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    The Samsung phone I recommend to most people is not a flagship model (and it’s still on sale)

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways Samsung’s Galaxy A35 5G is a well-rounded smartphone for $313 (currently $87 off) You’ll love the two-day battery life, amazing screen quality, and four years of software updates The biggest issue? Performance tends to vary from day to day and can lead to overheating. more buying choices What’s the deal? Samsung’s […] More

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    Today’s AI ecosystem is unsustainable for most everyone but Nvidia, warns top scholar

    cagkansayin/Getty Images The economics of artificial intelligence are unsustainable for just about everyone other than GPU chip-maker Nvidia, and that poses a big problem for the new field’s continued development, according to a noted AI scholar.  Also: Gartner’s 2025 tech trends show how your business needs to adapt – and fast “The ecosystem is incredibly […] More

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    Qualcomm’s new chipset that will power flagship Android phones makes the iPhone seem outdated

    Kerry Wan/ZDNETBehind every new smartphone feature is a powerful chipset that brings it to life. With the industry shift toward on-device AI, a need for an even more advanced and capable system-on-a-chip (SoC) has emerged, and Qualcomm’s latest iteration aims to meet this. On Monday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the company unveiled its newest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claims is the most powerful and fastest processor in the world. The chip is the first of the flagship mobile platforms under the new “Elite” branding, highlighting its improved graphical performance.Also: I tested Meta’s limited edition Ray-Ban smart glasses, and they’re a near-perfect wearable for meThe new mobile platform is powered by a combination of a second-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU, Qualcomm Adreno GPU, and enhanced Qualcomm Hexagon NPU. The latter is integral for optimizing on-device AI tasks like image generation, text translation, etc. More

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    Gartner’s 2025 tech trends show how your business needs to adapt – and fast

    Nikada/Getty Images Every year around this time, well-regarded analyst group Gartner releases its list of top 10 strategic technology trends for the upcoming year. Last year, among the 10 trends it identified for 2024 was AI-augmented development, and we’ve certainly spent a lot of time here on ZDNET discussing AI and programming. Also: The best AI […] More

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    Lyft is giving voters 50% off rides for Election Day – how to get the discount

    Juj Winn/Getty Images The US presidential race is in full swing, but not everyone has equal access to the ballot box. With Election Day fast approaching, Lyft is trying to help. Last week, Lyft announced the launch of its Voting Access Program, the company’s “largest voting initiative,” to help millions of Americans get to the polls this […] More

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    How to schedule Linux commands – and when you should

    Manuel Breva Colmeiro/Getty Images Linux has many tricks up its sleeve, which helps make it one of the most powerful and flexible operating systems on the planet.  Take, for instance, the ability to schedule commands. Say you need to print something, but someone has been using the printer all morning and is showing no signs […] More