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Adam Breeden/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Formovie Cinema Edge 4K UST projector is available now for $1,799 at Amazon. It has a sturdy construction and sleek design. It’s great for cinematic viewing, although it could greatly benefit from having a dedicated sound system. The first ultra short-throw (UST) projectors hit the mainstream market in the US as early as 2014. (Thank you, Sony.) Collectively, they’ve come a long way since then in terms of design,…

ZDNET’s key takeaways PNY 1TB CS3150 M.2 storage drive, available for around $170. Overall, it’s a fast M.2 drive with active cooling to keep running temperatures below the maximum rated temperature. The heatsink makes the drive rather bulky, and you will need a 4-pin fan header on the motherboard to power the fans. In the not-so-distant past, the solution for speed-boosting an aging and sluggish PC was to add more RAM or upgrade the processor….

ZDNET Some T-Mobile customers might soon be able to claim a full year of free satellite texting. Last month, T-Mobile expanded its Starlink satellite messaging program beyond its own borders and allowed AT&T and Verizon customers to sign up for the beta test of the service. Also: T-Mobile’s most loyal customers are about to see their bills rise – here’s how much This meant that users of three of the biggest wireless providers in the…

Meta/ZDNET Meta’s controversial “community notes” system will begin rolling out next week. It incorporates the same open-source rating algorithm that Elon Musk used to address political bias and misinformation on X. Also: How to protect your privacy from Facebook – and what doesn’t work On Thursday, the company announced in a blog post that Meta will begin testing the new community notes system on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads with users in the US starting March 18,…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The EufyCam S3 Pro is available separately for $220 or in a two-pack with the HomeBase 3 for $550. This EufyCam is an excellent 4K outdoor security camera that delivers on its night vision promises, features no monthly fees, and has dual motion detection to reduce false alerts. The biggest downsides are that the camera is expensive, especially when you bundle it with HomeBase 3, and its resolution drops to 1080p with…

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Multiple screen options for the Sony Bravia X90L are on sale at Best Buy. Discounts range from $300 off on the 55-inch model to $1,200 off for the 98-inch display. ZDNET’s key takeaways What the Sony Bravia X90L lacks in eye-popping specs, it more than makes up for in real-world picture performance and Sony upscaling technology, which delivers great video for movies, sports, cable, and streaming. Regarding the features you’ll love for daily…

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Amegat Qi2 Wireless Charging and Cooling Pad is on sale on Amazon with a 30% off coupon for $34. This Qi2 wireless charger can charge an iPhone at the full 15W, and bring overheating devices down to 48°F/9°C continuously, even under heavy workloads. It might be overkill for casual users.  There’s a tradeoff with modern smartphones. They’re getting more powerful, but they’re also generating a lot more heat. And…

Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images If you strip away all the buzzwords about enterprise artificial intelligence, such as “agentic AI,” the reality is that companies are learning what works in practice as they experiment with the technology, according to data tools giant Databricks. Also: 10 key reasons AI went mainstream overnight – and what happens next “We’re still learning where the right places are to put AI, where you can get the sweet spot of AI to help…

“And every few weeks we’ll continue to add to the library,” Puri says. SUSE also announced a partnership with Infosys today. The system integrator has the Topaz AI platform, which includes a set of services and solutions to help enterprises build and deploy AI applications. SUSE is also integrating the Infosys Responsible AI toolkit into the SUSE AI platform, which provides security and observability. “By making the Responsible AI toolkit open source, we are fostering…

“Big brother is watching you” is a catchphrase for the risk of large-scale surveillance. We could identify criminals walking on the street with widespread deployment of video, and the same technology could warn us against stepping into traffic. But the same stuff could help people stalk others, spy on people, and maybe expose some secrets we’d just as soon keep hidden. Given that the average person thinks that everything can be hacked, and that many…