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When I’m at the pool, I’d rather spend most of my time off my mobile device. But it’s 2025, and my phone goes everywhere I do, including on the pool float with me while I soak up some sun. Now, there’s a practical reason for this, I promise. If I’m listening to music (on my JBL speaker), having my phone handy is critical to maintain the pool day vibes and change songs and playlists whenever…

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…

He added that his read is that “Intel recognizes that Nvidia is far and away the leader in the market for AI GPUs and is seeking to hitch itself to that wagon.” Roberts said, “basically, Intel, which has struggled tremendously and has turned over its CEO amidst a stock slide, needs to refocus to where it thinks it can win. That’s not competing directly with Nvidia but trying to use this partnership to re-secure its…

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET AI can perform tasks such as writing, coding, reasoning, and researching with great accuracy — all tasks that are key to starting your own company. That begs the question: Can AI help people start their very own billion-dollar business? Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes the answer is yes, and it’s sooner than you may think. When asked at Anthropic’s first developer conference, Code with Claude, when the first billion-dollar company with one human…

While its 5G service is gone, the company is continuing to offer Integrated Private Wireless (IPW) on AWS, which connects customers with its partner communication service providers’ private 5G and 4G LTE networks. “This feels less like a retreat and more like a strategic realignment,” said Mike Leibovitz, Gartner research analyst covering enterprise networking. AWS will likely shift more to the partnership-driven IPW, he noted. “It may be a pragmatic move to address cited spectrum…

A malware infection can have serious consequences like spam advertising, personal data theft, or the loss of important files. Effective malware removal can help prevent these worst-case scenarios by identifying and isolating threats like adware, spyware, and ransomware before they take down your system.  Thankfully, default operating system (OS) and system protection against cyberthreats is improving all the time. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t consider downloading a trustworthy, secure malware removal app for keeping your PC…

To make that happen, Red Hat is betting on a couple of new technologies, both released in the latter half of last year by commercial vendors — but are both open source and have the potential of becoming industry standards. One was obvious — MCP, or model context protocol, allows AI systems and agents to communicate with resources, tools, and data sources. Since it was open-sourced by Anthropic late last year it has been adopted…

Course selection: Huge, more than 1,500(!) AI courses Program pricing: Free trial, then $39.99/mo LinkedIn Learning is one of the oldest online learning platforms, established in 1995 as Lynda.com. The company offers an enormous library of courses on a broad range of topics. There is a monthly fee, but many companies and schools have accounts for all their employees and students.  Also: Want a top engineering job in 2025? Here are the skills you need, according to…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The 12-inch Microsoft Surface Pro is available now starting at $799 for the Platinum color, and $899 for the new Violet and Ocean colors. The 12-inch version is exceedingly thin and light with a fast-charging battery, and the refreshed form factor looks more premium. The 256GB of storage is not enough for a device at this price point, and the cost adds up quickly, as the keyboard, mouse, and even the power…

Pocket My Spidey sense started to tingle about two weeks ago, when my Save to Pocket context menu item stopped working. I have used Pocket, Mozilla’s social bookmarking service, religiously for a decade — it’s a regular part of my morning reading. The Chrome extension store had a notice saying it was no longer available, with no time frame for when it would be available again. Also: I let Google’s Jules AI agent into my…