and a new iPhone 16 lineup in September. In addition to a customizable home screen, Control Center, and lock screen, iOS 18 will give users a Photos app overhaul, new Messages enhancements, a new Passwords app, and many artificial intelligence (AI) updates under Apple Intelligence to enhance app functionality. Also: Every iPhone model that can be updated to Apple’s iOS 18…

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Vivobook S 15, Asus’ first Copilot+ PC, normally retails for $1,299, but is on sale on Amazon for $999.  It’s sleek and lightweight with a gorgeous OLED display, great battery life, and snappy performance.  The nature of Windows on ARM laptops means it’s not yet optimized for certain apps and games.  Asus’ first Copilot+ PC with the Snapdragon X Elite chip is the Vivobook S 15, a sleek and lightweight…

“As organizations embrace the possibilities created by generative AI, they also must advance sustainability goals, combat escalating power requirements, and lower operational costs. The architecture we unveiled today uses only liquid cooling, yielding greater energy and cost efficiency advantages than the alternative hybrid cooling solutions on the market,” said Antonio Neri, president and CEO of HPE, in a statement. Supermicro announces liquid cooling offering Server maker Supermicro called its latest liquid cooling product “a complete…

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) is paving the way for everyone to become their own software developers. But at the same time, AI may render many extraordinary skills unnecessary. That’s the word from Thomas Davenport of Babson College and Ian Barkin, a venture capitalist, in their latest book, All Hands on Tech: The AI-Powered Citizen Revolution. For starters, they point out that with low-code and no-code tools, robotic process automation, and now AI,…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra is available starting at $1,200. This 14.6-inch tablet is a productivity powerhouse, packed with a strong processor and Galaxy AI tools perfect for work and play. The Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra isn’t super portable: it’s large and the keyboard case is expensive and sold separately, and the S Pen stores awkwardly on the back. more buying choices As a full-time writer and mom of three, I’m…

Hyperscalers that offer HPC infrastructure The major cloud service providers offer HPC scalability, pay-as-you-go pricing, and fast deployment. And these hyperscalers are on the cutting edge of how to build high-performance systems. The trade-off is that customers are ultimately responsible for decisions on the type and scale of infrastructure, as well as managing, monitoring, and securing the data. And cloud options can be more expensive when factoring in the costs of moving large data sets…