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Ubuntu 24.04: This great new Linux distro isn’t just fast – it’s a fortress

phototrip/Getty Images First things first. There really is such a thing as a numbat. It’s a pocket-sized marsupial anteater (see above). And now, it’s also the mascot for Canonical‘s latest Linux distro, Ubuntu 24.04. I’ve been running Noble Numbat on my 2020 vintage Dell Precision 3451. This PC originally came with Ubuntu 20.04 and is powered […]

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AI just helped us find out where Plato is buried – here’s how

Italian National Research Council Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating new discoveries across industries, from video production to medicine — and now, it’s expanding what we know about antiquity.  On Tuesday, researchers at the University of Pisa in Italy announced that they have successfully used AI to decipher a papyrus scroll found in Herculaneum, a town near […]

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I’m a fan of Marshall speakers, but I didn’t expect its $100 headphones to sound this good

Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Marshall Major IV headphones are available now on Amazon for $100 (retails for $150). These headphones deliver powerful sound, with bass and treble to spare and smooth, subtle mids, and can last for days on a single charge. Note that there’s no active noise cancellation, but you really won’t […]

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Overwhelmed? 6 ways to stop small stresses at work from becoming big problems

akinbostanci/Getty Images Modern professionals have busy workloads and juggling all these demands is tough, especially when unexpected challenges appear on the horizon. Research suggests more than half (57%) of IT managers have to manage more incidents than they can handle. Also: 5 ways to manage your time more effectively at work If you don’t manage […]

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Decades of Garry’s Mod Nintendo Uploads Are Disappearing

For the past few months, Nintendo-related content has been disappearing from Garry’s Mod, the physics-based sandbox game and modding platform beloved by Steam players. The source of the takedown requests presents a worst-case scenario for the community; rather than coming from copyright trolls, the takedowns are coming from Nintendo itself, according to creator Garry Newman […]