We give you a quick reference of essential DNF commands with examples in this guide.
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Joby is still better-known for its GorillaPods than any of its audio gear, but it’s aiming to change that with a significantly expanded lineup. The company has introduced several microphones built for creatives like podcasters and streamers, and it’s clearly chasing after incumbents like Blue and Rode. The Wavo Pod (pictured above), for instance, is a USB condenser microphone aimed at would-be Blue Yeti buyers. The simple upright design and boom support will seem familiar, but Joby is counting on the 24-bit/48KHz sampling (versus the Yeti’s 16-bit/48KHz), an included pop filter and a lower $100 price to sway customers. It’s available today.
The Wavo Pro (middle) and Wavo Pro DS, meanwhile, are shotgun mics (similar to Rode’s) built to pair with mirrorless cameras used by vloggers and some streamers. The $300 Pro touts active noise reduction through a hybrid analog/digital system, a secondary 3.5mm mic input and visual monitoring through Bluetooth-connected apps for Android and iOS. It’s available now, but you can wait until March 4th for the $250 Pro DS with a slightly “streamlined” (read: cut-down in unspecified ways) experience.
Other models are more specialized. The $250 Wavo Air (below) is an instant-pair 2.4GHz wireless microphone kit that packs two transmitters, two lavalier mics and adapters to plug into cameras and phones. The $80 Wavo Lav Pro is billed as Joby’s first “pro-grade” lavalier mic with a higher-end capsule and foam windscreen, an 8.2ft cable to reduce vibrations and a 3.5mm TRS connector. Both the Air and Lav Pro are available now.
These introductions won’t necessarily sway you if you’re already leaning towards more established options. With that said, the pricing and features seem compelling in some cases, particularly for the Pod, Pro and Air. It’s just a question of whether they fare well in real-world conditions, and whether Joby’s ecosystem (including GorillaPods) might influence your choice.
Source: Engadget – Joby gets serious about audio with new mics for podcasters and streamers
Two driving forces are driving the current technology market: insatiable demand for hardware, and the supply chain shortages making it difficult to produce enough in quantity to fulfil every order. Even with these two forces in action, companies have to push and develop next generation technologies, as no competitor wants to sit on their laurels. That includes Qualcomm, and as part of the Tech Summit in late 2021, I sat down with Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm’s GM of Mobile, Compute, and Infrastructure to talk about the issues faced in 2021, the outlook for 2022, where the relationships lie, and where innovation is headed when it comes to smartphone and PC.
Source: AnandTech – Interview with Alex Katouzian, Qualcomm SVP: Talking Snapdragon, Microsoft, Nuvia, and Discrete Graphics
The first time I heard an ad for Noom—the so-called “anti-diet” weight-loss app—I was carrying more than a few extra post-anorexia pounds. The other things I carried far outweighed the weight gain: namely, a functioning brain and a fuller outlook on life and my self-worth. Still, I wasn’t exactly at peace with my…
Source: LifeHacker – Noom Is Still Diet Culture
Enlarge / Master Chief leads Silver Team through the series’ new “Silver” timeline. (credit: Paramount+)
After years of teases, announcements, and false starts, a Halo TV series starring Master Chief is finally on the verge of existing—and its first substantial, dialogue-filled trailer landed on Sunday with equal parts clarification and confusion.
The flashy, two-minute trailer arrived days after a major announcement last week from Halo‘s narrative handlers at 343 Industries: this new TV series, exclusive to Paramount+, will not be part of the game series’ official canon. That might have been good information to flash on the trailer itself, as fans otherwise may have missed the memo and wondered why this trailer rewrites a couple of plot cornerstones.
Longtime series scribe Frank O’Connor described the creative decision behind moving the TV series forward with a mix of familiar and brand-new plot elements. “We want to use the existing Halo lore, history, canon, and characters wherever they make sense for a linear narrative but also separate the two distinctly so that we don’t invalidate the core canon or do unnatural things to force a first-person video game into an ensemble TV show,” he wrote. O’Connor clarified that all things Halo up until this point, including games, comics, novels, and online errata, count as “core canon” for the series, while the TV show will exist as a “parallel, similar, but separate timeline,” officially dubbed the “Silver timeline.”
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Source: Ars Technica – New Halo TV series trailer: The good, the bad, and the Cortana
The macOS user interface looks nice and it is very user friendly. Which is why many developers strive to replicate it. And that is why far too often, there is a *nix distribution which is specifically built modeling itself after what comes out of Cupertino.
