June Wan/ZDNET For years, Apple users juggled a collection of Lightning cables: one for the iPhone, maybe another for an older iPad, and then a USB-C for their MacBooks. Thankfully, times have changed since the release of the iPhone 15. A generation later, the iPhone 16 is now firmly in the USB-C camp. That little port at the bottom of your device is more than just a power inlet; it’s a gateway to a surprising…
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Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images Nvidia co-founder and chief executive Jensen Huang kicked off the annual Computex conference in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday with several announcements showcasing how its technology is being deployed across the island nation. The sum total of the announcements is nothing less than Taiwan being a giant engine of Nvidia software. Nvidia is “building accelerated computing and AI infrastructure in Taiwan,” the company said in a pre-briefing with media on…
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Many civil society organizations are unhappy about the EU Commission’s plans to reopen the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), claiming that the text should be considered a cornerstone of the EU’s digital rulebook. In March 2025, Michael McGrath, the EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, announced that the Commission is considering simplifying the GDPR to reduce the burden on smaller businesses. The Commissioner stated that the upcoming simplification…
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Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET When I first picked up the Asus Zenbook A14, I thought I was holding an empty prototype. Then it turned on, and the brilliant OLED display proved me wrong. At 2.1 pounds, it’s not just one of the lightest laptops I’ve used, it’s also well-balanced — both physically and in terms of hardware — and epitomizers the thin, battery-efficient category that’s exploded over the last year. Also: My top 5 picks for the…
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From the start, Docker has focused on enabling developers to build, share, and run software efficiently and securely. Today, Docker Hub powers software delivery at a global scale, with over 14 million images and more than 11 billion pulls each month. That scale gives us a unique vantage point into how modern software is built and the challenges teams face in securing it. That’s why we’ve made security a cornerstone of our platform. From trusted…
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ZDNET’s key takeaways The Asus Zenbook A14 with 16GB of memory is on sale at Best Buy for $799. Asus’ new ultraportable is a fantastic balance of innovation and value with a brilliant OLED display, competitive hardware, and a satisfying physical form. While its use case is clearly defined, the laptop has its limits when it comes to high-end performance. apr / 2025 When Asus officially announced the Zenbook A14 at CES this year, I…
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Power grid load balancing Scenario: Agents monitor real-time electricity demand, renewable energy inputs and grid stability across multiple states Outcome: Improvement in grid efficiency, reduction in brownouts and savings through automated load distribution and predictive maintenance. Document reconciliation and processing Scenario: The agent ingests data from multiple ERP systems, proactively identifying mismatches and can complete forms and correct errors. Humans only intervene in cases or errors not fixable by RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) review. Outcome:…
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Cisco XDR has always been predicated on the knowledge that every customer and every SOC is different. With thousands of products on the market clamoring for attention and budgets, the likelihood of any XDR solution supporting all your organization’s needs is minimal. For these reasons, Cisco XDR is built on top of a foundationally open architecture with documented open-source protocols and RESTful APIs. If a technology your team relies on isn’t supported out-of-the-box in Cisco…
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CIOs will need to consider how many years of data need to be retained, taking into account statutory requirements for different countries, length of time data needs to be held, and what data is no longer required. “If you don’t spend time doing that, you’re just taking all the poor habits of the legacy systems and you’re not going to get the benefit of the new system,” Bilali says. Clean data helps systems run more…
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Last year’s Garmin Forerunner was one of my favorite smartwatches. Matthew Miller/ZDNET Regular readers know that I always wear a Garmin with an LED flashlight on one of my wrists, and I use it daily. It’s exciting to see, for the first time, that Garmin now has a Forerunner model with this flashlight, which serves as an important safety feature for runners. Garmin’s new Forerunner 570 and Forerunner 970 launch with vibrant AMOLED touchscreen displays, a…
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Introduction Cloud computing services have grown exponentially in