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Maria Diaz/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Nanoleaf Skylight originally launched as a $250 starter kit with three light panels and $70 expansion packs. These smart lights are a fun way to add a new, smart light fixture to an area that can change colors and offer modular installation to fit your style.  Unfortunately, each panel looks dark in the middle, the Skylight is installed in place of a lighting fixture and not plugged in, and it’s…

Dyson/ZDNET Summertime is nearly here, and with it, humidity and hair struggles. Dyson’s Nural Supersonic hair dryer could be the answer to your prayers.  Also: The best Memorial Day deals live now Thanks to Amazon’s Memorial Day sale, Dyson’s Supersonic Nural hair dryer is on sale for $100 off at $399, the lowest price we’ve seen. Hopefully, it will help tame your hair in the coming hot months.  The sale price is available for the specific…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET A thief who steals your smartphone can try to crack it themselves, sell it locally, or use it to commit fraud. But your stolen phone could also travel as far away as China. A recent investigation by The Financial Times (paywall) found that a particular building in Shenzhen’s Huaqiangbei district is home to a treasure trove of second-hand iPhones, including stolen devices. Though several locations in and around the Huaqiangbei district are hot…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Anker Solix EverFrost 2 is available for $1,100 but currently $200 off. This cooler works as a portable mini-fridge, with dual-zone cooling and the capacity to freeze or refrigerate. The Anker Solix EverFrost 2 is bulky and heavy, and it only comes with one battery so you have to purchase the second to reach the full 3.2 day capacity. The Anker Solix EverFrost 2 58L electric cooler is $1,000, but it’s…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Memorial Day weekend is almost here, marking the unofficial start of summer. With the weather heating up, many tech brands across the internet are rolling out killer deals, and Sony has one of the best Buy One, Get One free deals we’ve seen this year. Also: The best Memorial Day tech deals live now  For a limited time, Sony is giving out free TVs with select purchases. If you buy a 65-inch Bravia 8…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET AI-generated video has been advancing rapidly, with leading tech developers racing to build and commercialize their own models. We’re now seeing the rise of tools that can generate strikingly photorealistic video from a single prompt in natural language. For the most part, however, AI-generated video has had a glaring shortcoming: it’s silent. No longer. At its annual I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced the release of Veo 3, the latest iteration of…

When the first smartphones came out, they revolutionized how we interact with our devices. Hand gestures like tapping and swiping have become second nature, so it’s no surprise that laptop manufacturers would eventually introduce touchscreen technology to their products. Whether you’re scrolling through documents or just browsing the internet, touchscreen laptops bring a level of flexibility and convenience that traditional machines can’t match. Some models, like the HP Chromebook Plus x360, are also 2-in-1 devices, letting you…

TCL/ZDNET Looking to upgrade your home theater with a truly cinema-sized TV for catching summer sports and movie streaming premieres? Right now at Best Buy, you can get the 98-inch TCL Q65 for just $1,600, saving you almost 50%. Also: The best Memorial Day 2025 deals live now Current price: $1,600 Regular price: $3,000 This cinema-sized TV offers up to a 144Hz refresh rate, both Dolby Atmos and DTS Virtual:X audio support, Dolby Vision HDR,…

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Do me a favor: Grab your iPhone and try opening Control Center one-handed. Bet you can’t, or at least it isn’t easy. It’s a shame, because that’s where Apple tucks all its quick toggles — from Wi-Fi and Airplane Mode to screen brightness and orientation lock. You’d think these iPhone settings would be easy to reach with one hand, but nope. As screen sizes have ballooned to 7 inches, swiping…

Anthropic Since its founding in 2021, Anthropic has quickly become one of the leading AI companies and a worthy competitor to OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft with its Claude models. Building on this momentum, the company held its first developer conference, Thursday, — Code with Claude — which showcased what the company has done so far and where it is going next. (Disclosure: Ziff Davis, ZDNET’s parent company, filed an April 2025 lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging…