To resolve these problems, the team created a fluid physics model of how a stream of liquid splashes when it hits a surface like the back of a urinal, and experimentally tested these models by spraying liquid at surfaces at various angles.
The researchers’ Cornucopia and Nautilus designs both achieved a significant reduction in urine splashing, with the Cornucopia performing best. However, the Nautilus was considered the most ideal design due to its height, which would allow shorter people — including children or those in wheelchairs — to more easily use it. Its larger gape would also be easier to clean, and would be more accepting of poor aim, and therefore would also be appropriate for use on boats or airplanes.
Personally, I prefer the camaraderie of trough urinals. Did I ever tell you about the time I accidentally blinked one of my contacts out into a trough urinal filled with ice in a New Orleans bar? I 100% would have popped it back in if I’d found it (and become patient zero for swamp eye), but I could not. The rest of the night was a blur, both literally and figuratively.
Version
25.0 (“Zetar”) of the Arch-based Manjaro Linux
distribution is now available. This release includes Linux kernel 6.12,
GNOME 48, KDE 6.3, Xfce 4.18, and more.
Amazon’s Kindle Scribe is a solid ereader and writing tablet that’s handy for things like scrawling on ebooks and taking notes. The device is back on sale for a record-low price. It’ll currently run you $325, which is $75 or 19 percent off.
This deal is for the second-generation model, which Amazon released last year. Our main qualm about the Kindle Scribe 2 was its high price of $400, which has been mitigated by this sale.
We gave the Kindle Scribe 2 a score of 86 in our review and it’s our pick for the best e-reader E Ink tablet. We appreciated, among other things, the slick design as well as the smooth reading and writing experience it offers.
The Scribe provides a low-latency writing experience with no real perceptible delay between making a mark on the screen with the companion pen and it showing up on the display. There are multiple brush types to choose from, such as a marker, pencil and fountain pen. You can create multiple notebooks and add pages or change the templates as you see fit.
You have a decent-sized canvas on which to make your notes and scrawls as the Scribe has a 10.2-inch display. Obviously, it hooks into Amazon’s Kindle ebook ecosystem, though you can borrow digital tomes from libraries and access them here. Moreover, you can listen to Audible audiobooks via Bluetooth.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/the-second-gen-kindle-scribe-is-back-on-sale-for-a-record-low-price-143105483.html?src=rss
Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is sitting right in front of you. If your problem is that you need a webcam, you can try using your Android phone for the job instead of buying a dedicated device. This is especially useful if you have a spare Android phone lying around and you need it for video calls on your PC or Mac. You can also use your primary Android phone as a webcam, but its utility will be limited since you’ll have to keep unplugging it, remembering to put it into do not disturb, or turning on airplane mode to ensure that your video call isn’t interrupted. Here are all the ways you can use your Android phone as a webcam.
Use the webcam mode on your Android phone
As long as you have a phone running Android 14 or newer, you can use the built-in webcam mode on it. This is as easy as using a USB cable to connect your phone to a computer and enabling webcam mode. Here’s what you need to do:
Unlock your Android phone and use a USB cable that supports data transfer to connect it to your PC or Mac.
The moment your phone is connected, you’ll see a USB mode notification that will tells you the phone is currently charging. Tap this alert and select Webcam.
This puts your phone in webcam mode and displays a notification with additional info. Tap the notification to see the viewfinder and adjust the frame to your liking.
On your PC or Mac, open any video calling app, and under camera options, you’ll see Android Device or Android Webcam as an available camera. Select this to have your phone serve as your webcam.
Be sure to disable all notifications on your phone or put it in airplane mode in order to avoid interruptions. If someone calls your phone when it’s being used as a webcam, your video call will be paused, and it’ll only resume once the phone call has been disconnected.
Using third-party apps to turn your Android phone into a webcam
Credit: Camo
The built-in method works great on Pixel devices and other phones running stock Android, but it may not always work correctly if your phone has a heavily customized Android variant. It’s also not an option for people who use phones with older versions of Android, which is a good enough reason to turn to third-party apps to get the job done.
