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Amplify your dev work with this deal on Visual Studio Pro 2022 right now.  StackSocial Having in-house development is a massive advantage for many businesses. And having software on hand to help streamline workflows, amplify productivity, and keep projects on track is a must — especially when you can get it at a discount. Right now, Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows is on sale for only $30 (reg. $499), saving you 93%. Described…

The holiday shopping season is quickly approaching, and that means you’ll be able to find big discounts on expensive brands and products, including Apple devices. Apple’s iPad models are some of the best-performing tablets we’ve tested, and during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, you’ll be able to find great deals if you’re looking for a new tablet for work or entertainment.  Also: Black Friday 2024: Everything you need to know There are already early Black Friday…

Matthew Miller/ZDNET I wrote this entire article on a Google Pixel Watch 3 and a Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra. I was inspired by ZDNET’s David Gewirtz, who recently wrote about Apple Watch’s transcribable voice notes. Google and Samsung offer similar capabilities with some elements that many may find even better. Also: How iOS 18 turned my Apple Watch into the productivity tool of my sci-fi dreams Voice recording applications have been available on a number of…

Screenshot by Lance Whitney/ZDNET Anthropic is expanding its Claude AI beyond the web. On Thursday, the company unveiled new desktop applications for its popular chatbot. Designed for Windows and MacOS, the new apps work similarly to the website and are available for free users and paid subscribers. To grab the apps, head to the Claude for Desktop site, where you’ll find versions for Windows, Windows on ARM, and MacOS. For now, the apps are tagged…

“At the same time, you want to get to the position that you can connect your quantum sensors together and essentially bring in things like IoT and other sensor devices and connect them using a network, not only to get the benefit of better sensing and accuracy but also to have a distributed sensing in terms of the coverage area,” Nejabati said. The idea is to not make customers reinstall a new type of network…

MicroStockHub/Getty Images OpenAI’s flagship product ChatGPT‘s advanced natural language processing (NLP) allows you to understand your prompt no matter how you word it, making it easy to learn more about a topic. However, its knowledge cutoff, the date of which varies based on the model you’re using, has made it problematic to use as a search engine — until today.  Also: OpenAI plans to offer its 250 million ChaptGPT users even more services On Thursday,…

On the page that announced details of the ESU program for commercial customers, a Microsoft spokesperson wrote that details and prices for consumers “will be shared at a later date” on the company’s consumer end-of-support page. Six months later, those details are finally available. Also: The best Windows laptop you can buy Consumers will be able to sign up for a one-year ESU subscription for $30. That’s roughly half what businesses will pay for that first year….

Amazon/ZDNET Black Friday is still a few weeks away, but you can already snag savings on some flagship Amazon products, including several models of the Fire TV Stick.  The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a streaming device that transforms your TV into a smart one by letting you access your favorite TV shows and movies from top services like Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, and Amazon Prime in one place on a crisp, easy-to-navigate platform….

Prompt: Red panda in the wild holding a lime t-sign that reads “ZDNET” Generated via Recraft by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET It’s been a while since a new text-to-image generator shook up the generative AI space. However, the mysterious Red Panda generator has done just that, climbing up Artificial Analysis’s Text-to-Image Arena leaderboards and beating out leading models. Now, the identity has been revealed.  Also: The best AI image generators: Tested and reviewed On Wednesday, Recraft launched its newest…

Prompt: Red panda in the wild holding a lime t-sign that reads “ZDNET” Generated via Recraft by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET It’s been a while since a new text-to-image generator shook up the generative AI space. However, the mysterious Red Panda generator has done just that, climbing up Artificial Analysis’s Text-to-Image Arena leaderboards and beating out leading models. Now, the identity has been revealed.  Also: The best AI image generators: Tested and reviewed On Wednesday, Recraft launched its newest…