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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you're a smart home user or on the path to becoming one, you've probably heard the buzzwords of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter thrown around by various manufacturers and even seen all three names printed on
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After a bunch of price increases, the M3 iPad Air stands out if you’re looking for the best tablet under $500. by Cameron Faulkner Jun 29, 2026, 5:49 PM UTC Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year
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SpaceX gains a vertically integrated rival as launch specialist adds global comms network Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal, potentially creating another challenger to SpaceX and Amazon for vertically integrated satellite broadband. Both Rocket Lab and Iridium's boards unanimously agreed
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OS PLATFORMS Polished Mandriva descendant still makes room for PCs the 64-bit world has left behind Mageia 10 marks 15 years since the distribution's first release in June 2011. The project began the previous year as a fork of Mandriva, itself formerly known as Mandrake Linux. We last
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* Germany vs Paraguay Kick-Off time: Monday, June 29 | 9.30pm BST / 4.30pm ET / 6.30am AEST (Tue) * Watch free on BBC (UK) / SBS (AUS) / CazéTV's YouTube (Brazil) * Unlock your free streams with Norton VPN (60-day money back guarantee) Germany face South American opposition for the second game
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Just eight months after launching its commercial service, AI leaderboard provider Arena, which originated as a research project at UC Berkeley in 2023, has reached $100 million in annualized run-rate revenue. Arena is best known for its popular crowdsourced AI model performance leaderboard, generated from over 10 million user evaluations.
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For those unaware, Microsoft once faked an installation error for Windows 3.1 if a user was trying to install it atop DR DOS, and the story is spreading quickly as a pertinent reminder of the ruthless ambition during the early days of the personal computer boom. The death of
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The battery lasts 4.5 hours, which is an improvement over previous iterations. LG just announced the standalone StanbyME 2 Max touchscreen display. This 32-inch screen offers 4K visuals and around 4.5 hours of battery life, meaning you can move it around the home or office without it being
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Lead story - AI context and real-time organizational truth - hot topics and bones of contention My AI research breakdown was intended to provoke a response, and it did: Why context isn't enough - AI agents need real-time organizational truth. Most of the pushback was of the best
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YouTube's subscription hub expands with this latest addition. Fans who want an ad-free Peacock Premium Plus subscription to watch Love Island USA , Copa Mundial, Bravo's reality hits and more can now sign up through YouTube, the NBCUniversal-owned streamer announced on Monday. The platform joins a lineup
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In a media environment that's seen a surge in mergers and acquisitions, Comcast plans to divide into two businesses. The company announced on Monday that it plans to split its media and entertainment brand from its telecom business. NBCUniversal and Sky will spin off as a separate, independent
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Manually processing paper-based forms remains a significant cost in the healthcare industry. Despite advancements in data extraction of scanned documents and images, human oversight is usually still needed. Entry error by the individual creating the form or lower-confidence extractions from the digitization still must be remediated. In this post, we
