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Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: I compared two of the best navigation apps - here's my pick
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1814+ words) I'll admit it: I'm a Google Maps person. I use it for driving, walking, looking up restaurants and businesses, checking out what a parking lot looks like, travel planning, and occasionally falling into a Street View rabbit hole that might…...
Re Markable Paper Pure vs. Amazon Kindle Scribe: I've written on both E Ink tablets - this one wins
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (991+ words) Re Markable just announced its new digital paper tablet for note-taking and sketching, called the Paper Pure. It comes to market at the same $399 starting price as one of its biggest competitors, Amazon's Kindle Scribe. If you've had your eye…...
Google's glasses game is near: What we expect from IO - Video
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (192+ words) Google's glasses game is near: What we expect from IO'ZDNET Google's glasses game is near: What we expect from IO A whole bunch of Google glasses are on their way this year. And guess what? We're probably going to hear…...
10 trillion downloads are crushing open-source repositories - here's what they're doing about it
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (488+ words) The world runs on open-source software. We all know that. But did you know that companies download over 10 trillion (that's trillion with a T) open-source code files every year? According to software security provider Sonatype, they do --and the file repository…...
Your Claude agents can 'dream' now - how Anthropic's new feature works
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (373+ words) AI agents seem to get new capabilities almost every day. Now, Anthropic says its agents can dream." Claude Managed Agents, which Anthropic released on April 8, lets anyone using the Claude Platform create and deploy AI agents. The suite of APIs…...
Google's AI Overviews will show you advice from other people now
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (447+ words) I often use Google's'AI Overviews'to get a summary of the information I need when I run a search. But the overview itself rarely provides enough details to fully answer my question. That's why I always consult the sources used to…...
Wix vs. Squarespace: I compared two of the top website builders, and this one wins
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1417+ words) I spent an entire afternoon building the exact same website on Wix and Squarespace. Same business, same goals, same afternoon. And within the first 10 minutes on each platform, I already knew which one I'd pick. Also: The best website builders…...
Fedora 44 made me forget I was using Linux - in the best way
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (785+ words) Ah, Fedora Linux. I've used, abused, tested, and loved it for a long, long time. With each iteration, this open-source operating system has improved on its previous outings, sometimes with small steps and other times with great strides. There have…...
What you'll pay for AI agents will be wildly variable and unpredictable
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (1378+ words) Among all the challenges of implementing agentic artificial intelligence, the least-understood issue is cost. The providers of AI, such as Open AI, Google, and Anthropic, have price lists, but none of those listed prices tell users what the final bill…...
The rise and risks of agent management platforms
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (928+ words) Enterprises worldwide have 28. 6 million active agents, a figure forecast to exceed 2. 2 billion by 2030, according to Statista. Also: These top 30 AI agents deliver a mix of functions and autonomy Agentic AI is transforming the nature of work in all industries. This…...