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The perfect USB-C tester for your repair toolbox for just $16

MakerHawk Type-C USB-C meter tester. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Featured reviews If you’re thinking about taking your tech toolbox beyond screwdrivers and pry tools, then a tool that I recommend adding to your arsenal is a USB port tester.  And as ports are making the shift away from USB-A to USB-C, I recommend going for a USB-C… Continue reading The perfect USB-C tester for your repair toolbox for just $16

Huawei Mate 50 Pro review: The best smartphone you either can’t buy or probably won’t buy

Pros Smart design, solid build quality Excellent 120Hz OLED screen Innovative and very effective camera system High-end chipset delivers good performance IP68 dust/water resistance Cons No Google Mobile Services No 5G Durable Kunlun glass on Orange version only Expensive Huawei’s Mate smartphones regularly showcase cutting-edge design, build and features, and this year’s Mate 50 Pro… Continue reading Huawei Mate 50 Pro review: The best smartphone you either can’t buy or probably won’t buy

Headphones: A beginner’s guide to terminology and technology

Getty Images/iStockphoto Headphones are a category of electronics with two very different types of users. On one hand, you’ve got the buyer that settles for “decent” sound for their podcasts, music, videos, and phone calls. On the other, you’ve got enthusiasts and audiophiles that demand the best sound, carefully selecting headphones that optimize every aspect… Continue reading Headphones: A beginner’s guide to terminology and technology

United Airlines wants more of your money and it’ll tell you exactly why

NextNewMedia/Shutterstock Airfares have gone up lately. This doesn’t seem to have stopped people from booking flights and even choosing to pay more for a better class of seat. Well, those seats at the back really are the worst, aren’t they? And there’s no reason to believe they’ll get any better. Special Feature You’d think, then,… Continue reading United Airlines wants more of your money and it’ll tell you exactly why

Is your iPhone’s Always-On display keeping you up? Do this

Jason Hiner/ZDNET Readers seem to have a love and hate relationship with one of Apple’s newest features on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max — the Always-On display. Some owners love it, some hate it. And some owners love it, but their partners hate the fact that there’s a glowing iPhone on the nightstand… Continue reading Is your iPhone’s Always-On display keeping you up? Do this

AI startup Snorkel preps a new kind of expert for enterprise AI

Snorkel’s Data-centric Foundation Model Development suite will let a non-programmer use a text prompt with natural language queries to get a neural net to automatically label data. The output labels become a means to supervise the training of a downstream machine learning program, which might be a simple classifier. Snorkel In the last big upsurge… Continue reading AI startup Snorkel preps a new kind of expert for enterprise AI

NASA says Artemis SLS Moon rocket is good to go for next launch attempt

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Friday, November 11, 2022 Image: NASA NASA’s Artemis 1 mission management team have given the all clear for the giant Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to proceed with the next launch attempt… Continue reading NASA says Artemis SLS Moon rocket is good to go for next launch attempt

Lamzu Atlantis gaming mouse review: The most important discovery in ages

Pros Legitimately original shape that’s excellent for claw grip Incredible build quality for the weight Excellent sensor and switch performance Cons Inset charging port interferes with 3rd-party cables Mouse feet take a while to break in A little more pre-travel than I’d like For me, gaming mice can sometimes feel homogenous, like every shape’s been… Continue reading Lamzu Atlantis gaming mouse review: The most important discovery in ages

The 5 top USB-C laptop chargers of 2022

As laptops have shifted from proprietary chargers to USB-C chargers, it’s become easier than ever to pick up another charger for your laptop so that you’re never without power. ZDNET Recommends Most laptops come with a charger, and that charger is usually good enough for the job, but it can be very convenient to have… Continue reading The 5 top USB-C laptop chargers of 2022