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Linux Mint 22.3 has been released
The Linux Mint 22.3 update is now available, the new version of the distro is called “Zena”. It comes with some major changes and a few new tools. The update is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, and ships with the Linux kernel 6.14. Mint 22.3 comes with Cinnamon 6.6 desktop,with improved support for keyboard layouts and input methods.
It also brings a new start menu with a sidebar that contains the user avatar, and important shortcuts on the left, while the right side houses the category section, favorites, etc. Each item on the right panel has a description that explains what the respective tool does. Users can customize the menu’s layout, and move the system buttons. The sidebar can be disabled from the settings.
Mint 22.3 renames the System Reports tool to System Information, the app has several new features to help users get more information about their computer’s components, devices that are plugged in, and also to troubleshoot common issues. The other new app that has been introduced in Mint 22.3 is the System Administration tool, which as its name suggests, is intended for sys admins. It lets users manage their boot menu, and configure boot parameters.
Mint 22.3 comes with various quality of life improvements. Apps on the panel (taskbar) now display an unread count badge for notifications. Users can now pause or resume snapshots. Night Light has a new applet, it now lets you keep it enabled permanently. The Warpinator app can be used to send text messages, it also supports IPv6.
Linux Mint 22.3 Zena is a long term support release (LTS), it will be supported until 2029.
Samsung Internet browser is now available for Windows
Samsung has released its web browser, Samsung Internet, for Windows. The app, which comes preloaded on the company’s Android mobile phones, is quite popular among users, particularly due to the fact that it has a built-in ad blocker. The Windows version of the browser, which is based on Chromium, was launched as a beta a few months ago. It is now available for all users.
And just like its mobile version, the desktop browser blocks ads and trackers out of the box. Samsung Internet also supports extensions that are available on the Chrome Web Store. The browser’s design is similar to One UI, which is used on Samsung’s phones and tablets. Samsung Internet comes with Samsung Pass, which is used to sync passwords, biometric data between devices. And like many modern browsers, Samsung Internet also supports a couple of AI features. These are a part of Galaxy AI, and lets users translate content on web pages, or summarize pages.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Translate
OpenAI launched a new standalone tool called ChatGPT Translate. The AI-powered service is capable of translating content between 50+ languages. All you need to do is to type or paste some text into one of the fields, and select the language that the AI should translate it to. Interestingly, the tool also offers prompts to customize the translation. You can choose one of the presets to make it sound more fluet, or make it in business formal style, or for an academic audience, or to make it as if you’re explaining to a child.
And, it’s not limited to just text content, at least on mobile devices. ChatGPT Translate works with voice, so you can talk to it to get a translation on your phone. In addition to this, ChatGPT Translate also supports images that you upload, i.e. it can detect text in pictures and translate them. While it does seem impressive, it may take a long time if it were to compete with the many tools that Google Translate provides such as documents, or translating web pages.
Spotify Premium prices hiked in the U.S.
Spotify has increased the price of its Premium subscriptions in the U.S. The music streaming service last hiked its prices in June 2024 in the U.S. But a new one was expected, given that the prices were increased in some markets in August 2025. According to an email that the company is sending to subscribers, the price of Spotify Premium is jumping by $1 from the next billing date, i.e. it is going up from $11.99 to $12.99 per month.
The Spotify Student plan’s price is also increasing, from $5.99 to $6.99, while Spotify Duo’s price has shot up by $2, going from $16.99 to $18.99. The Spotify Family plan is also being increased from $19.99 to $21.99. Spotify has also hiked its subscription prices in Estonia, and Latvia.
Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that the price of streaming services have increased by nearly 20% in December 2025. Another research shows that Netflix’s ad-supported tier saw a 14% growth compared to the previous year, but Amazon’s Prime Video has the most subscribers with about 40% of active users in the streaming services segment.
Firefox 147 update brings Safe Browsing V5, WebGPU for Macs
Mozilla released the Firefox 147 update this week, the new version adds support for Safe Browsing V5 protocol, which is a big improvement. Prior to this, Mozilla relied on Safe Browsing from Google for checking websites to protect users from dangerous ones. Now, with V5, Firefox uses a database of hash prefixes that it downloads from Google, which only contains the first 4 bytes of a hash. So, when a user accesses a website, only this part is compared to the ones in the list. And if it finds a dangerous domain, then it connects to Google’s server to check if the website has been blacklisted.
Firefox 147 enables zero-copy playback on AMD GPUs for hardware-decoded video, to improve the video playback performance. Firefox now supports WebGPU on Macs powered by Apple Silicon. The browser has a new option, which when toggled, will open a Picture-in-Picture player window automatically when a video that is playing and a user switches to a different tab.
Firefox for Android now supports site isolation as part of Safer browsing, to load each page in its own process, thus preventing cross-site attacks and privacy risks. Firefox will use local network access restrictions by default, if Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) has been set to Strict.