Also: The best movies and shows to stream right now Of course, you can pick up most tablets to read a book, but not all tablets and e-readers are created equal. That’s why we’ve rounded up the best tablets for reading if you’re ready to dive into the next book on your list. Must read: The best e-readersThe best tabletsThe best cheap tabletsThe best large tablets It’s also waterproof (how many tablets can say that?...

We analyzed the market to bring you the best screen recording software for your needs, whether it is capturing that staff meeting or highlighting a new gaming technique. This is the best screen recording software of 2023. While you are on your computer, consider our top picks for 2022’s best gaming PC, best budget gaming laptop, and the best computer in 2022! Camtasia is a user-friendly screen recording software that includes a ton of video editing tools....

AirTags, however, aren’t the only tech travel gadget you should consider as a stowaway. There’s lots of tech out there that can save you space, battery, trip memories, and all three combined. To find the gadgets best suited for the job – and your luggage – I talked to travel experts and enthusiasts to see what they consider essential, and you should, too. With that, here are the top picks....

What! Me worry about quality! What would you do when you want to go for a holiday? Pack your luggage of course! So you start throwing in your toiletries, your clothing and many other personnel stuff. Before you know it, you realize that you have packed too much stuff into your luggage. Well, it’s either you repack your stuff or start trying to squeeze as much as you can into your luggage....

This means, of course, Canonical and Dell officially have been certified for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. So if you already have a current XPS 13 Plus, you can install Ubuntu 22.04 and automatically receive the same hardware-optimized experience that will ship with the new Developer Edition. Also: How to install Ubuntu Linux (It’s easy!) What this certification means is that all of XPS’s components have been tested to deliver the best possible experience out of the box....

But, when creating something new, only a few companies manage to strike the perfect balance of creativity, accessibility, and viability to solve the problems we face. With decades of experience covering the tech industry, the ZDNet team of subject-matter experts and analysts have spent the past year evaluating consumer products – hardware and software – to determine which ones achieve this balance of innovation. From folding displays that can seep underwater to sustainable smartphones, these are the tech products that we believe will pave the way for our technological future....

The Aegis Secure Key 3NXC was first introduced in July 2020 and was the only hardware-encrypted flash key that was compatible with USB-C without needing a USB-A to USB-C adapter. It built on Apricorn’s Secure Key 3z and Aegis Secure Key 3NX, taking the same proven form-factor and physical keypad but making it compatible with modern devices. Today, the drive received FIPS 140-2 level 3 validation (certification #3943) by NIST, certifying its use in industries and institutions such as healthcare, finance, and defense, and that it complies with the most stringent data security regulations....

As MIT robotics researcher Kate Darling shows in The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals about Our Future with Robots, this is not a trivial question. Robots don’t have emotions, but we do, and experience has already shown that we can bond closely even with inanimate objects despite knowing they can’t really return the attachment. As robots increasingly become part of our lives as devices, pets, assistants, and partners, how we adapt to their presence matters....

And as ports are making the shift away from USB-A to USB-C, I recommend going for a USB-C port tester. The MakerHawk Type-C USB-C meter tester can cover everything you can throw at it, which is why it’s become my test meter of choice for a whole host of applications. Also: Using the wrong USB-C cable can damage your tech. Here’s how to avoid that MakerHawk Type-C USB-C meter tester tech specs Voltage: 4-30VCurrent: 0-5ACapacity range: 0-999999mAhEnergy range: 0-999999mAhTimer: 0-99 hoursPower: 0-150WCharging resistance measurement: 0-999....

Phishing emails, malware and ransomware attacks, or getting your bank details, passwords and other personal information stolen – the internet has provided malicious hackers with a variety of new ways to make money and cause disruption. Just look, for example, at how critical infrastructure, schools and hospitals have been affected by cyberattacks. We’re yet to fully secure networks against today’s internet threats, yet technology is moving on already, bringing new threats that we must somehow prepare for....

