Adam Breeden/ZDNET After the initial setup, most people rarely engage directly with their smart TV. With wireless connectivity, phone apps, and remote controls, there’s little need to. Tucked next to the essential HDMI ports, a USB 2.0 port — likely sitting unnoticed on the back or side panel — offers more potential than you might expect.   Also: Your car’s USB port has hidden superpowers: 5 features you’re not taking advantage of USB ports are…

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET The iPhone 16 comes with a physical Action button that you can program to launch a specific task. By default, the button switches your phone between Ring and Silent mode. But you can change that to trigger other features, including the camera, the flashlight, or the magnifier. You can also program the button to activate a certain control or Siri shortcut. Also: Here’s how to get a free…

ZDNET’s key takeaways Perfect way to share 100W of power between three devices This cable does exactly what it says it will on the box — something that a lot of cables can’t claim Some might find the 65W limit a bit restrictive for charging laptops. Over the past couple of years, I’ve tested a handful of multi-connector USB-C charging cables. You’ve probably seen them for sale on big-name e-commerce websites, and maybe on social…

Humain will deploy the Nvidia Omniverse platform as a multi-tenant system to drive acceleration of the new era of physical AI and robotics through simulation, optimization and operation of physical environments by new human-AI-led solutions. The AMD deal did not discuss the number of chips involved in the deal, but it is valued at $10 billion. AMD and Humain plan to develop a comprehensive AI infrastructure through a network of AMD-based AI data centers that…

Lenovo/ZDNET The Lenovo Tab M9 is one of the more understated tablets out there, but its most recent discount should put it on everyone’s radar. This midrange tablet has just gone from $160 to $95, a huge 40% drop in price. Also: This Android tablet brings a $1,700 iPad Pro feature to the $400 price point – and it’s nearly as good While this sale is on the 2023 model, the tablet is still a…

For this reason, Gartner recommends identifying specific use cases and planning the applications and data distributed across the organization that could benefit from a cross-cloud deployment model. This allows workloads to operate collaboratively across different cloud platforms, as well as different on-premises and co-location facilities. 4. Industry solutions According to Gartner, another upward trend is industry solutions. The consulting firm sees an upward trend toward industry-specific cloud platforms, with more vendors offering solutions that address…

Apple Apple has officially revved up its next-generation CarPlay Ultra, an integrated system that promises to change the way you control your car. Uniting key functions of both your car and your iPhone, the new flavor of CarPlay will let you view and access a variety of options from your dashboard and touchscreen. Also: This touchscreen display adds Apple CarPlay or Android Auto to any car “CarPlay Ultra builds on the capabilities of CarPlay and provides…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The OnePlus Pad 2 is the company’s latest Android tablet with a premium design and flagship specs for $550. It’s compatible with a keyboard and pen that OnePlus sells separately, so you can turn it into an Android-powered laptop. While the multitasking features are excellent, and the Pad 2 checks all the boxes when it comes to entertainment, it still suffers from the pitfalls of using Android on a big screen. more…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Boox Note Max comes bundled with the pen and case for $649. It’s thin and light, has a high-contrast display, and has a long list of features that make it a very versatile device. Theres no backlight, it’s monochromatic, and there’s a bit of a learning curve to use it to its fullest. more buying choices I went hands-on with the Remarkable Paper Pro last year and thought that was a…