Cloud vs. Local: What’s the Best for Security Camera Footage? (2025)
Whether you want to keep tabs on your kids, package deliveries, or pets when you’re away from home, security cameras and video doorbells are an affordable and easy way to…
11 Best Computer Speakers (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Other Computer Speakers We Tested There are tons of computer speakers on the market, and many of the ones we tested are perfectly fine but don’t deserve a spot above…
Best Kids Backpacks, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Matching sets are amazing, especially if you have multiple kids. My daughter’s things are purple, and my son’s are green, and it helps me to never mix up who likes…
What’s Your Curl Type? (2025)
Like, for instance, how to brush them. My mother has straight hair and didn’t quite understand how to deal with my curls when I was a child, so she would…
Lisa Su Runs AMD—and Is Out for Nvidia’s Blood
While everyone else has been talking about Nvidia’s GPUs, Lisa Su has discreetly turned AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages, she’s at the center…
Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic
An image from the study illustrating how plastic bottles reach Latin American Pacific coasts. Illustration: Garcés-Ordóñez et al. (2025) (CC BY 4.0) The scientists found that, like other marine debris,…
TDK backs Ultraviolette with $21M to take India-made electric motorcycles global
Two months ago, Indian electric motorcycle startup Ultraviolette expanded into 10 European countries. Now, fueled with $21 million in an all-equity round led by the corporate venture arm of Japanese…
The Matter 1.4.2 update has the smart home upgrades you didn’t know you needed
Maria Diaz/ZDNET The smart home world is gearing up for the Matter 1.5 update this fall, but the CSA just announced a 1.4.2 update as a precursor to prepare the…
Newegg Promo Code: 10% Off August 2025
Listen up, nerds. Newegg currently has promo codes and deals on gently used, refurbished, new and hard-to-find electronics, gaming products and more. Remaining one of the biggest online-only retailers in…
I went hands-on with ChatGPT Codex and the vibe was not good – here’s what happened
Aleksandra Konoplia/Getty Images ZDNET’s key takeaways ChatGPT Codex wrote code and saved me time. It also created a serious bug, but it was able to recover. Codex is still based…