LG C6 vs. LG C5: Why the 2025 model is still the smarter OLED TV model buy for me

LG C6 vs. LG C5: Why the 2025 model is still the smarter OLED TV model buy for me

Manufacturer or Full Name/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. If you’ve been looking to upgrade your living room or home theater with a high-end OLED TV, LG is one of the top brands you can choose. With the release of the new C6 OLED, the brand continues to prove why it deserves…

How I disabled ‘fast startup’ on my Windows 11 laptop to stop overnight battery drain

How I disabled ‘fast startup’ on my Windows 11 laptop to stop overnight battery drain

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Sleep, hibernate, and shut down all behave differently.  Newer PCs support “Modern Standby”, a state that’s different from traditional sleep. Shutting down your computer may actually be faster than restarting it.  Have you ever put your laptop in your bag, only to…

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned bank executives for a meeting this week where they encouraged the executives to use Anthropic’s new Mythos model to detect vulnerabilities, according to Bloomberg.  Indeed, while JPMorgan Chase was the only bank listed as one of the initial partner organizations with access to the…

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

Apple plans to sell its first smart glasses in 2027, with a possible unveiling at the end of this year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Gurman has been reporting steadily on the evolution of the company’s smart glasses strategy, but now he has more details about how they’ll look — he said Apple is testing…

At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude

At the HumanX conference, everyone was talking about Claude

At the HumanX AI conference in San Francisco this week, thousands of techies descended upon the city’s Moscone Center, where discussion focused on the ways agentic AI is changing the business. Agents, which automate business and coding tasks, have begun to be deployed across industries — largely through enterprise and consumer-focused chatbots. Naturally, I wanted…

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Normally, I have an analysis and then a little bird (my insidery bits curated just for you)….

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier Bier wrote Saturday that “[a]ll aggregators had their payouts reduced to 60% this cycle” and said they’ll see another 20% reduction in the next pay cycle. He also…

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

From LLMs to hallucinations, here’s a simple guide to common AI terms

Artificial intelligence is a deep and convoluted world. The scientists who work in this field often rely on jargon and lingo to explain what they’re working on. As a result, we frequently have to use those technical terms in our coverage of the artificial intelligence industry. That’s why we thought it would be helpful to…

Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup

Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup

In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of stealth and shocked the car industry. Not only was this startup focused on making an ultra-cheap, customizable electric pickup truck with funding from Jeff Bezos, but it had also been operating in secret for three years in Troy, Michigan — the backyard of…

30 years later, I returned to Enlightenment Linux to test the Elive beta – and it’s much better

30 years later, I returned to Enlightenment Linux to test the Elive beta – and it’s much better

Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Elive has a new beta out, and it’s fantastic. Some of the announced features aren’t ready. You can test the beta now for free. There’s a lot to love about Linux, including its flexibility. No matter the distribution, you can tweak and…