I am sitting in the sweltering Nevada heat watching a man struggle to lift a bar over his head. If the man manages to do it, he will win $250,000. The man is Boady Santavy — a two-time Olympic weight-lifting contestant from Canada — and he has muscles that look culled from the Marvel Cinematic Universe:…

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways FaceTime video messages work like voicemail for missed video calls. Live Voicemail lets you leave audio messages from FaceTime audio. Missed FaceTime messages appear in the recipient’s call history. My editor told me the other day that…

Adam Breeden/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Most TV ports go unnoticed once everything is plugged in — except perhaps HDMI and USB. But for advanced users, the RS-232 serial port can be a powerful tool for fine-tuned home theater and smart device control. Also: I found 7 low-cost ways…

Alexandr Iakimov via Shutterstock Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Quantum is almost here, but organizations are not ready. Experts urge moving from 128-bit to 256-bit encryption ASAP. Another looming issue: quantum skills. Quantum computing is making our future brighter. Quantum computing is making our future more perilous. In the spirit…

dem10/ iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Perplexity Bumblebee is an open-source developer security program. Bumblebee doesn’t require AI or a subscription. The program aims to spot problems on programmers’ laptops.  If you’re a programmer, you’re painfully aware that there’s been a…

Elyse Betters Picaro/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. AI labs are shipping new models nonstop. Besides being better and faster than their predecessors, however, every new model isn’t guaranteed to be a major step change, despite how the company’s PR may wax poetic about them. Model strengths really emerge in context: Where…

pros and cons Pros Comfortable Detailed sound Stylish and practical Cons Expensive Weak battery life Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. To commemorate a decade of acclaimed flagship over-ear headphones, Sony released a special-edition version, aptly named 1000X The Collexion. Sony looks back from 2016 to now, and its 1000X-series headphones went from…

Allison Murray/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET key takeaways You can protect your data and pipeline during a CRM switch. There are five best practices to follow when migrating to a new CRM. A lot of time goes into the migration, but done right, it’s worth the peace of mind. Switching…

Artie Beaty/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways You have a few options for Android Auto weather apps. The two main options provide much deeper info than the default. MyRadar has one extra feature that makes it my top pick. Android Auto has a fairly deep roster of useful apps…

ExpressVPN / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways ExpressVPN says it has passed 27 independent security audits. Cure53 audited ExpressMailGuard and Identity Defender. Here’s how ExpressVPN’s audit record compares with rivals. ExpressVPN has announced the completion of 27 independent security audits, with two…