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The Mabox desktop includes a Welcome app to help you acclimatise to the environment. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysMabox is a free, open-source operating system that is available to download and install on as many machines as you need.This user-friendly desktop operating system is beautiful, fast, and reliable.It might take new users a bit of time to retrain their mouse hand to use the right button to access the menu.Back in the early 2000s, I used to jump from window manager to window manager. I…

rlxOS is a beauty, but you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Jack Wallen/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysrlxOS is an immutable Linux distribution that is available now and shows real promise but has real issues.It offers a lovely take on Xfce and offers high performance for new and old hardware.Plagued by an SSL issue, it's very challenging (if not impossible) to install applications in its current state.rlxOS is immutable. For those who don't know, the idea behind an immutable operating system means the core of the…

According to the post that Elon Musk recently shared on X, his platform has the highest organic traffic among the biggest of Meta’s platforms. Worryingly though, it also has lower ad revenue compared to Meta’s offerings In a…

Nina Raemont/ZDNETZDNET's key takeaways The 1More's SonoFlow SE headphones. The SonoFlow SE differs from its predecessor, the 1More SonoFlowZDNET RECOMMENDS 1More SonoFlow SE headphones These budget-friendly headphones deliver strong sound quality and long playback times at an affordable $55 price tag.  The Sonoflow SE's sound quality is great, but its strength depends on your listening volume. For example, when I listened to Sampha's Suspended at a low volume while riding on the subway, the sound came out tinny…

Researchers have published the results of a clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of an immunotherapy drug in treating a particularly aggressive form of lung cancer. Tarlatamab produced promising results, demonstrating antitumor activity and improving survival rates in patients for whom previous treatments hadn’t worked.Like all cancers, small cell lung cancer (SCLC) begins at the cellular level and causes cancerous cells to reproduce rapidly and uncontrollably. However, its rapid growth makes SCLC the most aggressive…

KTC With gaming monitors, the better you get, meaning the higher visual fidelity offered and the better the specifications, the more costly it’s all going to be. That’s kind of a no-brainer, though. You have to pay to play. In fact, that’s part of the reason why many prefer consoles. Yes, it’s a nominal experience compared to PC gaming, but you don’t have to worry about all the extra costs. If you’re going with a high-performance gaming PC, you need a comparable monitor, or the visual experience is just not going to…

Iman Vellani is a Marvel Comics expert. That much we all know to be true. In a time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe is in dire need of a miracle, the young Ms. Marvel actress has stepped in to save the day like a real-life Avenger of storytelling and comic book adaptations. While geeking out with New Rockstars’ Erik Voss, Vellani shared her big theory for how the current MCU will tie into the comics to carry out both the Kang Dynasty and the Secret Wars storylines. Particularly, the 21-year-old is a fan of Jonathan…

Last week, the news that André 3000 would be releasing an album of instrumental flute jams was greeted with enough head-scratching to draw blood. But don’t tell that to Jake Fridkis, who plays principal flute with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. If you’ve heard DJ Khaled and Drake’s “No Secret” or Roddy Rich and Ty Dolla Sign’s “llf,” among others, you’ve heard his instrument, which was woven into the fabric of those tracks. “It’s now hit the point where people are saying, ‘Flute is the new instrument in rap,’”…

There was a perfectly good telephone connected to a landline sitting on a side table positioned handily between my mother’s and father’s favourite lounge chairs, just as it always had.Bank tellers in action in the 1970s.Credit: Fairfax archiveWhy would my mother take a mobile phone into town? She never asked this out loud, of course. It was obvious.She couldn’t use it while driving, and she certainly wouldn’t use it while browsing the shops and chatting to shop assistants and any friends she might encounter.Perish the…

As computer accessories go, the humble webcam doesn’t get a ton of attention. Two or three brands tend to dominate the market and almost everything looks, well, webcamy? Opal entered the scene in 2021 with its C1 model. The idea was simple, to sexy-up the humble old webcam with a high quality sensor, a slick design and (for mac users at least) companion software that didn’t feel like a grind to use. Today, the company unveils its second camera, the Tadpole, and it’s something quite different.Just one glance at the Tadpole…