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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * AI traffic to websites grew by 66% in 2025, yet AI accounts for less than 0.15% of all visits. * Even if AI citations don't translate to direct traffic, the added exposure is
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An increasing number of people seem to agree the internet is terrible for children — allegedly addictive, destructive to self-esteem, possibly a portal to predators. Over the past year, several countries have started requiring stringent age verification or outright bans for minors. At the end of June in the US, the
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As enterprise AI systems evolve, the limiting factor is shifting. Model quality still matters, but it’s no longer the main issue holding systems back. Increasingly, what constrains performance, scalability, and cost is context. Large language models are now expected to support long conversations, multi step reasoning, and complex workflows
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* Early listings for the Pixel 11 series were spotted on Amazon * These include renders of the phones in various shades * Some of the listed specs would be a downgrade We’ve just seen perhaps the biggest Google Pixel 11 series leak yet, as listings for the Pixel 11, Pixel 11
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SonicWall recently released its 2026 Financial Services Protect Brief, a vertical-specific companion to the SonicWall 2026 Cyber Protect Report, revealing that financial services organizations face more cyberattack attempts per device than any other industry SonicWall tracks, more than double the cross-sector average, and that the sophistication and persistence of those
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Ask most people what Huawei sells and you will get smartphones, or 5G, or a decade of geopolitical argument. Almost nobody says solar inverters. Yet Huawei Digital Power Technology, the division that makes them, along with battery storage systems and electric-vehicle charging kit, booked 68.7bn yuan of revenue in
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London Tech Week’s focus on AI - from a £12 million investment in AI for SMEs to AI bootcamps for graduates and more - has reflected the pressure to compete in an AI-era. As this digital revolution progresses, the job economy is changing, but the mantra that AI is
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Governor Kathy Hochul just signed an executive order barring the state from approving data centers using 50MW or more. Kena Betancur/Getty Images New York has become the first US state to place a moratorium on the construction of data centers, The Washington Post reported. Governor Kathy Hochul signed an
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Wayland is dominating the recent news about FOSS GUIs – even dignified elder Xfce’s official support is getting close. However, X11 is very much not dead yet, and new developments keep appearing. Last week, Norwegian FOSS developer Geir Isene announced his all-new server for the venerable X11 display protocol. Its
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iQOO, the high-performance smartphone brand, is set to launch the iQOO Z11 Lite on July 24. Designed for college students who attend online lectures, use AI for assignments and note-taking, multitask every day, and need a durable smartphone with a bright display for outdoor use, the iQOO Z11 Lite combines
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JioHotstar and VDO.AI are enhancing real-time contextual advertising capabilities across their Connected TV (CTV) and OTT ecosystem, enabling brands to deliver more relevant and responsive advertising experiences. Through the integration of a ‘Creative Intelligence Layer’, creatives can adapt in real time to signals such as temperature, AQI, match scores
