The 5 best iPads for students of 2022

Specs: Screen size: 11-inch | Chip: M2 Chip | Weight: 1.03 pounds | Front camera: 12MP and 10MP UltraWide | Wi-Fi version: Wi-Fi 6E As many Apple fans know, the fruit-labeled brand has yet to release a touchscreen laptop — well, this iPad Pro almost changes that. While it isn’t technically a laptop, the M2 chip within this iPad can make it a replacement for your current […]

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LinkedIn has massively cut the time it takes to detect security threats. Here’s how it did it

Image: Getty Protecting against phishing, malware and other cyber threats is a difficult cybersecurity challenge for any organization — but when your business has over 20,000 employees and runs a service used by almost a billion people, the challenge is even tougher. But that’s precisely the challenge that’s facing LinkedIn: the world’s largest professional network […]

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There’s a long cold winter ahead for PC makers. That could be good news for PC buyers

Image: MoMo Productions/Getty Images PC shipments fell by 22% year-on-year to 12.8 million in Western Europe in the third quarter (Q3) 2022, according to tech analyst Canalys.  The decline was across notebooks, desktops, and workstations, but notebooks saw the biggest decline of 25% year-on-year to 10.4 million units as business spending waned, following a cooling […]

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OnePlus 11 drops ‘Pro’ branding and keeps the alert slider, company confirms

Image: OnePlus Chinese technology maker OnePlus has announced that its upcoming global launch event — where it will reveal the OnePlus 11 5G and Buds Pro 2 — will be held on February 7 in New Delhi, India.  The company shared with ZDNET a banner image of what looks like the rear triple-camera module of […]

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Video meetings don’t work, so can the metaverse do better? Here’s what I found

High fiving my way around the metaverse. I’m sitting in a beach-side office, chatting with business journalists and some of Meta’s technology experts. A few minutes earlier, I’d been with the same group looking out the window onto what looked like a futuristic version of San Francisco.  Welcome to the next-generation workplace — or at […]

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What is VPN split tunneling and should I be using it?

There are three main types of split tunneling: URL-based, app-based, and inverse URL-based split tunneling targets traffic being routed to specific URLs, encrypting only that traffic. This type of setup could be configured to encrypt all traffic directed toward your bank’s website, your office’s sign-in and HR pages, or your medical providers’ portal. Any traffic tied […]

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This is the ultimate use of your Apple Watch Ultra’s Action button

I’m already on the record saying the Apple Watch Ultra is one of my favorite Apple products in years. The long battery life, large display, and overall experience are unlike those of any other smartwatch I’ve used, let alone one from Apple.  But, I’ll admit, I’d been underutilizing all of the Ultra’s features.  On the […]

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The 13 best Chromebook holiday deals

Chromebooks may not be the most powerful laptops on the market, but they’re excellent options for students, casual home users, and mobile professionals. With Chrome OS, you can run Android apps, as well as access GSuite programs like Docs, Sheets, and Google Drive to save your projects automatically to the cloud.  And even though Chromebooks […]

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The Mystery of Nevada’s Ancient Reptilian Boneyard

Berlin, Nevada, is a treasure chest for paleontologists. Just down the road from now-abandoned gold and silver mines, a rockbound collection of bones hints at an even richer past. The Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park is teeming with dozens of fossils of ancient marine reptiles. That bone bed is so abundant and weird that researchers have been […]

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