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Also: The best laptops: Does Apple take the Crown? With its Gram refresh timed to coincide with the upcoming CES 2021 virtual exhibit, LG chooses further refinement over any major redesigns. After all, Gram laptops are highly thought of in their market segment, as our own review of the Gram 17 details a few months ago. While ZDNet’s Sandra Vogel praised its design, display, and battery life, she was disappointed in its slightly sluggish performance....

Nvidia’s collaboration with AT&T will focus on developing 5G technical innovations to improve the gaming experience. Engineering teams from both companies are working together to optimize things like latency and minimize packet loss across the network. They’re not unveiling any specific developments at this point but plan to work together through the year. In the meantime, AT&T is also offering a six-month GeForce NOW Priority membership to customers with a 5G device on a 5G unlimited plan or another qualifying unlimited plan....

Also: CES 2023 tech you can actually buy now Companies have shown off everything from OLED gaming monitors and laptops to hearing aids and even a smart stand mixer. I’ve combed through hundreds of press releases, live streams, and news blurbs to put together a list of everything available for pre-order so you don’t have to chase down links yourself. You can keep reading below to see which brands have tech ready to buy....

The generative AI chatbot, which was released in November by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, is capable of generating well-composed and convincing answers to questions about numerous subjects, including writing code to solve programming questions and writing essays – so long as the question is about something that happened before 2021. Also: What is ChatGPT and why does it matter? Here’s what you need to know ChatGPT can’t access the internet to search for answers and its knowledge base doesn’t include any event that occurred after 2021....

The phone you choose will depend on your gift recipient. Is the person a loyal Apple customer? Do they prefer Samsung’s lineup? Then the most pressing question of all – are there any deals happening that will make this purchase lighter on your wallet? We’ve put together this list for anyone struggling to find the right phone to gift or to find a phone that comfortably fits into their budget....

As globalisation softens, there will be less cost efficiency, less technology transfer, and less innovation. Ultimately, this will lead to less productivity growth, according to Ravi Menon, managing director of Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The head of Singapore’s central bank was during his keynote Tuesday at SuperReturn Asia Conference, where he discussed key uncertainties in the global economy today. Menon pointed to two major geopolitical tensions today between Europe and Russia as well as the US and China that were likely to persist over the medium term and lead to economic fragmentation....

Cisco initially rolled out Webex Calling in the US and Canada in December 2020. It’s now extending domestic calling coverage to the UK, bringing Cisco Calling Plans and Cloud Connected PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) to more than 65 countries. The PSTN – the worldwide circuit-switched telephone network – is an old but critical piece of any telephony and communications service. Cisco’s Cloud Connected PSTN is now directly integrated into its Control Hub, allowing customers to provision new numbers quickly and easily from IntelePeer....

The Colorado Privacy Act, which was signed into law on July 7 by Governor Jared Polis, gives consumers the right to ask companies not to sell their personal information while also giving them access to any data companies have about them. Consumers can also ask companies to delete their data, and the law forces enterprises to ask for consent to hold certain sensitive information like Social Security Numbers, drivers license numbers and more....

When it comes to IT work, results matter. The same holds true when you’re hunting for a career in information technology. You can’t land a job at high-paying tech firms without certification, and you can’t get certified if you don’t know the tech. Luckily, we have a five-part IT training bundle that can help you train for the job you want and the certification exams you’ll need to get noticed....

The March 2022 Subscriber Update includes some minor but useful options, including handy new functionality for working with multi-page layouts, easier ways to see design elements that have been shared with you through the Corel cloud, more export options and personalised contextual help to get you up to speed with all the features. There are also major improvements to photo editing, with new controls to simplify a range of adjustments that are now non-destructive and all have live previews, so you can easily try out effects to see what works without having to worry about edits that can’t be undone....