The good old DroidCam (free, ad-supported) or its paid variant, DroidCamX ($5), are both quite handy for this job. Install the client on your PC or Linux computer and follow the on-screen instructions to set up the app on both devices. The advantage here is that you can connect over wifi and a USB cable, whereas the built-in method is wired only. The free version has ads and limitations that don’t let you rotate or flip the camera, but otherwise, it’s good enough for most people. There are no watermarks or other usage-related limitations in the free version.
Camo is an extremely feature rich alternative for using your Android phone as a webcam. You can use this app with both Windows and Mac, which may appeal to a larger audience, since DroidCam lacks a Mac app. The app is free to use for up to 720p video, which is honestly good enough for video calls, but if you need up to 4K video for your webcam, you can subscribe to the pro tier ($50/year).
This app supports both wifi and USB connectivity, but the developers recommend USB for initial setup and better performance, including lower latency. The setup is quite straightforward—just install the app on your phone and on Mac or Windows, connect your Android phone to your computer via USB, and follow the on-screen instructions. The advantage of using Camo is that it’s not just a bridging app that connects your phone to the PC. It also works with dedicated webcams and features video effects such as Portrait mode (to blur the background) and lighting effects. It also lets you adjust the resolution, frame rate, and focus point in your videos. For more, read Camo’s official guide to adjusting video settings.
4chan, the controversial forum known for birthing early meme culture and Gamergate, is down, following an apparent hack. Per Downdetector, reports of an outage began circulating late Monday evening, with users sharing updates on connection issues through the early hours of Tuesday morning. As of the writing of this article, it’s possible to access the website following a long delay, but clicking on any of the board links leads to a timeout.
According to screenshots shared on Imgur (NSFW warning), it appears a hacker gained shell access to 4chan’s hosting server. They then went on to post images of the site’s phpmyadmin page, and appear to have doxed the entire moderation team alongside many of the site’s registered users. While it seems some users took steps to protect their identities, many appear to have used their primary email address to register for the forum, with .edu and even .gov addresses reportedly appearing in the list leaked emails.
It’s unclear what this means for the future of 4chan, but some social media and Reddit users are speculating this could be the end of the internet’s most infamous forum. In addition to doxing much of 4chan’s userbase, the hacker also appears to have leaked the site’s source code, revealing security holes that have existed since around the time Hiroyuki Nishimura bought the forum from creator Christoper Poole. It may take months to rebuild a more secure version of 4chan.
If this is the end of 4chan, it would be the most significant de-platforming of extreme right-wing internet users since Kiwi Farms temporarily went down in 2022.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/4chan-the-internets-most-infamous-forum-is-down-following-an-alleged-hack-142516392.html?src=rss
The Fedora Project has announced
the release of Fedora Linux 42, with “what’s new” articles for Fedora Workstation
and Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop. There
is also a last-minute warning about the live media for the release:
We discovered a problem with the Live boot media at the last
minute, and since the release was already out of the airlock, we can’t
do much about it. It doesn’t damage anything, but is annoying: just
booting the Live media adds an unexpected entry to the UEFI boot
loader even when Fedora Linux 42 is not installed to the local
system.
This is primarily a concern when you are dual-booting with a
different operating system, or if you’re just running the Live image
and not intending to actually install.
Publishers and law professors have filed amicus briefs supporting authors who sued Meta over its AI training practices, arguing that the company’s use of “thousands of pirated books” fails to qualify as fair use under copyright law.
The filings [PDF] in California’s Northern District federal court came from copyright law professors, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM), Copyright Alliance, and Association of American Publishers. The briefs counter earlier support for Meta from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and IP professors.
While Meta’s defenders pointed to the 2015 Google Books ruling as precedent, the copyright professors distinguished Meta’s use, arguing Google Books told users something “about” books without “exploiting expressive elements,” whereas AI models leverage the books’ creative content.
