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[Newsletter] Latest News Aug 9, 2022 [How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21 using the Upgrade Tool]( Last week, the Linux Mint team released [Linux Mint 21]( a new base version of the [popular Linux distribution](. Today, instructions have been published on updating existing installations of Linux Mint to the new release. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( [The differences between Windows account PINs and passwords]( Microsoft's Windows 10 and 11 operating systems support several different account authentication options. There is the classic local user account and password option, the Microsoft account and password option, and options provided by Windows Hello. Use of a PIN is the most common one, as Microsoft is pushing it specifically. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( [Rescuezilla: open source backup, restore and recovery environment]( [Rescuezilla]( is a free open source disk imaging solution that supports data backups, restores and recovery actions. The application is operating system agnostic, as it needs to be put on an optical disc or an USB drive; one of the benefits that comes out of that, is that may access the application at any time, even if the PC does not boot anymore. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( Featured Free Resource [The Act of Leadership: A Playbook for Leading with Humility, Clarity and Purpose ($13.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time]( Unlock your true leadership potential with this insightful guide [Twitter confirms that a data breach leaked email addresses and phone numbers of users]( Twitter has confirmed that it suffered a data breach which leaked the email addresses and phone numbers of users. The issue came to light after a hacker leaked a sample of the data. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( of users) [Your next Phishing email may come straight from PayPal]( Malicious actors have started to exploit a loophole in the defenses of many home users, organizations, email and security services, to send out phishing emails from legitimate services. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( [Mozilla is working on a single Extensions button for its Firefox web browser]( Firefox users may soon have access to a single Extensions button in the browser's toolbar to manage all of the installed and enabled browser extensions. ... [Read more...]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( Featured Free Resource [The Act of Leadership: A Playbook for Leading with Humility, Clarity and Purpose ($13.00 Value) FREE for a Limited Time]( Unlock your true leadership potential with this insightful guide [Thunderbird 102.1.1 is a huge bug fix release for the email program]( Thunderbird 102.1.1 has been released. The new version of the desktop email client fixes dozens of non-security issues in Thunderbird. [thunderbird 102]image credit: Thunderbird ... [Read more...]( Liked this article? Share it on... [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( [Windows Update: Safeguard Holds for likely issues are only for businesses, says Microsoft]( We all know that Windows Updates may lead to issues on target devices during installation or afterwards. Updates in the past have caused all kinds of issues, from boot issues over lost data to broken functionality. ... [Read more...]( Liked this article? Share it on... [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( says Microsoft) [DuckDuckGo is soon protecting you from most Microsoft scripts]( DuckDuckGo CEO and founder Gabriel Weinberg [announced]( today that the company's apps and browser extensions will block Microsoft tracking scripts soon as well. ... [Read more...]( Liked this article? Share it on... [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Linkedin]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from Ghacks.net. If you would like to manage your newsletter preferences, please [click here](. Ghacks.net | Von-Einem-Str.52 Essen, 45130 Germany Contact: newsletter@ghacks.net [Unsubscribe](