Source: LXer – Why Do We Continue to Clone the MacOS?
If you’re looking for a way to upgrade your TV setup before the big game without dropping too much money, one of Roku’s soundbars could do the trick. Both the Streambar and the Streambar Pro are already competitively priced compared to other soundbars, but now you can get the Streambar Pro at its lowest price yet — only $150. The smaller Streambar has also been discounted to $100, but it’s hovered at that sale price for a few months now.
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The Streambar Pro is the larger cousin of the standard Streambar, and it adds a few extra features into the mix. First and foremost, it’s larger and houses four 2.5-inch full range drivers and supports virtual surround sound. We were impressed by the Streambar’s audio capabilities, particularly when watching action movies and content that has a lot of sound effects, so you’ll likely get even better sound out of the Streambar Pro. The larger soundbar also supports private listening with included headphones, personal shortcut buttons on its remote and a lost remote finder using the Roku mobile app.
On top of that, the Streambar Pro has all of the features that the smaller soundbar does, including built-in 4K HDR streaming technology, Dolby Audio support and Bluetooth speaker capabilities. You’re essentially getting a 3-in-1 device here — a soundbar, a Bluetooth speaker and a set-top box all in one. You also have your choice of voice assistant to use with the Streambar Pro as it supports commends with Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant. If you don’t want to drops hundreds on a new TV this year before the big game, updating your sound system while you can get the Streambar Pro for less is a good alternative.
Follow @EngadgetDeals on Twitter for the latest tech deals and buying advice.
Source: Engadget – Roku’s Streambar Pro drops to a record low of 0
Falkon as the KDE/Qt-focused open-source web browser is out with Falkon 3.2 as its first major update in nearly three years…
Source: Phoronix – KDE’s Falkon Browser Sees First Major Update In Nearly Three Years
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Gran Turismo 7, finally coming to the PS4 and PS5 on March 4th 2022 after significant delays, will be the focus of Sony’s first State of Play in 2022. The event is set to stream at 5PM ET this Wednesday (February 2) and will feature “just over 30 minutes of new [GT7] PS5 footage and gameplay details,” Sony announced.
Gran Turismo 7 takes center stage in an all-new State of Play, arriving Wednesday at 2pm Pacific: https://t.co/Yo0Iq8udFHpic.twitter.com/F3ASOpmpeQ
— PlayStation (@PlayStation) January 31, 2022
In a tweet (above) Sony teased a mix of GT7 gameplay and cinematics showcasing a variety of vehicles, tracks and more. Much as it did with Deathloop last July ahead of its September launch, Sony appears to be dedicating this State of Play mainly to Gran Turismo 7.
Developer Polyphony Digital has only revealed tidbits about the PlayStation exclusive game, saying it would bring back many familiar modes. The game was first unveiled in June of 2020, seven years after series creator Kazunori Yamauchi said “we don’t want to take too long on Gran Turismo 7.”
Source: Engadget – Sony’s first 2022 State of Play will be a ‘Gran Turismo 7’ showcase
While #vanlife makes for great Instagram posts, the reality is that vans are one of the backbones of many businesses. One of the most popular models in that market is Ford’s Transit van. So when the automaker announced that it would electrify the vehicle and add new telematic software, businesses like Amazon and Walmart perked up.
We had a chance to drive the new electric E-Transit, and while this version won’t make it to customers, it does point to a future where the van-life crowd will be appeased. For now, it’s strictly a business-only affair and, from our time in the van, it’s ready to take on most of those work tasks. Check out the video above for the full story.
Source: Engadget – Ford’s E-Transit work van offers a cleaner, quieter way to do business
Gizmodo looks at “Beyond Fried Chicken,” KFC’s newest menu option from Beyond Meat, reporting that it’s been available in limited U.S. test markets since 2019, until a few weeks ago when KFC announced a “limited-time national rollout” across America.
“That began on January 10, with the company estimating supplies would last for around four weeks…”
Beyond Fried Chicken has the exact same breading as KFC’s real chicken, complete with the dash of the chain’s secret ingredient white pepper (once you know what it is, you can’t fail to notice it), along with the MSG and salt. It was somehow both crisp and super oily. The actual “Beyond” component of Beyond Fried Chicken tastes, well, like chicken. It’s at the very least competitive with most other fast food nugget options, which may be saying a lot or a little depending on your view on nuggs…. I found the texture quite pleasant. I’m frankly not totally sure that I’d be able to tell the difference between them and one of KFC’s discontinued nugget recipes in a blind taste test.
