Eliana Willis

SJVN/ZDNETI travel a lot for business. How much is a lot? Last year, I flew more than 70,000 miles and attended technical and business conferences in Hong Kong, Seoul, Seattle, San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, New York City, and Atlanta. Along the way, I earned  Diamond status on Delta, Platinum on Marriott Envoy, and Diamond on Hilton. I’ll travel at least that much this coming year.Also: CES 2025: The 13 most impressive products so farWhen you do this kind of business travel, you soon realize that besides watching your airline and hotel points carefully, you need to carry exactly what you need in your laptop bag — and not one thing more.Here’s what’s in my kit and alternatives, depending on exactly what I’ll be doing on any given trip.Laptop bagHeritage Travelware 16-inch Laptop Portfolio More

Accenture/ZDNETResearch from 2025 finds that 77% of executives believe unlocking the true benefits of AI will only be possible when it is built on a foundation of trust, according to the Accenture Technology Vision 2025 report.The Accenture Technology Vision 2025 explores how the future is being shaped by AI-powered autonomy. As adoption of AI accelerates across all businesses and society at a rate faster than any prior technology, 69% of executives believe AI brings new urgency to reinvention and how technology systems and the processes it enables are designed, built, and operated. The ripple effect of AI and its impact will be felt across multiple dimensions, including technology development, customer experience, the physical world, and the workforce. Also: AI agents might be the new workforce, but they still need a managerAccenture identifies four key emerging trends in AI, autonomy, and trust, focused on the following: what happens when AI acts autonomously at the center of enterprise technology, speaks on behalf of your brand, inhabits robotic bodies, and collaborates on behalf of employees.The Binary Big Bang: When AI expands exponentially, systems are upended – As generative AI becomes central to enterprise tech, development costs plummet, new systems abound, and digital agents gain autonomy — transforming applications as we know them.Your Face, in the Future: Differentiating when every interface looks the same – AI agents can personalize customer interactions at scale, but brands must protect their unique voice to avoid becoming generic.When LLMs Get Their Bodies: How foundation models reinvent robotics – Robots with embedded LLMs have generalist versatility, enabling them to take on new tasks in human spaces beyond today’s highly programmed use cases.The New Learning Loop: How people and AI are defining a virtuous cycle of learning, leading, and creating – When generative AI is diffused through an organization, every employee has the full power of their organization behind them, which expands the autonomy of both people and AI over time. More

ZDNETA new year means a fresh focus on IT investments. Tech analyst Gartner predicts worldwide IT spending will hit $5.74 trillion in 2025, an increase of 9.3% from 2024. The analyst says explorations into generative AI (Gen AI) will help drive this rise.How to use ChatGPT to write: Resumes | Excel formulas | Essays | Cover letters Most of us will have dabbled with Gen AI by now. Whether polishing text, creating photos, or generating code, the technology’s capabilities can feel like magic.You got to prove your hypothesisHowever, James Fleming, CIO at the Francis Crick Institute, is one digital leader who isn’t letting his organization get carried away by the hype.He told ZDNET that using emerging technologies to power revolutionary scientific discoveries isn’t straightforward. This challenge means the rise of Gen AI has not led to a major shift in working methods at his world-leading research organization.Also: Your AI transformation depends on these 5 business tactics”Doing scientific AI, as opposed to creating publicly available large language models, is quite a different discipline. You’re operating in a tightly bounded scientific world where you’ve got to prove your hypothesis,” he said.”It’s not good enough to say that you’ve thrown a model out there that’s almost right. Most of the time, it’s got to be exactly right under certain conditions. And you’ve got to demonstrate that you’re basing your work on a fundamental understanding.” More

Reolink Home security cam company Reolink has announced the launch of its new 16-megapixel Wi-Fi camera at CES 2025 and a series of battery-powered models designed for 24/7 continuous recording on a single charge. Also: CES 2025: The 12 most impressive products so far Elevating UHD surveillance to 16MP As the latest addition to Reolink’s 16MP series, the […] More

Believe it or not, that tiny little box below the display will be the world’s most powerful desktop computer.  Nvidia What’s making the headlines at CES 2025 are AI-powered TVs, new smart home gadgets, and fresh laptop releases. For my money, though, the big news from CES is Nvidia Project Digits. This revolutionary desktop AI supercomputer […] More

Kerry Wan/ZDNETThe Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is in full swing in Las Vegas. Every year, hundreds of tech brands come to Las Vegas to promote or pitch their wild, impractical, or innovative tech products to the media. There’s plenty of intriguing tech, like a spoon that uses electrical currents to make your food saltier or a charger that fully replenishes your phone’s battery in seconds. However, for every 50 gimmicky products revealed at the show, one standout tech could change how we work and live. Also: The best tech we’ve seen at CES so far From earbuds that help you focus to software that automatically sends your heart health data to a cardiologist, I’m rounding up the most noteworthy wearable tech of CES so far. Keep reading for the full list, and check back for updates as the show continues during the week.1. Smart ring sizing goes digital  More

TCL unveiled the latest iteration of their flagship LED TV, the QM6K, which features an updated QD-Mini LED panel for sharper contrast, more lifelike colors, and a brighter picture overall. With both Dolby Atmos and DTS Virtual:X audio, you’ll get room-filling virtual surround sound without having to set up extra equipment. And if you’re a console gamer, you’ll love the 144Hz refresh rate, auto low-latency mode, and support for AMD FreeSync Premium Pro VRR. More