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2023-01-26 10:51:38 www.zdnet.com d3sign/Getty Images You’re probably using Windows 11 with either a local account or a Microsoft account.  Either way, maybe you want to change the username associated with your account.  No problem.  The process …

2023-01-26 08:08:34 www.zdnet.com Image: Luis Alvarez/Getty Microsoft-owned GitHub says it now has more than 100 million developers using the code-hosting service to contribute to software projects.  GitHub’s user numbers are up from 73 million in 2021 …

2023-01-26 05:54:29 www.zdnet.com Image: Microsoft Microsoft is working on a new split-screen feature that lets Edge fans on macOS and Windows split an open window into two tabs for a side-by-side comparison of content.  The new …

2023-01-25 18:07:51 www.zdnet.com Tesla’s long-awaited Cybertruck “remains on track to begin production later this year at Gigafactory Texas,” the electric vehicle company promised Wednesday, in its latest quarterly financial report.  The assurance comes after years of …

2023-01-25 14:42:00 www.zdnet.com If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance that you’re using Google Chrome. The browser is used to display some three-quarters of all web traffic. Take a moment to look at how many …

2023-01-25 10:00:41 www.zdnet.com Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Tuesday night, on Microsoft’s fiscal second-quarter earnings conference call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Satya Nadella offered perhaps his broadest vision to date about what the company’s investment …

2023-01-25 06:08:59 www.zdnet.com Image: Apple Apple has once again released a patch for a likely critical flaw affecting the iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and older iPads — models for which it rarely provides security.     …

2023-01-25 05:37:33 www.zdnet.com Lenovo With so many of us working from home now on a permanent basis, it’s worth investing in the right kit to stay productive.  We’ve found a monitor, geared toward professionals, that is …

2023-01-24 20:11:00 www.zdnet.com LG If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to snag a quality OLED TV for your home theater or living room, you can save $1,300 on the 83-inch LG C2 right now …

2023-01-24 20:11:00 www.zdnet.com LG If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to snag a quality OLED TV for your home theater or living room, you can save $1,300 on the 83-inch LG C2 right now …

2023-01-24 08:30:16 www.zdnet.com Oscar Wong/Getty If you think that any slump in the economy that occurs over the coming year will translate to a slump in technology workloads, think again.  In a new survey (PDF) from Accenture, …

2023-01-24 15:01:12 www.zdnet.com insta_photos/Shutterstock Git is the most widely used version control system on the market. It’s huge and used by developers around the globe.  And it’s used not just as a version control system, but …

2023-01-24 13:24:24 www.zdnet.com Jason Cipriani/ZDNET Apple just released HomePodOS 16.3 alongside iOS and iPadOS 16.3. Most HomePod updates are fairly mundane, with various improvements and optimizations. However, this update turns on a chip that’s been inside …

2023-01-24 11:10:28 www.zdnet.com Image: Apple Back in the day, there used to be a lot of debate about which operating system was better. Linux, Windows, and MacOS all had their staunch fans. But over the years, …

2023-01-24 08:39:09 www.zdnet.com Image: Apple A couple of readers got in touch with me the other day wondering why a satellite icon and the words SOS suddenly appeared on their iPhones, in the status bar at …

2023-01-23 14:40:00 www.zdnet.com Jason Hiner/ZDNET Apple on Monday released several software updates for nearly its entire suite of hardware.  The updates don’t include many new features, but they do include support for using Security Keys to …

2023-01-23 15:38:00 www.zdnet.com iStockphoto/Getty Images I cannot even count the number of Debian-based Linux distributions there are on the market. But when you whittle that list down to those that are both productive and game-ready, the …

2023-01-24 02:58:18 www.zdnet.com Walmart If your existing laptop is on its last legs and you are in dire need of an upgrade, we’ve found a deal at Walmart for a robust device with impressive display capabilities …

2023-01-23 17:17:16 www.zdnet.com Target As Super Bowl Sunday quickly approaches, millions of people around the globe gather around their TVs to watch the big game, eat some great food, and catch up with friends. This year, …

2023-01-23 19:47:00 www.zdnet.com When Apple’s highly-anticipated AR/VR headset hits the market, it will deliver some unique design elements and capabilities that will set it apart from rival offerings, according to a detailed report from Bloomberg.  Unlike …

2023-01-23 19:47:53 www.zdnet.com When Apple’s highly-anticipated AR/VR headset hits the market, it will deliver some unique design elements and capabilities that will set it apart from rival offerings, according to a detailed report from Bloomberg.  Unlike …

2023-01-23 17:36:52 www.zdnet.com Apple Apple’s iPad has come a long way since its debut back in 2010. Now there are the standard iPad, the lightweight iPad Air, the compact iPad Mini, and the most capable model, …

2023-01-23 15:56:00 www.zdnet.com Meta Chatting with your friends on Messenger can feel like a fun, safe space.  However, the threat of having someone breach your messages and read all of your private thoughts can be nerve …

2023-01-23 07:44:00 www.zdnet.com The Pixel 6 Pro with Android 12’s new weather and time widgets.  Jason Cipriani/ZDNet If you’re an Android smartphone user, you’re in good company. It is estimated that Android makes up approximately 70% …

2023-01-23 11:14:49 www.zdnet.com Barbara Treutlein, left, and Patrick Cahan, guest editors of the prestigious journal Stem Cell Reports, posed questions about computational systems biology to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Sometimes the answers the program gave were inaccurate, but …

2023-01-23 08:28:00 www.zdnet.com Getty Images / Science & Society Picture Library To celebrate the 40th birthday of the Apple Lisa computer, the Computer History Museum (CHM) has released the source code for the first graphical user …

2023-01-23 08:05:38 www.zdnet.com Why hasn’t the public seen programs like ChatGPT from Meta or from Google? “The answer is, Google and Meta both have a lot to lose by putting out systems that make stuff up,” …

2023-01-22 08:00:16 www.zdnet.com It’s all going to be fine. Image: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/Getty Images I was ready to forgive Southwest. Not that the airline had done anything especially bad to me, but when I saw Southwest’s initial …

2023-01-22 07:00:16 www.zdnet.com Guillaume/Getty Images It’s a revolution. more Technically Incorrect That’s what we’re being led to believe. OpenAI’s ChatGPT will soon replace Google I hear, and, who knows, perhaps even baseball managers and the government. …

2023-01-20 08:09:00 www.zdnet.com Image: Shutterstock / Gorodenkoff After seven years of Windows 10, Microsoft is this month discontinuing sales of some Windows 10 downloads.   Also: Microsoft just added this ‘top requested feature’ to Windows 11 January …

2023-01-20 10:02:26 www.zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET No matter whether you use an Android smartphone or an iPhone, chances are that it has a built-in hotspot feature that allows you to share your internet connection with other devices. …

2023-01-20 08:01:37 www.zdnet.com Microsoft is testing a new feature for Notepad that lets users work on and manage multiple tabs at once.  Tabs for Notepad is a top requested feature from users according to Microsoft, and …

2023-01-20 05:48:21 www.zdnet.com Image: Getty/John Rensten Sharing Netflix accounts beyond your household is about to come to an end as the streaming giant says it will be rolling out paid sharing options to more regions soon.  …