Month: September 2024

The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is a low-profile, elegant soundbar that’ll look good under any TV. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysThe Yamaha True X Bar 50A is available now, with surround speakers sold separately (and individually).The sound produced by these...

Save big on this lifetime Microsoft Office Pro 2021 and Windows 11 Pro bundle.  Kerry Wan/ZDNETIt doesn’t matter if you’re upgrading to a new laptop or just upgrading your existing system — access to Microsoft Office and Windows is a...

The speed of Redox OS is out of this world. Jack Wallen/ZDNETThis is a bit of a departure for me in the Linux distribution review area because Redox OS isn’t exactly a new Linux distribution. It’s an experimental, UNIX-like, general-purpose,...

MicrosoftSince its launch, Microsoft Copilot has proved a worthy ChatGPT competitor, even occasionally lapping OpenAI’s offering. However, as ChatGPT continued to advance, Copilot lagged — until now. On Monday, Microsoft held a live-streamed event titled “Microsoft 365 Copilot: Wave 2,” during...

Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesMicrosoft is putting a Copilot natural language frontend on its Python scripting language for Excel. Does that mean you can tap all the power of Excel analysis and macros with no programming knowledge? Also: Microsoft Copilot’s...

Kerry Wan/ZDNETOverall preorder demand for the iPhone 16 has taken a tumble compared to the iPhone 15. Looking at this past weekend’s results for the iPhone 16 lineup, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo found that preorder sales rang in at around...

Linux now has its own Blue Screen of Death Linux Kernel DevelopersVienna, Austria: Linus Torvalds and I are both in Vienna, which is being blasted by a storm. So, instead of looking at museums, I spent my time writing, and...