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When is Amazon’s Spring Sale 2025?  The Amazon Big Spring Sale starts on March 25 and ends on March 31.  Are robot vacuums really cheaper during Amazon sales?  Yes, robot vacuums are actually cheaper during Amazon sales. Prices often reach all-time lows during Prime Day events and the Amazon Big Spring Sale. You can find robot vacuum discounts sporadically throughout the year, but these big sales events tend to feature the biggest discounts and are…

HP/ZDNET Amazon’s Big Spring Sale kicks off this week, but some of the best deals are already live. Case in point: this HP OfficeJet Pro 9125e all-in-one printer and multi-functional device that does it all: this baby is a printer, fax machine, and scanner, plus it works with Alexa. Also: Amazon’s Spring Sale returns Tuesday, but I found the 90+ best early deals already live Even better, the deal comes with three free months of…

“Nvidia has evolved from a gaming chip company to an AI supercomputer company with a deep and wide software stack that covers over a dozen vertical apps, super hi-speed electro-optical inter-processor communications, and a killer processor that uses the latest HBM4 high-speed high-density memory. The company also announced GPUs would now power the latest storage systems. All in all, Nvidia has scaled out, and up and is a total computer supplier,” said Jon Peddie, president…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Nothing Ear Open is the design-forward brand’s first open earbuds, available now for a discounted $149 on Amazon They feel amazing to exercise with thanks to their comfortable build and wonderfully loud sound, but they also would work well as an alternative to noise-canceling earbuds My only gripe is that the Multipoint Bluetooth didn’t always work Training for a marathon in 2025? The Nothing Ear Open is still on sale for $40…

$ id georgeuid=1003(george) gid=1003(george) groups=1003(george) To view all users on the system, you can examine the contents of the /etc/passwd file, but that would include all the system accounts as well as the user account. The “ls /home” command should give you a list of all home directories. $ ls /homecookie dumdum fedora george lola newuser shs You can also get details on user account using a command like this that selects entries that contain…

Components of a data security plan Many strategies have been developed over the years to complement and extend the importance of data backup. Many of these focus on redundant servers, incident and threat identification and reporting, vulnerability assessments, risk mitigation strategies, user authentication controls and least privilege (no one gets more privilege than they require) principles along with the use of firewalls, intrusion detection systems and VPNs. They also focus on server room physical security,…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Minisforum AI370 EliteMini normally retails for $1,170 It’s a powerful mini PC with plenty of ports, support for an 8K display, and runs cool and quiet You’ll still need to supply your own peripherals, and it’s best purchased while on sale. A coupon is available on Amazon for the Minisforum AI370 EliteMini, slashing the price tag by $234. You can buy the desktop for about $935. I remember when PCs were massive, hulking…

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Amazon’s second annual Big Spring Sale (commonly known as the Amazon Spring Sale or Spring Deal Days in the UK) will return tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25.  Also: The best early Amazon Spring Sale deals live now The last week has already been littered with plenty of early offers at the retailer, but the official Big Spring Sale will extend through Monday, March 31. Earlier this month, Amazon shared that customers can expect savings of…

ZDNET As an iPhone user, I’ve been waiting years for Siri to improve. But if anything, Apple’s beleaguered voice assistant has gotten worse. Whether I’m chatting with Siri when I’m at home, out and about, or behind the wheel via CarPlay, it still often fails to respond correctly. I’ve tried using other assistants, such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Those are helpful when I need in-depth information or analysis. But since Siri is built into…