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    Google says easy email encryption is on the way – for some users

    Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Strong encryption is the foundation of just about every security and privacy-related feature in the modern computing landscape. Your smartphone is encrypted by default, so its contents are only available when you unlock it with biometrics or a PIN. Your Windows PC is encrypted with BitLocker, and your MacBook […] More

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    This Hisense 85-inch TV is still over $1,100 off on Amazon – and I highly recommend it

    Hisense/ZDNETThe TV launch season is here, and while the latest sets from Samsung, LG, and Sony will surely bring the appeal (and premium price tag), consider this Hisense model if you want both an immersively large screen and affordability. Following Amazon’s Spring Sale event, you can still save up to $1,100 on the brand’s flagship U8 series TV More

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    I’ve tried lots of AI image generators, and Nvidia and MIT’s is the one to beat for speed

    Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET via HARTSince the release of DALL-E in 2021, the first AI image-generating model to popularize the tech, much progress has been made in the AI text-to-image generator space with improved quality, speed, and prompt adherence. However, even the fastest image generators typically take a couple of seconds to create an image — except this one. Also: Apple’s AI doctor will be ready to see you next springHART, short for Hybrid Autoregressive Transformer, is an AI text-to-image generator developed by MIT, Nvidia, and Tsinghua University. It features unprecedented speed and generations with 3.1 to 5.9 times lower latency than state-of-the-art diffusion models. The key difference? How HART was trained. Without getting too technical, instead of using a diffusion model, which is the training method employed by most popular AI image generators, including OpenAI’s DALL-E and Google’s Imagen 3, HART is an autoregressive (AR) visual generation model, the same as OpenAI’s recently released GPT-4o image generator. More

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    The 140+ best Amazon Spring Sale tech deals live: Last hours to save

    <!–> Adam Breeden/ZDNET When does Amazon’s Spring Sale end? The 2025 Big Spring Sale ends Monday, March 31 (that’s today). However, as with most Amazon sales, we expect to see some lingering offers after the sale officially ends, as well as live offers from other retailers. We’ll keep you updated with all the best deals […] More