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Sony has used AI to imbue a PlayStation character with the ability to converse with a player, The Verge reports. A source shared a since-deleted video with the publication featuring an AI-powered version of Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West. Engadget viewed the video before it was pulled. In the demo, Aloy can hold a conversation with voice prompts during gameplay, and respond to questions with a synthesized voice and facial movements. It starts with a delay from Aloy, after being asked how they
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CISA warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their networks against attacks exploiting three critical vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager (EPM) appliances. The three flaws (CVE-2024-13159, CVE-2024-13160, and CVE-2024-13161) are due to absolute path traversal weaknesses that can let remote unauthenticated attackers fully compromise vulnerable servers. They were reported in October by Horizon3.ai vulnerability researcher Zach Hanley and patched by Ivanti on January 13. Just over a
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PowerSchool has published a long-awaited CrowdStrike investigation into its massive December 2024 data breach, which determined that the company was previously hacked over 4 months earlier, in August, and then again in September. PowerSchool is a cloud-based K-12 software provider serving over 60 million students and 18,000 customers worldwide, offering enrollment, communication, attendance, staff management, learning, analytics, and finance solutions. In December, the company announced that h
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Cesar Cadenas/ZDNET I've never really been an Apple guy. Most of the tech I have owned has either been Windows- or Android-related. I've never had an iPhone, and outside of a few instances, I never used a Mac for an extended period of time. However, writing for ZDNET has given me opportunities to try out hardware I may never have touched. And after trying out Apple's new M4 Max Mac Studio, I'm seriously considering switching teams. Also: I spent $4K on my Mac Studio 3 years ago - should I upgr
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Adobe is updating its Adobe Stock service with an AI-powered feature called "Customize." It allows anyone to "refine and tailor" stock images without ever needing to leave the Adobe Stock platform. In other words, you can make quick, easy adjustments to images, including AI-generated image variations, rather than spend hours editing in a separate app like Photoshop. Also: The best photo editing software For those unfamiliar, Adobe Stock is a paid service that gives you access to millions of as
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Adam Breeden/ZDNET If your Pixel phone screen is acting strange, it's not just your device. Also: 4 Pixel phone tricks every user should know - including my favorite Google just released its Pixel update for March, and while it introduced some new features, it may have also introduced new bugs that are frustrating users. Brightness randomly drops In addition to a strange change in the haptic feedback, some users are experiencing a problem with their phone's brightness. While watching Netfli
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MacBook Air M4 in Sky Blue Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET When Apple announced the MacBook Air M4 earlier this month, it was clear that the laptop would be an incremental upgrade from last year's model, with the latest in Apple silicon and a host of software and AI-powered features. The fact that the 13-inch version was $100 less was a pleasant surprise, however, positioning it as a competitive choice in the current market. Also: I'm a hardcore Windows fan - but the M4 Max Mac Studio is convincing me to
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IncrediVFX/Getty Images I use a VPN. I don't use a VPN every second of every day. Over the years, I've found that using a VPN all the time can cause various issues to pop up. Because of that, I've become rather selective about when I make use of the VPN installed on my system. Also: You need a router-based VPN in 2025. Here's why and how to set one up What are those instances? Well, first let me tell you when a VPN should be used, then we'll discuss when it shouldn't be used. When should y
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ZDNET's key takeaways The JBL Charge 6 will be available for purchase on April 6 for $199 in Black, Blue, White, Red, Camo, and Purple. The Charge 6 offers great sound, durability, battery life, and in-app features. However, its waterproof rating doesn't account for exposure to salt or chlorinated water, so exposing it to pool or ocean water might incur internal damage. View now at JBL While there are plenty of Bluetooth speakers on the market, only a few strike the balance of durability and
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ZDNET's key takeaways The Cuktech 30 is a compact yet powerful power bank that can output a maximum of 300W. It can recharge in under 2.5 hours thanks to 140W USB-C charging At 40,000mAh/144Wh, it's too big to take on an airplane. $149.99 at Amazon Power banks come in all shapes and sizes. Some are small enough to attach to your phone, while others are so big and bulky they come with a handle. Occasionally, you'll find one that sits somewhere in the middle, where things get interesting. Also
