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ZDNET’s key takeaways The Sharge Icemag 2 power bank is available on Amazon now for $50. With a perfect size, a powerful battery, RBG lighting, and a tiny fan to keep things cool, this power bank is ideal for those on the go. The Icemag 2 isn’t exactly the fastest charging power bank on the market but it’s still a bargain. Power banks are a dime a dozen, and you can find all sorts of…

If Intel was hoping for a turnaround in 2025, it will have to wait at least a little bit longer. The chief architect for Intel’s Xeon server processors has defected to chip rival Qualcomm, which is making yet another run at entering the data center market. Sailesh Kottapalli, a 28-year Intel veteran and a senior fellow and chief architect for the company’s Xeon processors, made the announcement on LinkedIn on January 13, stating that he…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Tineco Pure One Station 5 vacuum cleaner is available for $459. It’s a powerful cordless vacuum with a self-emptying base station, perfect for pet owners and parents. Some parts can be finicky, like lining up the floor brush on the base station, or its accessories getting stuck and not easily detaching. Since I began testing the Tineco Pure One Station 5, I’ve reached for it for everyday messes over any other…

Do not fall easily to the allure of “free” in the VPN world. There’s usually a catch because providers often explore other ways to make money from you. They may hide crucial features behind a paywall, or worse, they may sell your data for a profit. Also: The best VPN services: Expert tested You can test the best VPNs for free with a trial or a money-back guarantee. But if you want a 100% free VPN…

Specifically, AI Defense is made up of four components:  AI Access, AI Cloud Visibility, AI Model & Application Validation, and AI Runtime Protection.  AI Access offers visibility into who wants or has use of an AI application and then it controls access to protect and enforce data-loss prevention and mitigate potential threats.  The AI Cloud Visibility automatically uncovers AI assets comprising custom-built AI applications across your distributed environment, including unsanctioned AI workloads. This provides a…

ZDNET Arch Linux is one of the most stable and reliable operating systems on the market. The caveat to using Arch Linux is the installation is not exactly a point-and-click affair. It’s not nearly as hard as Gentoo, but it’s not even close to the user-friendliness of, say, Ubuntu. That does not mean it’s impossible. In fact, the developers have added a handy script to make the installation of Arch Linux considerably easier than it…

Screenshot by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET Until now, ChatGPT has been a useful assistant, hoping to help at the command of a quick prompt. But what if ChatGPT could carry out tasks for you without even being asked? ChatGPT Tasks On Tuesday, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Tasks, a feature that lets users prompt the chatbot once to carry out recurring tasks in the future. For example, in the demo, a user asks ChatGPT to send them a work…

The Swippitt phone charger took this year’s CES by storm, but isn’t one of my picks. Kerry Wan/ZDNET While this year’s CES felt more bustling than ever, you didn’t need to physically be in Vegas to know just how much vaporware flooded the show floor. At this point, it’s almost an expectation for the flashiest, most promising products at the show to be ones that will either never go on sale or cease to exist in…

Microsoft/ZDNET Windows 10 isn’t the only Microsoft product that is due to lose support this coming October. In a blog post published Wednesday, the software giant said Microsoft 365 apps (aka Office) will no longer be supported in Windows 10 after Oct. 14, 2025. To continue using Microsoft 365 or Office, the company urges users to upgrade to Windows 11. Support cutoff  The support cutoff doesn’t mean that Microsoft 365 will suddenly stop working or vanish…