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There are a ton of advantages of having a smaller tablet–it’s more portable, charges faster, and is often way less costly than larger options. The display sizes of small tablets can range from six to 10 inches. Despite the size, many still offer long battery life, fast performance, vibrant displays, and plenty of customizable features. Our top picks include the iPad Mini (7th gen) and other best small Android tablets like the Boox Tab Mini C or cheap small tablets. What is the best small tablet right now?Based on our extensive hands-on testing with various tablets of all sizes, our pick for the best small tablet is the iPad Mini (7th gen) More

dlewis33/Getty Images Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients through the stages of the ER. Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University wrote recently […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways NixOS is an open-source operating system that is available to install and use for free. It offers several desktop environments to choose from, is as rock-solid as any OS on the market, and performs quite well. However, there’s a fairly steep learning curve for installing non-free software. –> Before we get […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways After a 10-year hiatus, Dynebolic is back and can be downloaded and used for free. Dynebolic has everything you need for multimedia creation and runs as a live instance, so it’s portable and doesn’t make any changes to your default operating system. You’ll need an external drive to save your work, […] More

<!–> ZDNET’s key takeaways The Withings Scanwatch Nova is available for pre-order now, starting at $599. It’s an elegant smartwatch with a one-month battery, water resistance up to 10ATM, and various health-tracking metrics. A $10/month subscription is required for some advanced metrics, and the watch is only available in one 42mm diameter. –> Healthy heart […] More

Meta/ZDNETFacebook is rolling out a new stories monetization option that enables creators to earn money for views on public stories. The announcement explains that creators can earn money from the content they’re already sharing by uploading it to their Facebook stories. The new monetization option is now available globally to those participating in the Facebook Content Monetization program.How Facebook story payouts workA Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch that “story payouts will be driven by content performance, and creators can start earning money without reaching a specific threshold for views.” For example, creators can share snippets or reels of them doing everyday activities and earn “extra” money. Also: Meta’s Community Notes test begins next week — with X’s algorithmImportantly, creators who are part of the Facebook Content Monetization program and have already turned on content monetization don’t need to do anything to activate story monetization — just post. You must be a part of the program to earn revenue from stories.  Creators not part of the program can express interest by filling out the Facebook Content Monetization beta interest form through the program’s website.According to a blog post, “Facebook Content Monetization merges our In-stream ads, Ads on Reels, and Performance Bonus into one, making it simpler for you to earn from more content formats. Now you can join just one program and earn from your Reels, longer videos, photos, and text posts.” More

Indie Studios LLC/Getty Images I’ve been a network administrator and work from home, so I should have known better. But there I was — working my rump off on deadline — when my AT&T Internet Fiber connection went down. That was the end of my work for the day. The next day, it was back […] More

Matthew Miller/ZDNETI spent a couple of weeks with the OnePlus Watch 3 More