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    Millions of Comcast internet users just got a big speed upgrade – for free

    nadla/Getty Images If you’re a Comcast internet customer, there’s a good chance you just received an upgrade at no cost. The company announced today that it has improved internet speeds for both Xfinity products and NOW prepaid products — for more than 20 million customers in all.  Up to 100% faster The new upload speeds will […] More

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    What’s the best tiling window manager for a Linux beginner?

    ZDNETA tiling window manager can be a wonder of productivity and efficiency. Click to open an app, and the window manager will place that app in the best possible location on your desktop. Say you click the Firefox icon with nothing on your display. A tiling window manager will automatically open a maximized Firefox window, such that it takes up the entire screen. Then, you might want to open Spotify, at which point the window manager will move Firefox to the left side of the screen, and Spotify will take up the right half. Open a terminal window, and it might split the right side of the display with Spotify.When you want to navigate from app to app, move a window, etc., you use keyboard shortcuts. Also: This fun tiling window manager may be rough around the edges – but it has big potentialAnd that, my friends, is the complexity of tiling window managers: you have to learn a lot of keyboard shortcuts. On top of that, some tiling window managers require you to configure things via a text file. Instead of having System Settings for the desktop, it’s all done manually. That’s another complication you don’t want, especially when you’re just learning the ropes of tiling window managers. The best tiling manager for beginnersLet’s start with the most popular tiling window manager: i3. I’ve used i3, and it’s pretty amazing in its efficiency and speed. i3 is also not very user-friendly. In fact, I would never recommend i3 for someone who’s only just become curious about this type of desktop interface. I can only imagine someone new to tiling window managers hopping onto i3, spending about five minutes, and giving up. Also: The best old-school Linux window managers that still hold upThat would be a shame, especially when there’s a tiling window manager option that is much better suited for those who’ve never experienced this type of desktop. Drumroll, please. It’s Pop!_OS. More

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    4 expert security tips for navigating AI-powered cyber threats

    ebrublue10/Getty Images Cybercriminals are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI) across every attack phase. Large language models (LLMs) craft hyper-personalized phishing emails by scraping targets’ social media profiles and professional networks. Generative adversarial networks (GAN) produce deepfake audio and video to bypass multi-factor authentication. Automated tools like WormGPT enable script kiddies to launch polymorphic malware that evolves […] More