“Meta’s use wasn’t transformative because, like the AI models, the plaintiffs’ works also increased ‘knowledge and skill,'” the professors wrote, warning of a “cascading effect” if Meta prevails. STM is specifically challenging Meta’s data sources: “While Meta attempts to label them ‘publicly available datasets,’ they are only ‘publicly available’ because those perpetuating their existence are breaking the law.”
If you have a Samsung Galaxy phone, then you also have access to the Good Lock app from the Galaxy Store or the Play Store. This free app provides a host of extra ways to tweak and customize your handset, above and beyond what you get in One UI, and it covers everything from 3D wallpapers to advanced camera settings.
There’s a lot to explore in Good Lock, and you can pick and choose from its various modules (mini-apps) as needed. Samsung recently shared the three modules that have been most popular with users since Good Lock first launched back in April 2016, and they’re good starting points for anyone new to the app or wanting to explore it further.
When you open up Good Lock on your Galaxy phone, you’ll see all the various modules listed under the Plugins tab—tap any of the filters at the top of the list to narrow down your search. When you’ve found something you want to use, tap the download button (the downward arrow) next to it on the right.
Sound Assistant
Tweaking the volume slider in Sound Assistant. Credit: Lifehacker
Sound Assistant gives you access to a host of different tweaks for the sound settings on your device. For example, you can change how the volume slider looks, change how much the volume increases and decreases by every time you press either of the volume buttons, set specific volume levels for specific apps, and have alerts (for notifications and alarms) only sound through headphones rather than the phone speaker.
Tap the top Customize volume panel option inside Sound Assistant to do just that. You’re able to change the layout, lighting effects, and colors used in the panel as you see fit. If you then go back to the previous screen, you can drag across the Change step volume slider to set volume increments to anything from 1 to 10.
The ability to set different volume levels for individual apps means that you can, say, keep your white noise app to a murmur while your podcast app is at full volume. Tap Individual app volumes to get started, then the + (plus) button to add an app. You then get a 0-100 percent slider for each of the apps you’ve selected.
Theme Park
Theme Park lets you play around with icon shapes and colors. Credit: Lifehacker
The Theme Park module enables you to let loose when it comes to customizing the visual interface of your phone. You can edit the colors of your keyboard, the Quick Settings pane, and the volume panel, as well as change the shape and color of icons, and set up a gallery of wallpapers. You can switch between different theme options with a tap.
Choose Create New and follow the instructions on screen to pick out an image to use for your phone wallpaper, which you can crop as needed. You then get suggestions for color schemes based on the wallpaper you’ve picked, which you can override. To save your new theme, tap the downward arrow (top right) and give it a name.
The other tabs inside the module work in a similar way. It can take a little while to get a grip on everything in Theme Park, but most of it works intuitively, and if you invest some time and effort into your theme building, you can create something that looks quite different from the default One UI interface.
One Hand Operation+
Setting up options in One Hand Operation+. Credit: Lifehacker
The third module showcased by Samsung is One Hand Operation+. As the name suggest, this enables you to control more actions on your phone with a single thumb, whether you’re right or left-handed, so it’s easier to operate One UI and your apps if you only have one hand free.
Once you’ve switched on the module, you get two “handles” at either side of the screen you can configure. You’re able to assign different gestures to different actions via these handles. So a quick swipe in from the right, for example, will take you back to the home screen. You can have just one handle on either the left or the right, or use both of them.
You can also change the size and touch sensitivity of the handles to make sure they work well for you, and there are additional settings to exempt specific apps from using the handles, and to disable the one-handed interface when certain conditions are met (such as you’re watching a movie in landscape mode).
Other modules
You can tweak the lock screen clock and widgets with LockStar. Credit: Lifehacker
Those are the three Good Lock modules that have proved popular with users down the years, but there are plenty of other ones to try. One I particularly like is LockStar, which gives you additional options for customizing how the lock screen looks: You can change the lock screen layout, switch between clock styles, and more.
