June Wan/ZDNET ‘Tis the season. No, not the one with all the songs and decorations. This is the season with all the new goodies…new iPhones, that is. Every fall for more than a decade, we’ve marked the changing of the seasons with the annual migration (physically or virtually) of the Apple faithful to Cupertino. This… Continue reading The case for keeping your old iPhone
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I had a nightmare about Apple’s iPhone 14 Dynamic Island (so I contacted Apple)
Lovely. Unless it tumbles into the wrong hands. Apple Admit it, you were surprised. If you’re of an Apple-leaning persuasion, that is. Apple’s designers and engineers looked at the most ungainly, ugly part of the iPhone screen and turned it into a swan swooping toward you with glorious, effortless elegance. Also: iPhone 14 Pro makes… Continue reading I had a nightmare about Apple’s iPhone 14 Dynamic Island (so I contacted Apple)
iPhone 14 Pro innovation scorecard: The homeruns and the strikeouts
[embedded content] Apple’s flagship product launch of 2022 is in the books and our hands have now clasped the iPhone 14 Pro. How does it measure up this year? Let’s talk about the best — and the most important — innovations in the new iPhones. Let’s also talk about what we didn’t get, and what… Continue reading iPhone 14 Pro innovation scorecard: The homeruns and the strikeouts
How to take care and get the most from your very expensive e-bike battery
E-bike batteries, such as this Bosch PowerTube 625, are expensive if you need to buy a replacement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Lots of people are buying e-bikes. They are becoming popular, not only as modes of transportation, but also for fitness and leisure (yes, an e-bike can help you get fit and stay fit!). Featured reviews But… Continue reading How to take care and get the most from your very expensive e-bike battery
How to manage SSH connections on MacOS with Termius
iStockphoto/Getty Images I deal with a lot of remote servers, most of which I access via Secure Shell (SSH). How I manage those connections depends on the operating system I use. If I’m on Linux, most often I simply default to the command line interface and make use of SSH’s config file (where I can… Continue reading How to manage SSH connections on MacOS with Termius
This AI system will completely change your experience at sporting events
Image: Evolv Have you ever gone to a sporting event and spent what seems like an eternity just trying to get in? Security technologies can slow lines down to a grinding halt, and they’re not always effective – your necklace, keys and belt may set the metal detector off, while weapons can still get through.… Continue reading This AI system will completely change your experience at sporting events
Don’t you wish your earbuds could clean themselves? These can
Pros Fantastic audio quality Spatial audio with Dolby head tracking IPX4 water resistance Bacteria killing light Multi-device and multi-point pairing Cons Expensive ANC is subtle Call performance isn’t the best Over the past couple of years, I’ve tried a number of LG Tone Free earbuds, each succeeding model with slightly improved features. The new LG… Continue reading Don’t you wish your earbuds could clean themselves? These can
SpaceX Starlink now reaches all seven continents as it tests polar service
Image: Getty Images SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband is now available across Earth’s seven continents after a test of its service in Antarctica. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it was testing Starlink’s “polar service” at McMurdo Station, the largest station on Antarctica which serves as a logistics hub for the NSF-managed US Antarctic Program… Continue reading SpaceX Starlink now reaches all seven continents as it tests polar service
Ambient computing has arrived: Here’s what it looks like, in my house
Viaframe / GettyImages In September 1991, Scientific American published an article by Mark Weiser, the then head of Xerox’s PARC computer science laboratory, entitled ‘The Computer for the 21st Century‘. In that piece he discussed his ideas for a computing infrastructure that would disappear into the background, calling it “ubiquitous computing”. Special Feature Weiser’s ubiquitous… Continue reading Ambient computing has arrived: Here’s what it looks like, in my house
Remote working: Red Hat tells staff they don’t have to return to the office
Image: Getty Images/d3sign Enterprise Linux heavyweight Red Hat will its nearly 20,000-strong workforce choose whether or not to come back into the office. Red Hat chief people officer Jennifer Dudeck said in a blog post the maker of the enterprise Linux platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux is going for an “office-flex” model where it allows… Continue reading Remote working: Red Hat tells staff they don’t have to return to the office