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Getty Images / Andrii Dodonov Applying for jobs is hard work, but, before you get to that stage, you must figure out what roles to apply to. For many, this is challenging due to factors such as pivoting careers, returning to the workforce after years off, or unfamiliarity with the job-search process. Google has launched […] More

“Today, I don’t know anybody who can say they know what artificial intelligence is going to bring us in five years, let alone one year or two years,” says Henry Samueli, a pioneer in digital modem technology and recipient of the IEEE’s 2025 Medal of Honor. Tiernan Ray/ZDNETIn the early days of the consumer internet, most access was via a dial-up modem, a device hooked up to a phone line that transmitted requests for web pages via squeaks and squawks like someone yelling into the line.Also: Microsoft’s quantum chip Majarona 1 is a few qubits shortThat primitive connectivity was dramatically altered by the advent of the digital broadband cable modem, a device that helped turn chip-maker Broadcom into a huge public company. Equivalent to a lifetime achievement awardOn Thursday in New York, Henry Samueli, 70, was honored with the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award in computing for having developed those innovations and founding Broadcom in 1991 with partner Henry T. Nicholas III.The $2 million prize was awarded by the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a public charity founded in 1884 that is the largest professional society for engineers globally, with half a million members.The IEEE’s CEO, Kathleen Kramer, introduced Samueli, saying his “vision and technological innovations spurred the development of communications products used by nearly every person.” (The formal award celebrates Samueli’s “advances in developing and commercializing analog and mixed-signal communications systems circuits.”) Also: OpenAI’s o3 isn’t AGI yet but it just did something no other AI has done”Fasten your seat belts because the world is changing at a pace now that we have never seen before,” said Samueli in a fireside chat with Kramer on Thursday, as well as past IEEE CEO Ray Liu and IEEE COO Sophia Muirhead. “When I finished my college career and was entering the engineering profession as a researcher in semiconductors and communications,” recalled Samueli, “we had so-called Moore’s Law … every two years, the capability of chips would double. At least it was predictable.”Today, I don’t know anybody who can say they know what artificial intelligence is going to bring us in five years, let alone one year or two years.” More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The DT Research tablet is built as rugged as it gets, with IP65, MIL-STD-810H, and MIL-STD-461G certifications. The choice of Intel Core i5 and i7 processors offers flexibility when buying the system. The tablet is big and rather chunky, far larger than a traditional iPad. –> Let’s face it: Your average […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways I tested a 20-in-1 gadget cleaning tool, which is available from Amazon for $13. The kit is compact, the components are all quality items that can be reused many times, and the kit contains a variety of brushes and cleaners. A larger container for lens cleaning fluid would have been useful. […] More

CFOTO/Contributor/Getty Images Chinese startup DeepSeek AI and its open-source language models took over the news cycle this week. Besides being comparable to models like Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s o1, the models have raised several concerns about data privacy, security, and Chinese-government-enforced censorship within their training.  AI search platform Perplexity and AI assistant You.com have found […] More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETApple this week launched one big thing and removed five smaller things in the process. With the unveiling of the new iPhone 16e More

Jason Hiner/ZDNETThe latest US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have put Apple at a bit of a crossroads. With multiple tariffs impacting countries worldwide, including a 10% charge on all imports from China, electronics makers like Apple will soon have to decide if they’ll take the brunt of the damage or redirect it to end consumers by increasing the price of goods. That includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more.Also: Apple launches $599 iPhone 16e: Best features, specs, and everything else to knowSome manufacturers, like Acer, have already suggested that upcoming laptops may cost up to 10% more than last year. According to Wamsi Mohan, an analyst at Bank of America, Apple may follow a similar path, raising the prices across its product portfolio in order to keep its balance sheets in the green and investors satisfied. More

Prakhar Khanna/ZDNETHuawei unveiled the world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate, in its home country late last year. We weren’t holding out hope for a global release, but it’s finally coming outside China after receiving a record number of preorders — even before the pricing was announced. Also: I tested Oppo’s Find N5 for a week – here’s why it’s a near-perfect foldable phoneThe Huawei Mate XT Ultimate pushes the boundaries of what you can expect from a phone by fitting a 10.2-inch screen inside your pocket — all in a slimmer form factor than more recent foldable phones. I’ve spent 24 hours with the tri-fold phone, and here’s what makes it better than any other book-style foldable on the market right now.The design itself is a technological marvel More