Home Up is also well worth a look. It lets you build a freeform home screen layout with the widgets and app icons of your choosing, and you can add stickers, tweak the gesture controls for navigating around, and even adjust animation speeds and smoothness. You also get more control over the share panel and the recent apps view in One UI.
If you make a lot of use of the Camera app on your Galaxy phone, give Camera Assistant a look as well. The extra options it adds include zoom shortcuts, HDR handling, picture softening, switching between different camera lenses, and photo resolutions.
With the newest Mesa 25.1-devel Git code merged today the Panfrost Gallium3D and PanVK Vulkan drivers for Arm Mali open-source graphics are supporting Mali 5th Gen gen 1 (v12) and gen 2 (v13) devices…
The Fedora Project released today Fedora Linux 42 as the latest stable version of this powerful, Red Hat-sponsored distribution for the masses, featuring some of the latest and greatest GNU/Linux technologies.
Notifications on the Mac show up in the top-right corner as a rule. This is fine most of the time, but on large displays you might not notice what’s happening in the top-right corner if you’re reading a document on the left side of the screen. Wouldn’t the notifications be better in the middle, the way they show up on the iPhone and iPad?
PingPlace is a free Mac application that will move your notifications to other corners or even the top center of your screen. The application lives in the menu bar and lets you choose between the four corners of the display along with the top and bottom middle.
Setting the application up is easy: Just download it, drag it to your Applications folder, then launch. You will be asked to enable accessibility permissions for the application, which is common for this sort of customization app. After that, you can choose where you want your notifications to show up by clicking the menu bar icon.
Credit: Justin Pot
This worked for me, though not without a few oddities. When I set notifications to the center, for example, the widget area also moved to the center. Some people might actually prefer this, granted, but I like having my widgets area on the right side of the screen.
The application, by default, does not start when your Mac does—you can change this by checking the “Launch at Login” button in the settings. And that’s about it in terms of options.
One of President Donald Trump’s top officials has warned European allies hesitant about working with Elon Musk’s satellite Internet company that they needed to choose between US and Chinese technology.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told the Financial Times that “allied western democracies” needed to “focus on the real long-term bogey: the rise of the Chinese Communist party.”
His comments come as European governments and some European companies consider whether Starlink—which is owned by Musk’s SpaceX and provides satellite broadband and limited mobile services—is a reliable partner after Washington threatened to switch off its services in Ukraine.
Fastfetch 0.40 system information tool is out now, featuring improved GPU info for AMD, Intel, and Nvidia on Windows, plus better Wi-Fi detection on FreeBSD systems.
If you have been hemming and hawing over whether to buy a new MacBook, then a current sale might just sway you. Right now, Apple’s 15-inch MacBook Air with an M3 chip is down to $1,049 from $1,299 — a 19 percent discount. The deal brings our choice for best budget MacBook to just $50 more than its all-time low price.
Apple released the 15-inch MacBook Air with an M3 chip (along with a 13-inch model) in 2024. We gave it a 90 in our review thanks to features such as the M3’s fast performance, with a much bigger speed boost than we expected. The 15-inch option also offers a six-speaker array, compared to the 13-inch’s quad-speaker array. Plus, it has a sturdy design, along with a great keyboard and trackpad.
Our big con was that this MacBook Air still doesn’t have USB-C ports on both sides. Yes, it seems minor, but when your charging cable just reaches where you’re sitting, having the option to plug it in on either side makes a big difference.
As Linux users, we often rely on our go-to commands ls, grep, awk, sed, and find – to get things done. But Linux has a treasure trove of lesser-known commands that can save time, automate tasks, and simplify workflows.
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Cannondale’s new Moterra eMTB looks like an iterative refinement rather than a full ‘rip up the rule book’ do-over. However, dig a little deeper and the changes are more than skin deep.
There’s an entirely new carbon fibre frame with updated geometry. It has been given the brand’s Proportional Response design philosophy and a maximum ASTM 5 rating.
The range comprises two models: the standard Moterra (160mm front, 150mm rear travel) and the Moterra LT (170mm front, 165mm rear) catering for trail and enduro riders.
