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Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images A new PC or Mac is a major purchase. Buying a high-quality device that’s built to perform well and last for years can easily cost you $1,500 or more. How much more? Well, Microsoft’s most expensive business laptop costs roughly $3,000, and a fully loaded MacBook Pro tops out at a cool $4,000. But you don’t have to pay those sticker prices. With a little preparation and some patience, you…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET What’s the deal?  The Amazon Fire HD 10 Kids Pro tablet is on sale for $140. You can save $50 on this kids tablet right now at Amazon.  ZDNET’s key takeaways  The Fire HD 10 Kids Pro tablet is available for $190. This kids tablet is built for older children, ages six to 12, with a slimmer design and faster performance than other Fire kids tablets. It also includes strong parental controls and…

My kids love their Fire tablets, and I love the convenience of parental controls they offer. Maria Diaz/ZDNET Amazon is offering some huge deals on its latest Fire Kids Tablets, my kids’ favorite device for home and on-the-go entertainment. The newest Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids tablet is half off at $70, the Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro tablet for older kids is also down to $70, and the larger Amazon Fire HD 10…

Nina Raemont/ZDNET One reason Oura has gotten so popular over the years is because of the smart ring brand’s partnership with FDA-cleared Natural Cycles, a non-hormonal contraception app that tracks fertility and costs $100 a year.  Underdog smart ring brand Ultrahuman just introduced a fertility tracker that could rival Oura’s partnership. The best part? It’s free to use with the smart ring.  Ultrahuman recently announced its Cycle and Ovulation Powerplug, a feature that Ultrahuman Ring Air…

If you’re looking for a new television, a 75-inch set is the sweet spot. It’s not quite as overwhelming as an 85-inch TV, but it’s still big enough to be an eye-catching centerpiece for most homes.  At the top of the list of best 75-inch TVs, you’ll find the names you expect, like Samsung, Sony, and LG. These sets are full of features like object-tracking sound, OLED panels, and even 8K resolution that make any content look amazing….

SONiC is seen as a viable alternative to more traditional, less flexible network operating systems. Its modularity, programmability and general cloud-based architecture could make it a viable option for enterprises and hyperscalers to deploy as cloud networking grows. In Nokia’s case, by adding SONiC to its data center fabric offerings, its customers gain access to Nokia’s SONiC development and support organization. In addition, enterprises and cloud providers benefit from access to a broader range of…

Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images Social media platform Bluesky is relatively new, but it’s been growing exponentially as another platform experiences an X-odus. According to Altmetric, Bluesky may already favor a particular community: researchers.  Also: If you convert to a domain name on Bluesky, you MUST do this right away On Tuesday, the data company, which specializes in tracking how published work gets shared, shared on Bluesky that mentions of research on the platform have now passed 500,000….

NurPhoto / Contributor / Getty Images 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…

Cerebras used chain of thought at inference time to make a smaller AI model equal or better to a larger model. Cerebras Systems Cerebras Systems announced on Tuesday that it’s made Meta Platforms’s Llama perform as well in a small version as it does on a large version by adding the increasingly popular approach in generative artificial intelligence (AI) known as “chain of thought.”  The AI computer maker announced the advance at the start of the annual…

NurPhoto/Getty Images If you haven’t yet thought that you can buy anything on Amazon, the company’s latest innovation might change your mind. Starting today, you can buy a brand new vehicle from a major automaker on Amazon – and get a pretty big gift in the process.  Amazon Auto offers 12 different Hyundai models for sale, including cars, trucks, SUVs, and hybrids — 2024 and 2025 models are available. The program is open in 48…