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From data lakes to data swamps and back again. Data reliability, as in transactional support, is one of the pain-points keeping organizations from getting the most out of their data lakes. Delta Lake is here to address this.
The high-profile failures of the 737 Max and the Galaxy Fold highlight the extraordinary complexity that goes into producing and delivering even the most simple of products. What makes a product anyway? And what makes a product go bad?
A complex set of considerations will have informed the UK's decision-making around 5G.
Enterprise mixed reality glasses are going to get a big boost from 5G speed.
A new study from UC Davis is examining whether VR can help kids with ADHD navigate the world.
Wing is the first drone delivery company to receive air carrier certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Smart cities are expected to streamline communications, improve the lives of citizens, and save energy and money. This ebook offers a comprehensive look at how and where smart city technologies are working—and...
As a result of widespread corporate surveillance, a new industry is set to emerge that will allow us to avoid giving up our privacy: The anti-surveillance economy.
Samsung's Galaxy Fold screen issue drama continues to play out, but there are too many unknowns to shelve the device for good.
How IoT and artificial intelligence helps craft brewers achieve perfect suds.
Country's government agencies identify 121 job roles in banking, asset management, and insurance that they believe will be necessary in future when the financial sector sees increased adoption of data analytics and automation.
The wireless carrier, which now owns HBO, has shown the power of marrying its popular content with leading-edge entertainment tech.
The browser wars may not be as important as they once were, but Microsoft's adoption of Chromium could help it return from the Edge of irrelevance.
Could 95 percent of self-driving car projects using lidar be heading down the wrong path?
AI could save a Japanese manufacturing sector imperiled by a staggering labor crunch.
Wishful thinking, maybe, but according to a recent survey there's broad support for voice technology over tactile interfaces.
Looking to buy a premium vape? Want to find more information about a particular strain? Interested in automating your grow operation? You've come to the right place. We've rounded up the best of the best -- devices that help you consume marijuana and even systems that help you grow it. There's something here for everyone, from weed enthusiasts to dispensary shop owners.
All it takes is a single click to carry out a whole raft of basic maintenance tasks on your Mac with the new and updated CleanMyMac X. Updated to include a handy new feature called Space Lens.
From Ansible to Vagrant, we take a look at 23 coding and DevOps tools with curious origin stories and strange-sounding names. Want to know the etymology of your favorite software? Browse this.
Facts and figures from the past month in technology news.
The tech history books are littered with the corpses of products that died on the vine. But there's a special sort of gadget or technology that on the face of it looks like it has what it takes to take the world by storm, only to fall flat on its face.
If you have a 3D printer and some green filament, now is the time to get printing. Here is a series of great (and wacky) 3D prints you can download and produce. Just follow the rainbow.
Looking to ditch your cable package? Here are the absolute best alternatives -- whether you want to watch specific shows and movies on demand, stream live TV, or get access to archived libraries from specific networks.
Many tech products are introduced with great fanfare and excitement. Customers flock to buy them, even sometimes standing in line for hours. But some products, and in particular, features, just don't inspire the same kind of buzz. In this gallery, we'll look at a bunch of features that inspired more "why" than "wow," but proved to be beloved by ZDNet's contributors and editors.
Between all the 5G devices and foldable phones, it might seem like nearly everything announced at MWC 2019 is too futuristic to purchase soon. In reality, many of these new gadgets are already available to pre-order or will launch later this year. Here's the best tech we've spotted on the show floor that's releasing in 2019.
Samsung gave its foldable phone an official name and revealed when you can buy it. (Warning: It isn't cheap.)
Here is Samsung's latest flagship range, in all its glory.
It's no fun when lovers play mind games, but there's no shortage of ways to celebrate one's love of old video games, not to mention other tech products carrying brands that once flamed out
With Valentine's Day around the corner, ZDNet's contributors and editors were reminded of all the technology they were infatuated with, either in their past or present, as well as anything that might've left them bitter and broken-hearted.
If your partner or friend is tech-obsessed, we've rounded some cool items we think they'll love this Valentine's Day.
Crowdfunding offers products such as smartwatches, smartphone accessories, and smart printers. Backing them, however, may not always be a smart move. Whether it be to malice, or incompetence on the part of creators, gadget lust is simply sometimes unrequited.
The late Prof. Andrew Tallon finished the painstaking work of laser scanning Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, creating rich raw data that could potentially help in reconstruction efforts. Read more: https://zd.net/2Dwe3YF
PayPal engineers are working on a novel approach to detecting and stopping ransomware attacks. Read more: https://zd.net/2UAFPsT
Salesforce's Kathy Baxter discusses the future of automation and AI.
ZDNet's Tiernan Ray tells Karen Roby about what Google's DeepMind is doing to improve AI and how humans may play a bigger role in determining success from failure than initially thought. Read more: https://zd.net/2VYP0oj
TechRepublic's Karen Roby asks ZDNet's Steve Ranger his opinion on the decline of tablets while smart speakers steadily climb in popularity. Read more: https://zd.net/2vbfAPk
Kathy Klotz-Guest, speaker, author, and business comedian, tells Tonya Hall about the importance of ensuring and checking for bias in algorithms.
ZDNet's Tonya Hall talks to Annie Harper Drake, founder at Equal Reality, about ways to reach more trainees through VR than with traditional training methods.
TechRepublic's Karen Roby and ZDNet's Greg Nichols talk about a recent survey that finds a surprising number of consumers believe that keyboards are on a downward spiral and voice technology is looking to claim its spot.
Tablet sales are in gradual decline as smart speakers continue to rocket ahead, according to analyst predictions.
Google will give open-source data vendors that offer their software on Google Cloud a share of the proceeds. It's a good move, and a good thing. But there's more than meets the eye here. Read more: https://zd.net/2XjJ5KJ
FLIR identified drones as a platform pairing for its sensing technology. Now it's going shopping. Read more: https://zd.net/2Dg0a0w
Marcy Boyle, CEO at Hot Bit VR, talks with Tonya Hall about the improvements to VR shopping, along with the benefits that 5G and new headsets will bring.
A new 'Brextension' delays the UK leaving the European Union until October. But the continued uncertainty around Brexit is leaving many in the technology industry confused, frustrated - and losing out on business.
Diane Wang, lead user experience designer for AR/VR at Google, tells Tonya Hall about the process and benefits of transforming AR/VR to a multi-user experience.
After a recent blunder regarding the AirPower wireless charger, ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes talks with TechRepublic's Karen Roby about the level that Apple consumers trust the tech giant. Read more: https://zd.net/2D9uB8P
The Lenovo M57 eco is a small form-factor desktop that is promoted by the company as energy efficient. We found it to be a capable and powerful office performer for its size, but with limited upgrade options.
Western digital has released a range of hard drives purporting to save up to 40 percent in power consumption over comparable drives. We found the drives not only lived up to promised efficiency, but also were competitively priced.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 is the best tool available for dictating text and commanding a Web browser by voice, despite the gradual adjustments needed to conform to your personal manner of speaking.
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