The standard Moterra is designed to be the most versatile bike in the range. Cannondale
UNNO, Forbidden and Teewing are the first adopters outside of DJI’s own ecosystem, all launching bikes with the Avinox motor.
Not only do Avinox bikes have the peak torque (120Nm), watts (1,000W) and sheer speed of the Amflow motor, the bikes themselves are raising the bar.
The Amflow was universally loved because of its motor, and the frame’s foibles – think conservative geometry and average suspension – were given a bit of a free pass because of it.
The Amflow PL has 150mm of rear-wheel travel and uses a 160mm-travel fork up-front. Andy Lloyd / Our Media
This gave other brands that made concessions in the motor department (think Bosch, Shimano, Yamaha and Brose) the opportunity to claw back performance (and prospective buyers) elsewhere.
But now the floodgates have opened on Avinox-powered bikes outside of the DJI ecosystem, are other brands going to be left floundering?
The new Moterra proves that might not be the case.
Bosch is still a solid bet
Bosch’s 800Wh battery powers the Performance Line CX motor. Cannondale
While it’s undeniable that Chinese brand DJI has all the manufacturing and technological know-how cemented by years of drone production, it’s a newcomer to the world of mountain bike motors.
Bosch, in comparison, is an industry veteran. Launching its first Performance Line motor in 2010, it has had over 15 years to understand, refine and bike-proof its drive unit.
While peak power (600W) and torque (85Nm) figures are now down compared to even Brose’s latest motor fitted to the Specialized Turbo Levo 4 (720W and 111Nm), it’s not always about on-paper stats.
There’s space inside the Moterra and Moterra LT’s front triangle for a water bottle or range extender. Cannondale
Bosch, of all the current ebike motor manufacturers, has the reputation for being the most reliable, and the brand has impressive after-sales support.
The latest iteration sees further refinements including more sensors, a lower weight (100g less than the Gen 4), and most crucially, a silent no-knock ride.
Add in better battery tech – improved energy density reduces weight while upping capacity – and steel-manning the argument to go Bosch is easy.
But there’s more (unofficially) on the horizon for Bosch.
Rumours of an over-the-air software update are rife.
The eBike Flow app will enable you to change your electric bike’s motor setting and automatically record rides. Bosch
There’s talk of both torque and power getting a boost to 100Nm and 750W respectively, potentially giving Bosch back its eMTB motor crown.
We all know the Bosch motor felt more powerful than the 85Nm and 600W claimed figures, so it would be fair to say boosting those numbers would equate to an even spicier ride.
And even if this rumoured upgrade isn’t on the horizon, Bosch’s power, its power delivery and battery life – which is exceptional – are more than enough to keep my feet sitting solidly in the German brand’s camp.
What does this mean for Cannondale’s newest Moterra?
Fully baked bikes such as the Moterra LT should make you want to stick with Bosch motors instead of risking it all with the DJI. Cannondale
Both the new Moterra and Moterra LT are fitted with the newest 800Wh battery – although the smaller 600Wh version can be fitted without issue – and the Gen 5 Bosch motor. Those are two very big ticks in the most important boxes.
The batteries are removable, too, which was one of the biggest things Cannondale wanted – off-bike charging is massively important to the brand, and riders can swap out a depleted battery for a fully charged one to keep riding for longer.
Equally, they could run the bike with the smaller battery to reduce weight for a more agile ride.
Cannondale says it has identified an emerging trend of riders who prioritise technical climbs above all else, and the Moterra is designed for it. Cannondale
Of course, the 250Wh PowerMore range extender is also compatible, upping battery power to a whopping 1,050Wh, more than the Avinox’s maximum 800Wh unit.
While power and torque are both down compared to DJI’s, battery capacity, and maybe more importantly, battery flexibility and customisation, are way ahead on the Bosch system.
I’d say that’s one of the many resounding reasons to stick with Bosch.