Though “vegetarian” usually gets conflated with health, Beyond Fried Chicken is anything but. The company’s guide indicates that a six-pack of the Beyond nuggets comes in at 480 calories, 27 grams of fat, and 1,440 milligrams of sodium. Mashed.com pointed out the closest comparable menu item, a kids’ size Popcorn Chicken, comes in at 290 calories, 19 grams of fat, and 870 milligrams of sodium. But then, fast food is about indulging in something you know is a little bad for you….
Not that cats are a true measure of whether fake chicken can pass for the real thing, but I feel it’s important to note in this review that my cats began swarming around the kitchen counter meowing from the second the bag was unwrapped.
The article includes footage of the cat eating one of the meatless chicken nuggets. And finally…
As for whether Beyond Fried Chicken is going to save the planet… that’s the wrong question. Chicken is much better in terms of carbon footprint than beef. But eating something other than meat is better still. The peas it’s made of are actually one of the most carbon-friendly, protein-rich foods.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – KFC’s Meatless ‘Beyond Fried Chicken’ Gets Limited-Time Rollout Across America
Enlarge / The MNT Reform, a boxy laptop built around maximally open-source hardware and software. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
| Specs at a glance: MNT Reform | |
|---|---|
| Screen | 1920×1080 12.5-inch (176PPI) IPS screen |
| OS | Debian Linux |
| CPU | NXP/Freescale i.MX8MQ (1.5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53) |
| RAM | 4GB |
| GPU | Vivante GC7000Lite |
| Storage | 32GB SD card, NVMe SSD optional |
| Networking | Optional 802.11n Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet |
| Ports | 3x USB-A 3.0, HDMI (optional), SD card slot |
| Camera | None |
| Size | 11.42×8.07×1.57 inches (290×205×40 mm) |
| Weight | 4.2 pounds (1.9 kg) |
| Battery | 8x 18650 LiFePO4 battery cells |
| Starting price | $1,358 (not assembled, with trackpad or trackball); $1,550 assembled with trackball |
If you’re a Linux fan or open source advocate looking for a decent laptop, you actually have some solid options right now—much better, at least, than buying a Windows laptop, installing Linux on it, and hoping for the best.
Dell has offered Ubuntu editions of some of its XPS laptops and other PCs for years now, and Lenovo sells a respectable collection of desktops and laptops with Linux. System76 sells a selection of Linux-friendly laptops preloaded with Ubuntu or its own Pop!_OS distribution. The repair-friendly Framework Laptop doesn’t ship with Linux, but it can be configured without an OS, and Framework promises robust Linux support from multiple distributions.
But those laptops all have something in common with run-of-the-mill Windows PCs: a reliance on closed-source hardware and, often, the proprietary software and drivers needed to make it function. For some people, this is a tolerable trade-off. You put up with the closed hardware because it performs well, and it supports the standard software, development tools, and APIs that keep the computing world spinning. For others, it’s anathema—if you can’t see the source code for these “binary blobs,” they are inherently untrustworthy and should be used sparingly or not at all.
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Source: Ars Technica – Review: MNT Reform laptop has fully open hardware and software—for better or worse
The tech news cycle has been dominated this weekend by Spotify as it continues to deal with the fallout from its decision to back Joe Rogan. Last week, Neil Young offered the streaming service an ultimatum, saying it either cracked down on COVID-19 misinformation, pumped out by Rogan’s podcast and others, or he’d quit. Spotify decided to back Rogan, which prompted Joni Mitchell to withdraw her music from the platform in solidarity. (Both Mitchell and Young were childhood survivors of polio, and both know the real danger of vaccine misinformation.)
Subsequently, a number of high-profile figures have registered their unease, including the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and Brené Brown. Yesterday, Brown said that she would pause releasing new episodes of her two Spotify-exclusive podcasts “until further notice.” And Spotify’s own COVID-19 guidelines were subsequently leaked, which revealed the (very) wide latitude the company offers to podcasts on its service. (Spotify’s also apparently cool with climate denial, as evidenced by a very recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience.)
To try to address the issue, Spotify has announced that it will add a content advisory to any podcast episodes discussing COVID-19. Rogan himself has released a video statement saying that he felt justified in inviting COVID-deniers onto his show, but was sorry for the trouble he had caused Spotify. He also promised to “balance things out” by booking guests with different opinions in future.