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Finally, when we pressed the start button it set off on this usual dance of death and then suddenly it stopped and there in the expected line was the expected answer. So we'd built a computing machine. When and where was the first truly modern computer built and run? Would it surprise you if I said in 1948 in Manchester in the UK, a city better known for its role in the industrial revolution? After John von Neumann’s paper First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC was circulated by Herman Goldstine
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If you’re a person of a certain age (ahem), you remember sending money to people via complicated and pricey wire transfers, or if you were really brave, sticking that $20 you owed your buddy in the mail. And if you’re not of a certain age, trust us, it was like that. That was before PayPal helped make sending money easy, instantaneous, and secure. Signing up for an account with PayPal, a platform with over 400 million active customer accounts,1 is a great way to send and receive money, and it’s
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Paul W.S. Anderson teases the structure of his House of the Dead adaptation. Scream 7 finds even more space to squeeze people into its cast. Plus, Jack Quaid teases Hughie’s arc in The Boys‘ final season. To me, my spoilers! Scream 7 Deadline reports Michelle Randolph and Jimmy Tatro have joined the cast of Scream 7 in currently undisclosed roles. Halloween Store Variety also reports Simon Rex and Natalie Lind will star in Halloween Store, a horror-comedy from producer Keenan Thompson follow
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Ready for a serious smartwatch upgrade? The Garmin Epix Gen 2 packs tons of great features into a rugged yet stylish package. Its stunning 1.3″ AMOLED display offers exceptional readability in any lighting, while the sapphire crystal and titanium construction on select models ensure durability for outdoor adventures. With built-in mapping, comprehensive fitness tracking, and impressive battery life, it’s designed for everyone from casual athletes to serious outdoor enthusiasts. If you’ve been ey
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Don’t get too comfortable with the look of your iPhone app screen with the latest iOS 18 update. One of our most reliable sources for Apple rumors and leaks said the next iPhone update won’t just offer users a way to tint their app icons, like iOS 18 offered. Apple reportedly aims to rework how you use and navigate the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Strangely enough, the new design will supposedly take cues from the red-headed stepchild of Apple’s hardware lineup, the Vision Pro. Apple could show off t
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Photography has become my most consistent creative practice outside of writing. I've used my cameras for astrophotography with varying levels of success. The main issue I faced was a total lack of tools to track the motion of stars during the long exposures. Astrophotography is hard but it doesn't need to be. I've captured roughly 50,000 images in the 18 years since I bought my first digital camera, a Fujifilm FinePix S700. These days, I take most of my photos on a Google Pixel 8 Pro. Recently,
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Increasing fiber in your diet might not seem like something enjoyable for most people. Fiber comes in the form of grains, fruits and vegetables. And if one or more of these foods tend to be hard for you to enjoy or eat, it's probably something you don't prioritize. However, fiber is essential to a healthy diet as it keeps you fuller, provides regular bowel movements and can even help prevent certain diseases like colorectal cancer. Unfortunately, only 5% of the US population consumes the recomm
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7.2 /10 SCORE CNET Score With five-plus years of mattress testing experience, we use our different sleeping position and body type perspectives to offer well-rounded, honest reviews. Read more on How we test Our Verdict Our Verdict Best for: Back sleeper Combo sleeper Side sleeper Stomach sleeper Score Breakdown Performance 8 /10 Policies 8 /10 Durability 8.5 /10 Features 8 /10 Pros and Cons Pros Tri-Zone coils give you targeted support Nolah AirFoam offers great pressure relief Excellent motion
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See at Disney Plus Carries the Moana films Disney Plus See at Disney Plus See more details How far will you go for more Moana? If the distance of a streaming app appeals more than a theater, we now know when the sequel to the 2016 animated movie debuts on Disney Plus. Originally planned as a TV series, Moana 2 follows its Polynesian heroine on a new adventure three years after the first film. Auli'i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson reprise their voice roles as the titular chief's daughter and the d
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8.8 / 10 SCORE Apple MacBook Air M4 (13-inch, 2025) $999 at Best Buy Pros Big performance gains from M1, Intel MacBook Airs Great design, features Support for two external displays simultaneously with MacBook display 12-megapixel Center Stage camera Cons 256GB SSD might fill up fast Expensive upgrades What continues to amaze me about the M-series MacBook Airs is that they crank out high-level performance and long battery life, yet the body is completely fanless. What's even more incredible