The new Moterra must also be a good bike
Bosch’s Gen 5 Performance Line CX motor is fitted. Cannondale
All that motor power is useless if Cannondale has left stones unturned on the bike’s more general development.
From the sounds of things, that isn’t the case with the new Moterra.
While the ‘must-haves’ could be on any bike brand’s shopping list, it’s the execution that matters.
Cannondale wanted the Moterra to: have good proportions and ‘flow’; be as light as possible, but also strong and be incredibly easy to work on.
Going to great lengths to tick all these things off, Cannondale says it scrutinised every weave of carbon fibre, removing any that weren’t necessary.
The Moterra LT’s custom 27.5in rear end prioritises stiffness and descending performance. Cannondale
Coupled with a redesigned skid plate – that protects the underside of the motor – this frame is 996g lighter than the previous generation.
Cannondale could have saved more weight by making the down tube sealed, but removing the battery was important.
Elsewhere, the pivot hardware has been designed to make the bike and shock easier to disassemble.
Cannondale says it has designed the Moterra LT to have a descending focus. Cannondale
Importantly, Cannondale’s Proportional Response is keyed into the Moterra’s DNA.
Not only does this see wholesale, proportioned geometry changes as the sizes get bigger – rather than taking a small size and ‘zooming in’ its figures to create bigger ones – it also uses different shock tunes and carbon layups.
Riders on the small bike should garner the same sensations as ones on the XL.
Two models, different uses
The Moterra LT should be ready to send straight out of the box. Cannondale
The Moterra range is split in two, with each bike having a very different personality.
The two bikes share a number of components, but also differ in big ways.
Cannondale Moterra
The standard Moterra is supposed to climb and descend exceptionally. Cannondale
The standard Moterra – said to be the range’s most versatile bike – is basically its own entity.
A custom rear end means it can sport a 29in rear wheel, have a more compliant feel and has lower shock progression, so it better suits air shocks. Anti-squat has also been tuned in the climbing gears to boost traction.
This 160mm front, 150mm rear-travel bike also has a steep seat tube angle (77.7 degrees) and a trail-ready 64.4-degree head tube angle.
Reach figures span 430mm to 515mm through the four-size range (small to extra-large).
Cannondale says its research has discovered an emerging and growing discipline, focused heavily on technical climbs rather than winching up fire roads.
It argues the new Moterra is the perfect tool for that job.
Cannondale Moterra LT
The standard and LT frames have been tuned with specific-sized riders in mind. Cannondale
On the face of it, the LT is just the standard bike after a big old glow-up.
But beneath the similar looks lurk some very important, major differences.
The custom-made rear swingarm is stiffer and designed specifically for mixed wheel sizes (29in front, 27.5in rear).
A chunkier cross-section increases rigidity, but crucially it’s no heavier than the outgoing Moterra LT’s.
Suspension kinematics are also tuned differently, this time targeting the linear spring rate of a coil shock rather than the progressive nature of an air-spring.
The LT version uses a coil shock and has more travel. Cannondale
Its descent-focused, ‘race-ready’ frame has a high stack figure (647mm small and medium, 656mm large, 665mm extra-large) to help the rider feel in, rather than on the bike.
Compared to the old Moterra LT, it’s got shorter, proportionally sized chainstays. The small and medium get 445mm, while the large and extra-large have a 450mm figure.
These are small changes, but they’re important ones.
Cannondale wants the new Moterra LT to be its most capable bike, and I think it has absolutely hit the mark.
Back to Bosch
Bosch’s latest motor is fitted, and it’s rumoured to be set for an over-the-air power and torque upgrade. Cannondale
The new Moterra looks like a great bike on paper, then.
There are plenty of compelling reasons to opt for it over the competition, even if the Bosch motor isn’t one of them.
Will it stand up to comparative testing with the new guard of Avinox-equipped bikes from other brands?
We’re looking forward to finding out in a future test.
2025 Cannondale Moterra and Moterra LT models and prices
2025 Cannondale Moterra Carbon 1
The top-spec Moterra 1 retails for £8,950. Cannondale
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