Google Home vs. Sonos Era 100: I used both smart speakers, here's what I recommend

With the new Google Home Speaker hitting store shelves, you may wonder if the Sonos Era 100 is still the best choice. [...]

15 things people believed were true for centuries — and turned out to be completely wrong

These historical beliefs about science, medicine, and the universe stood unquestioned for centuries until new evidence proved every single one wrong [...]

Audi bet its future on EVs. Now it’s selling America a V8 with cupholders.

Audi spent years betting its future on electric cars. Its new flagship for America runs on a V8, with big cupholders and a ChatGPT assistant. The German brand unveiled the Q9 this week. It is a full-s [...]

Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play

Google's new API relies on parents to set age ranges in Family Link. [...]

Yet more qubit tech: New quantum dot options, diamond vacancies

Companies are making sure we have a surplus of options for building qubits. [...]

ZDNET readers are skeptical of a foldable iPhone in 2026. Here's what they think instead

We asked ZDNET readers to predict the iPhone 18 specs for a chance to win a new Apple Watch. Hot takes welcome. [...]

Enterprise AI agents can't talk to each other, can't be trusted with permissions, and can't be audited — 5 startups are already fixing that

Enterprise AI agents can do the work — but the infrastructure to let them talk to each other, prove they should be trusted, and be audited when something goes wrong is still being built.Here's [...]

The US government's robot ban also includes vacuums

Robots apparently don't need to be bipedal to be caught up in the FCC's new foreign-made robot ban. [...]

What 'mAh' means for your phone's battery, and why I focus on another metric instead

New smartphones boast batteries with higher-than-ever mAh numbers, but it's actually a small factor in how long the battery lasts. [...]