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Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Looking for advice on how to protect your home and office from cyberattacks? A good place to start is with the people who do this stuff every day on behalf of the United States government. The folks at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a simple Cybersecurity Basics page that boils down the technical information in its four-volume Digital Identity Guidelines to a set of crisp guidelines for small business…

JHVEPhoto/Getty Images The FTC has come down hard on hotel chain Marriott following a series of data breaches between 2014 and 2020 that harmed more than 344 million customers worldwide. In an Oct. 9 news release announcing a settlement order with the company, the agency said that Marriott must delete any personal data associated with a customer’s account upon request and restore any loyalty points lost because of the breaches. Further, the chain must dramatically tighten…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5 2-in-1 is available now at Walmart for $679 It’s a durable budget laptop that comes with Windows S mode, a restricted but streamlined version of the operating system that improves performance. The restrictions that come with Windows S mode won’t make sense for everyone, and the laptop is on the heavy side. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5 is a solid budget 2-in-1 laptop in its own right, but it’s…

Microsoft Trying to enhance a bad photo is always a challenge. Maybe you snapped a blurry or grainy picture that needs sharpening. Or maybe you’ve scanned a batch of old print photos that you now want to salvage. Whatever the reason, Microsoft Photos now comes with a new tool aimed at improving those low-quality images. Announced on Tuesday, the new version of Microsoft Photos in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview comes with an option…

F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes deployed on Nvidia BlueField-3 DPUs offers a secure and compliant AI networking infrastructure, letting customers adopt advanced AI capabilities without compromising data privacy, wrote Ash Bhalgat, senior director of cloud, telco, and cybersecurity market development for networking at Nvidia,in a blog. “By offloading tasks like load balancing, routing and security to the BlueField-3 DPU, F5 BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes efficiently routes AI prompts to LLM instances and reduces energy use….

ZDNET’s key takeaways Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5 2-in-1 is available now at Walmart for $679. It’s a durable budget laptop that comes with Windows S mode, a restricted but streamlined version of the operating system that improves performance. The restrictions that come with Windows S mode won’t make sense for everyone, and the laptop is on the heavy side. Lenovo’s IdeaPad Flex 5 is a solid budget 2-in-1 laptop in its own right, but it’s…

When you’re investing in a new TV, the top three factors you should consider are picture quality, screen size, and color contrast. Depending on your space, you may choose a 50-inch, a 55-inch, a 65-inch, a 75-inch (or perhaps an even larger) TV to view your favorite shows, movies, and games. If you’re looking for a 50-inch TV to fit your apartment or bedroom, these TVs offer a beautiful picture for a decent price point compared…

My Colts Santa keeps watch over my phone. Jack Wallen/ZDNET I have Nest cameras, doorbells, and speakers at home. I regularly access those devices from my phone, which is easy to do from the Notification Shade. However, when my phone is docked on its charger, I don’t always want to pick it up to go through the Notification Shade or go into the App Drawer to open the Home app. Also: I upgraded my Pixel 9…

Things feel extra expensive right now. Everyone is looking for ways to save or cut costs, but let’s face it: technology is expensive. And while expensive, we rely on tech devices daily, whether for work, entertainment, productivity, or security.  Also: The best tablets you can buy Some of the best tablets on the market have sky-high prices, such as Apple’s iPad Pro, which can easily push the $2,000 mark. But you don’t have to wait…

If you’re worried about fine details getting lost on a smaller screen, you shouldn’t be. Screen panel technology for televisions has advanced a lot since the first flat-panel and 4K models hit the market, and plenty of smaller screens are capable of producing clean, clear 4K resolution for streaming, gaming, and supported broadcast media.  However, if you’re looking to save a bit of cash, a 1080p model will be a bit cheaper than one with…