It's hard not to when they are shoehorning Ai into EVERYTHING. Some are active users by choice, I bet a lot of them are because it's shoved in their face the entire time.
Thunderbird 152.0 by Razvan Serea
Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform application for managing email and news feeds. It is a local (rather than a web-based) email application that is powerful yet easy-to-use.
Thunderbird is clean and elegant by default, but easily customizable to match your workflow and visual preferences. It is loaded with unique and powerful features.
Thunderbird is developed, tested, translated and supported by the folks at Mozilla Corporation and by a group of dedicated volunteers. Thunderbird gives you control and ownership over your email. There are lots of add-ons available for Thunderbird that enable you to extend and customize your email experience.
Thunderbird gives you IMAP/POP support, a built-in RSS reader, support for HTML mail, powerful quick search, saved search folders, advanced message filtering, message grouping, labels, return receipts, smart address book LDAP address completion, import tools, and the ability to manage multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts.
Thunderbird 152.0 changelog:
SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies
One-click account setup for Thundermail accounts
What’s Changed
Use 'Add' instead of 'New' for account, calendar, address book creation buttons
GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE
Mail server hostname also checked when detecting address books and calendars
Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url
'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks
What’s Fixed
New mail alerts appeared on wrong monitor in three-monitor setup
Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to Spam folder
Filtered IMAP or NNTP subscriptions were lost after closing Subscribe dialog
'Download Headers' dialog for newsgroups failed to open
Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view
Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could corrupt view
Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were deleted
Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort
Non-threaded subject sorting separated 'RE:' replies from original messages
BCC recipients were included in signed email headers
Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts
Thunderbird could crash during local message search
Blocked file warning showed without 'Unblock File' button in compose window
Forwarding/Redirecting Exchange messages failed with NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
Compose window closed early and send progress dialog hung after NNTP failure
Compose window stayed open after sending when mailnews.sendInBackground set
Microsoft OAuth2 failed when HTTPS localhost redirect was not intercepted
Pasting contact photos stopped working when photo button had focus
Filter dialog lacked focus ring and had poorly distinguishable buttons
Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages were deleted
'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed messages
Various MIME improvements
EWS messages could go missing from folder view
IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart
Unable to delete more than 1000 messages at a time on Microsoft 365
EWS folders in Trash were moved to Trash again instead of being hard deleted
IMAP notifications repeated for emails read on another device after sleep wake
POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket
Calendar acceptance no longer distinguished between single occurrence and series
Transparent popups on macOS made calendar event editing difficult
Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered out
Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in tooltips
Visual and UX improvements
Security fixes
Download: Thunderbird 152.0 for Windows (EN/US) | 32-bit | ~70.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Thunderbird 152.0 for Mac OS (EN/US) | 145.0 MB
Download: Thunderbird 152.0 in other languages
View: Thunderbird Website | Screenshot | Release Notes
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Nearly half of American adults now use AI, but concerns are also growing by Hamid Ganji
Since the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, the way people research, get their news, and perform routine tasks has changed dramatically. Now, almost everything around us has a touch of AI, and companies are trying to embed it into nearly every product and service they offer. With that in mind, new research shows how Americans are actually adopting this change and using AI in their everyday lives.
According to new research conducted by the Pew Research Center, 49% of American adults now use AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini. This marks a significant increase over last year, when only 33% of American adults reported using AI.
Additionally, four in ten U.S. adults (42%) said they use AI tools to research information, while 38% said they use these tools to handle tasks at work. Entertainment, image and video editing, and getting medical advice are among the other ways Americans are using AI.
Moreover, ChatGPT dominates the U.S. AI market, with 44% of respondents saying they use OpenAI's chatbot. Gemini follows at 24%, while Copilot and Meta AI account for 17% and 14%, respectively. Respondents also said that AI chatbots generally have a positive impact on their productivity and how informed they are.
But when it comes to AI’s impact on society, Americans remain largely skeptical. About 40% of American adults believe AI will be more harmful than beneficial to society over the next 20 years. Additionally, 31% expect AI to have a negative effect on them personally. Another 31% of respondents say AI could be equally positive and negative.
As for data security, pessimism remains high: 71% of respondents say AI will make their personal information less secure, while only 3% believe it will make their data more secure.
American adults also largely lack confidence in both the government and AI companies when it comes to regulating and developing AI. About 67% of Americans have little to no confidence in the U.S. government’s ability to regulate AI effectively. Six in ten adults are also not confident that U.S. companies will develop and use these tools responsibly.
MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 by Razvan Serea
MultiOS-USB is a versatile, open-source utility designed to create multiboot USB drives capable of hosting multiple operating systems on a single portable device. The project simplifies the process of building a bootable USB by automating the configuration of various boot loaders and file systems, enabling users to install and run diverse operating systems, including Windows, Linux distributions, and diagnostic tools, directly from one drive.
It supports ISO booting and persistence, which allows changes made during live sessions to be retained, making it ideal for testing, troubleshooting, or system recovery.
Features:
BIOS and UEFI support
Secure Boot support (boot, manage uefi keys)
Load UEFI drivers
Launch .efi executables and other boot loaders
Boot Linux from .iso images
Boot WinPE from bootable .wim images
Boot Windows 10/11 installer from ISO (currently, SB must be disabled during installation)
Boot Linux installer from network (experimental)
Boot locally installed systems: Linux, Windows
Automatically update configuration files
Without background services
exFAT file system support
Automatic detection of compatible ISO images (GRUB loopback)
Support for systems without loopback support
Allows customisation of ISO boot menu (for example: custom kernel options)
Support for USB, SSD, nvme, mmcblk, loop, nbd and virtual disks
Support for x86, x86_64
A list of tested ISO images can be found here
MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 changelog:
68122b7: Fixed-release AUR package #63
fba0283: Update shim to 16.1
8c2ae95: Update grub to v2.14-1
ea15c1d: Update Memtest86+ to v8.10
162f4e6: Add secureblue (#71)
b2da8ae: Add AerynOS (#74)
ac6640e: Bump config.version
34e9ca6: Add Bluefin (#72)
7a10edd: Add Aurora (#66)
cab701b: Update wimboot to v2.9.0-1
90da7f7: Fix Windows error: 0x80070001 - 0x4002F (#52)
2dea73d: Add Microsoft certificates
01f479e: Remove old efi_uga module
Download: MultiOS-USB 0.11.1 | 5.3 MB (Open Source)
View: MultiOS-USB Website | Screenshot
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