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    Non-cash transactions to hit 1.6T, with Asia leading adoption

    Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images More consumers worldwide are turning to digital payments, with the volume of non-cash transactions expected to hit 1.65 trillion this year.  Those in Asia-Pacific are leading the charge, accounting for 777.5 billion non-cash transactions, followed by 417.3 billion in Europe and 338.3 billion in North America, according to Capgemini Research Institute’s World […] More

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    Was your Social Security number leaked to the dark web? Here’s how to find out

    rob dobi/Getty Images You’ve likely never heard of National Public Data, the company that makes its money by collecting and selling access to your personal data to credit card companies, employers, and private investigators. It now appears that the hacker group USDoD snatched about 2.9 billion of its records. Odds are that your records — including, possibly, […] More

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    The rocky road to upgrading Ubuntu Linux 24.04

    Jack Wallen/ZDNETI like Ubuntu Linux 24.04 Long Term Support (LTS), aka Noble Numbat. It’s running well on my 2020-era Dell Precision 3451, which is powered by an Intel 8-core 3GHz i7-9700 CPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.Also: 10 things I always do after installing Linux – and why you should too With the release of Ubuntu 24.04.1, I was ready to recommend Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS) users update their systems. Fortunately, I didn’t write about it because I was mistaken. Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, temporarily paused upgrades from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to the latest release. Canonical explained in an email that critical bugs were affecting the upgrade process. Specifically, “The upgrade was disabled due to a critical bug in ubuntu-release-upgrader in the way it’s using the apt solver.” Whoops!This decision came just days after the first point release when Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS was made available, and upgrades were officially enabled.Double whoops!Also: 10 Linux keyboard shortcuts I depend on for maximum efficiencyThat’s important because most business Ubuntu users who upgrade their systems wait for the .1 releases to make their move. That’s because any bugs from the initial release have been found and fixed in the .1 edition. I’d expected this upgrade to be the biggest to date for Ubuntu. Not, mind you, that you need to upgrade. After all, Canonical offers 12 years of support for its LTS Ubuntu versions. That means, for example, you can still be running Ubuntu 24.04 in 2038. More

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    How to preorder the new iPhone 16 (and get one free)

    June Wan/ZDNETOn Monday, Apple announced the iPhone 16 lineup at the “It’s Glowtime” event in Cupertino, California. The new iPhones — the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max — are the first designed for Apple Intelligence. The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus More

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    Apple Intelligence arrives next month: 6 AI upgrades iPhone users can expect first

    Screenshot by Kayla Solino/ZDNETAt its “Glowtime” iPhone event on Monday, Apple confirmed that its AI-powered Apple Intelligence won’t be arriving until October. Though some people have been able to test a few upcoming features via the developer betas of iOS/iPadOS 18.1 and MacOS Sequoia 15.1, most Apple users will have to wait a few more weeks.Also: I went hands-on with Apple’s standard iPhone 16 and didn’t envy the Pro models at allEven then, you’ll need the right type of device. On the iPhone side, that means an iPhone 15 Pro More