Most people worry about deepfakes – and overestimate their ability to spot them

Research shows voters around the world are nervous about political deepfakes, with some country’s citizens being far more concerned than others.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 28th, 2024

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for July 28th, 2024, brings news about Linux Mint 22, NVIDIA 560 beta, Vanilla OS 2, Linux 6.11 RC, Qt Creator 14, VirtualBox 7.1 beta, as well as all the latest distro and software releases.
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Google Dropped a Planned 3rd-party Cookie Ban…Because of Course They Did!

We’re probably not going to find a solution to mass data mining by advertisers and others, as long as privacy issues are handled in a siloed manner by the individual platforms.
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How iOS 18 will impact your iPhone’s battery health – and what you can do about it

Bottom line: you can’t change the laws of physics.

Linux Csplit Command Explained for Beginners (6 Examples)

While working on the command line in Linux, you may find yourself in situations where-in you need to split a file into multiple parts. If you are already looking for a way to do this, or simply want to know how this can be done, you’ll be glad to know …

The best VPN services for iPhone in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

Looking for a new iPhone VPN? I’ve tried out iOS VPNs to help you find the best options for protecting your privacy, streaming content, and more.

How to Set Up Hestia Control Panel on Ubuntu and Debian

The post How to Set Up Hestia Control Panel on Ubuntu and Debian first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Hestia Control Panel (HestiaCP) is a free web hosting tool for Linux that offers both a web and command-line interface
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Vanilla OS: The Next Generation Secure Linux Distro

The post Vanilla OS: The Next Generation Secure Linux Distro first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .Vanilla OS is an emerging operating system designed to provide users with a simple, clean, and efficient computing experience. In
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7 Amazing Things You Can Do with a Linux Home Server

Your Linux home server is more capable than you think!

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 1081

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. This week in DistroWatch Weekly:
Review: SysLinuxOS 12.4
News: OpenBSD introduces hardware acceleration for video decoding, Slackware changes kernel naming format, Linux Mint publishes …

How to Enable Hardware Acceleration in Chromium Snap

Last May, Canonical announced that a hardware-accelerated version of the Chromium snap was available for testing on Intel (7th-gen and later) hardware. And that news was welcome – hardware acceleration + the modern web = good times. VP8, VP9, H.2…

Distribution Release: Vanilla OS 2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Vanilla OS team have annoiced the second release of their distribution, which carries the codename Orchid. Vanilla OS 2 drops the Ubuntu base in favour of Debian and strives to provi…

GNU Taler news: GNU Taler 0.12 released

We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler v0.12.

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.11 Release Candidate

Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 6.11 kernel series for public testing.
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Vanilla OS 2 Released, Based on Debian Sid + Android App Support

Looking for a sweet new Linux distro to try? Vanilla OS 2 ‘Orchid’ has been released. Compared to the first first release of Vanilla OS in 2023 a lot has…

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Vanilla OS 2 “Orchid” Released with Hybrid Debian Base, Here’s What’s New

Vanilla OS 2 “Orchid” is now available for download based on Debian GNU/Linux and powered by Linux kernel 6.9 and featuring the latest GNOME 46 desktop environment. Here’s what’s new!
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I tested the best laptop docking stations — here’s what I recommend for your office setup

Organize your workspace with our top picks for the best laptop docking stations available now.

You Can Now Upgrade Your Linux Mint 21.3 PC to Linux Mint 22, Here’s How

Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” users can now upgrade their installations to the Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” release. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to achieve that!
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Techniques for digital forensics and incident response

When it’s too late to stop an attack, the next urgent task is to find out what happened and assess the damage.

Ranked Programming Languages

A meme crowning assembly the top programming language leads to a look at machine and assembly languages.