Based on a preliminary analysis of critical business systems, LA Unified said employee healthcare and payroll services were not impacted, nor did the cyber incident impact schools’ safety and emergency mechanisms. The school district said it has benefitted from “an immediate and comprehensive response” from the federal government, including assistance from the White House, the Department of Education, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)....

According to NASA, the exoplanet “HIP 65426 b” is a gas giant that has no rocky surface and is the first planet Webb has taken an image of outside our solar system. HIP 65426 b is about 100 times farther from its host star than Earth is from the Sun. That makes it distant enough from its host star for Webb to separate the exoplanet from the star in the image, but it was still a technical feat to do so....

Prospect, a 150,000-member trade union for professionals working in technology, engineering, management, civil service and various other industries, said it was concerned that the increase in organizations using surveillance technologies to monitor workers was going unchecked and taking place without the consent of employees. According to data from a poll of more than 2,400 UK workers conducted by Opinium, 32% are now being monitored in some form by their employers – up from 24% in April 2021....

So when I learned Lego not only dipped into the adult market by designing Great Pyramids and even desk-worthy globes but by also dropping an actual $50 floral bouquet, I was smitten. I knew I had to get them. So I did. And I’ve had them in my apartment for a few months now. Needless to say: Im still obsessed with the Lego Flower Bouquet. The 756-piece set isn’t techy, but it adds a fun, technical planter to my space....

Overall, the salaries of US tech professionals grew 3.6% between 2019 and 2020, reaching an average of $97,859. This was despite many businesses tightening budgets in response to the financial pressures caused by the pandemic. The biggest salary increases between 2019 and 2020 were experienced by occupations that helped organisations process and interpret data, digitise their products and services, and generally keep businesses running safely and efficiently throughout COVID-19. SEE: Developers wanted: Companies are hiring, and these are skills they’re looking for This included professionals with skills in specialised technologies like cloud, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML)....

“Naver’s new headquarters serves as a test bed to explore technologies of the future, where 5G network and cloud play a central role,” Sangyoung Han, Executive Director at Naver Cloud Strategy and Planning at Naver Cloud, said in a statement. Naver and Samsung signed an agreement in March to jointly develop new private 5G networks business models and use cases. Private 5G networks give enterprises a way to bring secure and reliable connectivity to locations where they are running data-intensive applications....

Trend Micro researchers said on Tuesday that the cryptocurrency mining malware is now exploiting a recently-disclosed Atlassian Confluence remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, which was only made public in August this year. Tracked as CVE-2021-26084, the vulnerability impacts Confluence server versions 6.6.0, 6.13.0, 7.4.0, and 7.12.0. Issued a CVSS severity score of 9.8, the critical security flaw is an Object-Graph Navigation Language (ONGL) injection vulnerability that can be exploited to trigger RCE – and is known to be actively exploited in the wild....

There are no tuition fees, no classes and no teachers, and over the course of two years, students learn the skills they need to enter Estonia’s job market as full-stack developers. “We have to constantly explain how a school without classes can actually work,” says Karin Künnapas, the 34-year old co-headteacher of the brand-new Kood/Jõhvi computing school. “There is no similar school in Estonia.” Kood/Jõhvi is an initiative from members of the Estonian Founders Society, an organization set up to invigorate the local startup community and empower new startup founders....

Microsoft unveiled Loop at its Ignite conference for IT pros in November. Loop is partly a rebrand of its Fluid framework technologies but is now available as a standalone app called Microsoft Loop to assist with project management and collaboration. It can be used as an app itself or embedded within other apps, like Teams, Outlook, OneNote, and the Microsoft Whiteboard. SEE: Managers aren’t worried about keeping their IT workers happy....

Dubbed Yanluowang, the ransomware was uncovered by cybersecurity researchers in Broadcom Software’s Symantec Threat Hunter team while they were investigating an attempted cyberattack against a large undisclosed organization. While the attempted attack wasn’t successful, the investigation revealed a new form of ransomware. It also provided insight into how some cybercriminals are attempting to make attacks more effective – in this case, with the threat of additional attacks. See also: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report)....