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Even three years later, AMD's high-end X3D-series processors still aren't a thing that most people need to spend extra money on—under all but a handful of circumstances, your GPU will be the limiting factor when you're running games, and few non-game apps benefit from the extra 64MB chunk of L3 cache that is the processors' calling card. They've been a reasonably popular way for people with old AM4 motherboards to extend the life of their gaming PCs, but for AM5 builds, a regular Zen 4 or Zen 5
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A year ago, we called the M3 version of the MacBook Air "just about as good as laptops get." The "as good as laptops get" part was about the qualitative experience of using the laptop, which was (and is) good-enough-to-great at just about everything a general-purpose laptop needs to be able to do. The "just about" part was mainly about the cost because to be happy with it long-term, it was a good idea for just about everybody to spend an extra $200 upgrading it from 8GB to 16GB of RAM. Apple al
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Elon Musk is now claiming that bad actors in Ukraine are behind an alleged cyberattack that caused outages on his social media platform X on Monday. In an interview, Musk told Fox Business that he believes the attack came from "IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area." Musk admitted that "we don't know exactly what happened"—nodding as his comments were characterized as a suspicion and discussing no evidence—but alleged that the attackers were trying to take down the entire X platform. A
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Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Our guide to the best TV shows on Netflix is updated weekly to help you know which series you should move to the top of your queue. They aren’t all surefire winners—we love a good less-than-obvious gem—but they’re all worth your time, trust us. Feel like you’ve already watched everything on this list that you want to see? Try our guide to the best movies on Netflix for more options. And if you’ve already comple
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i've been devoted to the MacBook Air since 2012, when I bought my first one with money I saved up from my summer job before my first semester of college (you can read more about that journey here). As someone always working on the go, I've always been drawn to how lightweight it is. When Apple revamped it back in 2022 with a new design, bigger and brighter display, MagSafe support, and a 1080p webcam, I was thrilled—this was my dream MacBook come to life. But as I said in last year's review, th
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The social network X suffered intermittent outages on Monday, a situation owner Elon Musk attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” Musk said in an initial X post that the attack was perpetrated by “either a large, coordinated group and/or a country.” In a post on Telegram, a pro-Palestinian group known as “Dark Storm Team” took credit for the attacks within a few hours. Later on Monday, though, Musk claimed in an interview on Fox Business Network that the attacks had come from Ukrainian IP address
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is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Apple rarely offers you more for less, especially in its most popular products with the broadest appeal. It has perfected the measured, iterative year-over-year product cycle. But for the 13- and 15-inch M4 MacBook Airs, Apple has put new chips in its established design while shoring up the device’s biggest flaws and dropping the price
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is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. It’s no secret that AMD has been dominating in PC gaming CPU performance, but you always had to make a difficult choice between Intel and AMD if you used your gaming PC for professional workloads as well. With AMD’s $699 Ryzen 9 9950X3D, you don’t need to choose: AMD now has the best CPU for both gaming and creator tasks. With double the cores of the $479 Ryzen 7 9800X3D, the
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is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Although original estimates set the cost of the Las Vegas Sphere at $1.2 billion, Sphere Entertainment eventually spent around $2.3 billion to build the interactive venue. As the company looks to expand to other cities, it’s also looking to scale down the venue, making it more affordable to build and operate. Sphere Entertainment is currently wo
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Medical devices, wearables — we are all familiar with them. But are they linked in any way to the healthcare system and the databases that are supposed to keep us healthy? The answer in most cases is no, they are not. Vital, which is rebranding to “Junction”, provides a single API to integrate wearables and lab services, making lab testing easier and creating better healthcare outcomes. It’s now raised $18 million in a Series A funding round led by Creandum, a European VC. A few other companies
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