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    This Motorola Razr deal at Best Buy is the top offer I’ve seen on the flip phone

    Clicks Last month, Motorola unveiled three new Razr flip phones, including a first-ever ‘Ultra’ model that ZDNET’s smartphone expert Kerry Wan says is “feature-packed, fashionably styled, and unsurprisingly expensive.”  The new Razr models, which start at $799, are finally available for preorder in the US at retailers like Best Buy<!–>, Amazon–>, and Motorola<!–>. The devices will […] More

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    This premium Lenovo laptop is nearly checks all the boxes for me – including battery life

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition is on sale for about $1,512. It’s a lightweight laptop with a solid battery life and vibrant OLED display that is perfect for work and entertainment. However, its lightweight nature extends to its hardware, too, since it isn’t a particularly powerful computer. more buying […] More

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    Meet two Apple Swift Student Challenge champs building apps that solve real-world problems

    Jason Hiner/ZDNETCoding skills can be applied to tackle real-world problems. Apple’s Swift Student Challenge supports the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs who want to get involved. Rising to the challenge Apple’s Swift Student Challenge invites students around the globe, as young as 13, to embrace their coding skills and use Swift — the coding language for all Apple platforms — to create an app playground that tackles a real-world problem of their choosing. “It’s really a way for people around the world, people with different experiences, different backgrounds, different ages, to be able to really showcase their passion, their creativity, and their coding skills in a way that’s really relevant for them,” said Susan Prescott, Apple’s VP of developer relations, education, and enterprise. Also: The most popular programming languages (and what that even means)Out of thousands of global applicants, 350 students are selected as winners. The prize? More development opportunities, including a one-year membership in the Apple Developer Program and a pair of AirPods Max. Apple then selects 50 distinguished winners whose work has risen to the top of the applications. These 50 students earn a visit to Cupertino for WWDC. Conor Ebeling and Tamera Middlebrooks, whose coding projects were dedicated to helping people with disabilities, are among the distinguished winners. ZDNET spoke to Ebeling and Middlebrooks to learn more about their apps, journeys, experiences, and advice. Here’s what they said. More

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    This $1,200 PTZ camera is a glorified webcam, but it gave my creator workflow a big boost

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Obsbot Tail 2 PTZR is a $1,200 rotating camera that’s ideal for conferences and livestreams. It features great build quality and AI tracking that actually works. The price doesn’t make it the most accessible camera on the market, and its auto-leveling option feels excessive. –> When it comes to the […] More

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    Don’t sleep on this TCL TV in 2025: This new Mini LED model gives OLED a close fight

    <!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The TCL QM7K (65-inch) is on sale at Amazon for $1,286. It has exceptional contrast and superb glare resistance, plus AI features and gaming boosts. The setup process for this beautiful-looking TV is tedious. more buying choices Recently, I took a look at this year’s base-level Mini-LED set from TCL, the […] More

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    Why smart businesses use AI to offload tasks and supercharge their teams

    piranka/Getty Images AI agent deployments will grow 327% during the next two years. Chief human resources officers (CHROs) plan to expand their digital labor in the next two years, investing in AI agents to increase productivity, according to the latest Salesforce global research.  By 2030, 80% of CHROs believe most companies will have humans and […] More