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    The 15 best Cyber Monday iPad deals still available

    Cyber Monday has come to an end, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the deals are over, especially now that we are in the thick of the holiday shopping season. We’ve been keeping tabs on all the best Cyber Monday iPad deals still available, so you can snag that last-minute discount. Be sure to scope these top deals before checking out online. Also: The best Cyber Monday deals still liveOur favorite Cyber Monday iPad deals still liveApple iPad Pro 13-inch (7th gen) More

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    Google’s AI video generator rolls out in private preview. Here’s who can access

    Google Despite being late to the image generation space, Google’s Imagen models have proven highly competitive, even powering ZDNET’s overall top pick for best image generator. Now, the company is expanding into text-to-video generation and making its model Veo available to Google Cloud customers.  Also: Google’s new AI tool lets you make chess as weird as […] More

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    You can test all the best Linux distros right in your web browser with this site

    Jack Wallen/ZDNETWan to give Linux a try but don’t have the spare hardware or aren’t familiar enough with virtual machines to give it a go?What if I told you there was a website that allows you to test one of many Linux distributions without having to install anything at all? You could try Ubuntu, Zorin OS, Solu, SparkyLinux, Tails, Ubuntu Studio, Slackware, RebornOS, Peppermint OS, Pop!_OS, Porteus Linux, Puppy Linux, PureOS, Manjaro, OpenSUSE, Kubuntu, Gentoo Linux, Bodhi Linux, Garuda Linux, KDE Neon, and so many more.Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learnThe site in question is called DistroSea, and it allows you to test drive Linux from within your web browser. How it worksDistroSea uses a distribution ISO and a script from the Quickemu project to boot the OS. Once started, it uses a web-based VNC client to connect to the distribution so you can interact with the operating system from within your browser as if the OS was installed locally.You don’t actually see any of this happening, nor do you have to do anything besides select the distribution you want to try, select the version of the distribution (such as GNOME or KDE). Once you’ve selected your distribution and version, you will be informed if there’s a wait time (I was in position 8 when I started with a 1-minute wait time. You can click Start at any time, but your distribution won’t open until the wait time has passed. More