-Dan Cooper
T-Mobile has confirmed reports that its corporate employees will face termination if they are not vaccinated for COVID-19. The carrier, following in the footsteps of tech giants like Google, is mandating that workers get protected against the pandemic, or face termination. Employees who have had their first jab, meanwhile, will be placed on unpaid leave until they get their second dose. As always, a number of exemptions and caveats apply, but it looks like many companies are done tiptoeing around the issue.
Jack Sweeney’s Twitter bots use public data to track the whereabouts of public figures’ private jets. His most famous is ElonJet which, quelle surprise, tracks the takeoff and landing patterns of Elon Musk’s personal plane, and has more than 203,000 followers. Musk, naturally, wasn’t thrilled at its existence, and offered Sweeney $5,000 to take the bot down. Sweeney, however, was looking for something closer to $50,000 to help him get through college. But you don’t become a billionaire by handing out cash to people, and so Musk reportedly broke off comms with the 19-year-old.
Dr. Laurie Leshin has accepted the role as head of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, making her the first woman to lead the famous lab. Leshin’s background includes a tour of duty at the Goddard Space Flight Center, and a stint as deputy associate administrator at NASA’s Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Her work helped lay the groundwork for the Artemis and commercial spaceflight programs, and she helped craft the Mars sample return missions.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has given a thumbs up to the Boston Security Token Exchange (BSTX), a blockchain-based stock exchange. When it launches later next year, you won’t immediately be able to trade crypto stocks with the BSTX, but its backers are hoping to broaden its toolset in future. BSTX says that the benefit of blockchain is to speed up trade settlements between parties, a process that can currently take up to two days at a time.
Source: Engadget – The Morning After: Spotify tries to address is misinformation problem
AMD recently launched the Radeon RX 6500 XT graphics card for the $199 USD price point. While built on the current-generation RDNA2 architecture, this graphics card was widely panned for its price while only offering 4GB of video memory, limited to PCIe x4 bandwidth, and performance similar to the years-old Polaris GPUs. While all the major benchmarks online to this point have been under Windows, here is a look at how the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT is performing under Linux.
Source: Phoronix – AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Linux Performance
Although it is true that it is not in its best days, Firefox is one of the most important web browsers in the computing sector. This ranks third in the ranking of the most used browsers, behind Chrome and Edge, and thanks to it we can browse with greater privacy and using open-source software.
As with any program, it is important to have this software always up to date, in order to navigate safely and with the latest technology. But what about the ESR version of Firefox, which is often quite a bit behind the latest stable version?
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YouTuber Handy Geng noticed that all his buddies had bigger power banks than his. “I’m not so happy with that,” he writes. It bothered him! He could not sleep. So Handy Geng decided to change that by building the biggest power bank of all.
Handy Geng put his D.I.Y. skills to the test, welding a metal frame and making…
Source: Kotaku – Man Makes Power Bank Able To Charge 5,000 Smartphones
For years Intel has been working on Linux patches for supporting their Control-Flow Enforcement Technology (CET) with Indirect Branch Tracking and Shadow Stack support. It’s been in the works for years and through many revisions while now they are pursuing a new route and focusing just on the Shadow Stack user-space functionality…
Source: Phoronix – Intel Revs New Linux Patches Providing For Shadow Stacks For User-Space
Enlarge / A trio of E-Transits in high and low roof configurations. (credit: Ford)
SONOMA, Calif.—The US commercial pickup market is often dominated by the many variations of Ford’s F-series. But since 2014, Ford has had an alternative for commercial drivers who prefer something more van-like. That’s when the company started building Transit vans in Kansas City, Missouri. Since then, Ford has built a million of them.
Now, Ford has created an electric version of the Transit—or rather I should say versions, since the E-Transit comes in eight different body styles, just like its dinosaur-powered predecessor. In fact, the ladder chassis is identical, which means that the E-Transit is entirely compatible with the vast ecosystem of upfitters out there. Ford says to think beyond last-mile delivery vans, which only account for 10 percent of the commercial van market—a not-so subtle dig at startup rivals, perhaps.
And Ford’s not just here to sell your business an electric van, either. The company has come up with a whole plug-and-play telematics solution which will manage not just E-Transits but any other vehicles, electric or internal combustion, Ford or otherwise.
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Source: Ars Technica – We’ve driven Ford’s other electric workhorse: the 2022 E-Transit