In Australia, the first that signalled its plans to enter the market was the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) when it announced in November it would begin offering customers the ability to buy, sell, and hold crypto assets through its mobile Commbank app. A pilot program of this feature is currently underway. Speaking to ZDNet, CBA head of blockchain and digital assets Sophie Gilder said the strategic move for the bank to roll out crypto services is being driven by the growing uptake of cryptocurrency by its customers....

Also: LG vs Samsung TV: Which brand should you buy? If you’re looking for vibrant displays with HDR with 4K resolution, you’re on the right track no matter which of the two you buy. However, there are several notable differences for each technology, like the contrast and color accuracy, which I’ve listed below. You should buy a Crystal UHD if… 1. You’re shopping with affordability in mind Samsung’s Crystal UHD televisions don’t boast as many features as its QLED models, but they’re noticeably more affordable....

Employers are already face something of a dilemma when it comes to cybersecurity in 2022. Not only is the number of attempted cyberattacks escalating worldwide, but employers face the added pressure of a tightening hiring market and record levels of resignations that are also affecting the tech industry. This battle for talent could hit cybersecurity particularly hard. According to a survey of more than 500 IT decision makers by threat intelligence company ThreatConnect, 50% of private sector businesses already have gaps in basic, technical IT security skills within their company....

Being added to the Astra portfolio, Astra Streaming will have multi-cloud support and, while offered for free (with upper limits) during the public beta, will eventually be priced on a pay as you go basis once the service enters general release. The underlying technology is based on Apache Pulsar, a publish/subscribe (PubSub) messaging that is often compared to the better-known Apache Kafka. And in fact, DataStax promises that the service will be compatible with Kafka via an existing wrapper; while not initially available during the beta, we expect that feature will go live with the production release....

Detailed colored images taken by the Ingenuity helicopter show a discarded parachute and a backshell located 1km away from Perseverance’s landing site. These pieces were part of the entry, descent and landing (EDL) hardware that was discarded onto the surface of the planet when Perseverance landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. A NASA blog post showed that the debris findings did not stop there. After the parachute and backshell were identified, other smaller pieces of the EDL hardware were spotted on the planet....

I’m rather pleased about that. This trip was 100% leisure, so I wanted to go as lightweight and simple as possible. There was going to be a lot of planes, trains, and automobiles, so I didn’t want to be weighed down like a beast of burden. But I wanted to take a drone with me. Initially, I’d planned on only taking one drone on my travels – the DJI Mini 2....

Friday, early morning Shenzhen time, DJI unveiled the latest version of the portable series, the Mavic 3, in the same folding design, now with a dual-camera system, faster motors, a 50% boost in flight time, and greater sensing capabilities. An alternative version, the Mavic 3 Cine edition, offers Apple ProRes 422 HQ encoding for richer video processing, and a 1 terabyte solid-state hard drive. The device is for sale starting immediately on the DJI Web site....

Recently, Soundcore, Anker’s audio consort, brought forward its campaign with the Sleep A10 earbuds. Hoping to stand out from the likes of Bose’s Sleep Buds II and QuietOn’s 3 buds, Soundcore engineered what may possibly be the smallest earbuds on the market, with the goal of an unobtrusive fit – even for side sleepers. While the buds don’t have active noise cancellation (ANC), opting for noise masking instead, they have features that will help you get a good night’s rest, and collect the data you need to make gradual improvements....

We took a few stabs at scanning in books. We even bought a paper guillotine, chopped off the spines of some her craft books, and ran them through one of the ScanSnaps’ auto document feeders. Why would we want to scan all our books? Well, they take up an enormous amount of space. We are both avid readers and love books, but there are practical limits. As time goes on, we keep getting more and more books, but our space doesn’t expand at the same pace....

I had hopes that any Facebook reorganization would be to ditch the advertising revenues in favor of a subscription model. Facebook wouldn’t have to collect so much data, and it shouldn’t need to sell its users’ activities to third-parties constantly. Instead, it could protect its users from all that tracking and just make sure the servers are up for a reasonable subscription fee. With its current advertising-based business Facebook’s fundamental dilemma is that it cannot claim to be on the side of its users....