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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. At first glance, the 2026 HP OmniBook Ultra 14 might remind you of the MacBook Air, but it's anything but a toned-down version of something more Pro. I recently tested the OmniBook Ultra 14, and it's
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Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images July 2, 2026 09:30 AM ET The temporary organization behind the Department of Government Efficiency sunsets on July 4, but the real closeout question is what, exactly, is ending and what public record is left behind? * DOGE Washington creates plenty of initiatives that
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* Meta Compute could see the company sell off its excess compute * The company expects to spend $125-145 billion on AI and data centers this year * SpaceX recently struck up two very lucrative deals to sell compute to Anthropic, Google Cloud Meta is reportedly looking at selling the compute capacity it
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The writing is on the wall and it says we are entering a new era of gaming where physical media gets left behind. For the most part, we have already seen it on PC where digital platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store dominate the landscape, and Sony this week
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Astronomers have grumbled about satellite megaconstellations for years, and those complaints date all the way back to the first bright strings of Starlink satellites streaking across telescope images in 2020. A new study from the European Southern Observatory suggests the grumbling is about to become a full-blown crisis. Current filings
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Financial disclosures from 2025 show he purchased stocks in Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA and Meta. The New York Times has delved deep into Donald Trump's financial disclosures from the first year of his second presidential term. Without a doubt, it was the most personally profitable period of any president&
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HDMI excels for media consumption, while PC gamers prefer DisplayPort. While setting up a new PC monitor, you'll often find two different video cables in the box. One, a pinched trapezoid shape, connects the monitor to a video source over HDMI. The other, with a connector that looks
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The Shark ChillPill is on sale for the first time since its launch in March, and it couldn't have come at a better time with heatwaves popping up around the country. Right now, you can get the Shark ChillPill at Amazon for $129.99 (was $149.99). The
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In Brief 6:20 AM PDT · July 2, 2026 Tesla delivered more than 480,000 vehicles in the second quarter of this year, an increase of more than 120,000 from the first quarter, in a sign that the company is still able to attract new buyers for its EVs
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Traditionally, an audit independently examines records, processes and controls to verify compliance and assess financial and operational integrity. In the modern world, such an approach should extend to the software development lifecycle (SDLC) – especially in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) or large language model (LLM)-assisted code. Chief Information
