Max Buondonno/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Nomad Tracking Card uses Apple’s Find My network to help you keep tabs on where your wallet is. It’s priced at $29. It’s a sleek tracker that’s only the width of two credit cards, and the battery lasts for five months. However, be aware that it requires a wireless charger.  For a limited time, Nomad is offering the popular Tracking Card paired with various Nomad wallets for a 20%…

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Pixel phones have an excellent reputation for smart software, but battery life has been a common complaint with Google’s smartphones. Thankfully, that same smart software is now improving battery life and longevity, though many features aren’t set up for maximum endurance out of the box. I’ve found that a handful of features can dramatically improve how long your Pixel lasts, both in a single day and over the long haul. Also: How to…

Key features of the Cisco Deep Network Model include: Purpose-built for networking: 20% more precise reasoning for troubleshooting, configuration, and automation. Trusted training: Fine-tuned on 40+ years of expertise and expert-vetted for accuracy. Continuous learning: Evolves with live telemetry and real-world Cisco TAC and CX services insights. Another new Agentic AI capability from Cisco is AI Canvas, which supports the creation of generative dashboards using GenAI and, along with Cisco’s embedded AI assistant, enables users…

Jackery Amazon is offering 44% off the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2, bringing the price down to $449 — the lowest we’ve seen it recently. Jackery is one of the best brands on the market, and I’ve tested — and relied on for several weeks — many of the company’s units, ranging from tiny ones you can hold in your hand to huge ones on wheels. Here’s one that falls into that Goldilocks zone of both price…

In addition, the Cisco Security Cloud App for Splunk now supports Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense, improving correlation and detection content from threat detection, investigation, and response workflows. Combined with telemetry from Cisco AI Defense, Cisco XDR, Cisco Multicloud Defense, Cisco Talos, and other sources, Splunk accelerates detection use cases across hybrid environments, Cisco stated. In addition, extended security orchestration, automation, and response details can now include Cisco Secure Firewall-specific actions to support containment and response…

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Windows users who don’t always install the updates rolled out by Microsoft each month for Patch Tuesday will want to install the ones for June. That’s because the latest round of patches fixes a flaw that could allow an attacker to control your PC through bootkit malware. Designated as CVE-2025-3052, the Secure Boot bypass flaw is a serious one, according to Binarly security researcher Alex Matrosov, who discovered the vulnerability….

Maria Diaz/ZDNET Last year, Apple announced a redesigned Photos app, touting it as “the biggest-ever redesign.” Over the past year, we’ve seen users complaining about the redesign and wanting to go back to iOS 17’s Photos app. Apple seems to have listened to all the feedback and fixed its Photos app with the new iOS 26 update. Also: Everything announced at Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote: Liquid Glass, MacOS Tahoe, and more “Many of you missed…

Reddit (TheACwarriors) / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET If you’re a Samsung phone user, you can take advantage of a pretty sweet offer: a free year of Perplexity Pro. Samsung doesn’t appear to have made any official announcement about the promotion, so it would be easy not to know about it, but users are seeing the offer under the “Deals and events” tab of the Galaxy Store app. This is a $240 value if you…