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Fake Infringing Claims on Spotify Are Annoying Genuine Artists

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A report from Billboard states that fake DMCA notices are taking over the music industry, with even popular platforms like Spotify having no proper rectification method to solve rising issues. The report noted several examples where genuine artists on Spotify are flagged for infringing music, by their rivals to tackle them illegally. And they were left with no proper channel to fight back, but to be alive at the mercy of the claimant. Frustrating Musicians Since Years In the looming nature of piracy these days, DMCA notices are a slight help for the rightsholders. Most of the content hosting platforms these days have a DMCA policy and do respond to takedown notices if deemed true. But, some are exploiting this means to thrust their rivals – which is a growing concern. Spotify is one such platform where genuine artists are suffering due to fake takedown notices! And it’s happening for years, with no improvement from Spotify to tackle them. A report from Billboard – a music publication n...
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Nothing Phone 1 to Have an Under-Display Fingerprint Sensor

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One of the most awaited smartphones this year – Nothing Phone 1 is nearing its official launch. While we’re awaiting an official date, a new leak revealed that it’s said to have an under-display fingerprint sensor. The video leak is claimed to be originated from TikTok, showcasing the phone’s under-display fingerprint unlocking feature. Rest details have already been known, including the renders and internal specifications. Unlocking Nothing Phone 1 One of the major reasons for Nothing Phone to get fame already is its head – Carl Pei – who co-founded OnePlus, one of the favorite Android brands today. The very first phone in this series is touted to bear no name but a number, as 1, making it Nothing Phone 1. As we wait to see what it’s got, a series of leaks revealed the phone’s specifications already. These include Phone 1 having a 6.55″ AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, Snapdragon 778G+ SoC, 50MP + 16MP rear cameras, and a 4,500mAh battery with 45W fast charging capacity. While ...
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Paranoid Android Sapphire Beta 2 is Now Available to OnePlus 7 Series

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One of the best custom ROMs out there, Paranoid Android has just released the second beta version of its Sapphire series – based on Android 12. This is available for OnePlus OnePlus 7 Pro, OnePlus 7T, and OnePlus 7T Pro, while the OnePlus 5 and 5T too are added to the list to have them run on Android 12 . Although, you need to make setup some prerequisites to run in as needed. Paranoid Android Sapphire Beta 2 Features If you’ve been in the custom ROM space before, you must have known the Paranoid Android OS at some point. It’s open-source and is timely being updated according to the current trends. And the latest one we have now is the Android 12-based Sapphire OS, which has been in testing for months. Now, we have the second beta version of Sapphire OS coming to the OnePlus 7 Pro, the OnePlus 7T, and the OnePlus 7T Pro (Bad luck for vanilla OnePlus 7 users). This update brings noteworthy changes and bug fixes as below; Updated blobs EROFS Fixed some camera issues Wireguard kernel supp...
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Windows 11 Now Serves Over 20% Steam Gamers

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The latest Steam Hardware Survey for the month of June 2022 revealed that gamers are picking up Windows 11 as their system OS, as it gained a bit to serve over 21% of steam gamers. Although, it’s far behind Windows 10, which is still popular with over 70% market share in steam gaming. Similar stats in CPU show that Intel is leading the race, with AMD behind. And there’s Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1060 still being the favorite for many gamers. Steam Hardware Survey For June 2022 Steam, a popular marketplace for PC gamers has released the survey details for June 2022’s hardware usage by its gamers. From the report, it’s spotted that Steam gamers are embracing the new Window 11 OS, which now has a share of 21.23%.   Though it’s a mere 1.64% spike compared to the previous month, it depicts the rapid adoption of the new OS by Steam gamers. And it’s reasoned with a lot of means – primarily due to Microsoft’s work for solving bugs in time and showing Windows 11 as a good gaming platform. Yet, i...
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Facebook Watch App Will No Longer Work on Apple TV

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As several users reported, Facebook Watch app Apple TV stopped working suddenly this week, for unknown reasons. Neither Facebook nor Apple made any announcement regarding this, but people trying to access the Watch app are shown a message as “Facebook Watch TV will no longer be available“. Instead, Facebook suggests users access the experience through the web but still lists Apple TV as one of the many supported platforms to access the Watch app. Dumping Facebook Watch App on Apple TV Smart TVs can’t be smart if they don’t have multiple applications offering various services. And Facebook leveraged this ability of smart TVs to push its Watch service – and have users watch Facebook videos, live streams, etc for years. Initially launched for Samsung smart TVs, Facebook brought its Watch app to Apple TV in 2017, and later to consoles and more TVs. But now, years after being a free video streaming app, Apple users are unable to open the Watch app on their Apple TVs. They are encountered wi...
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Cloudflare Outage Disrupted Critical Services Across The World

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Cloudflare, the internet’s largest CDN service was down for a few minutes early this morning, which resulted in the outrage of several critical services. Cloudflare has millions of clients worldwide, so expect the platform’s outage can disrupt a major part of the internet. Although, the company soon said they had identified the issue and rolled a fix and said all the dependent services should once again be back. Cloudflare Takes a Large Part of Internet Down With the internet being a widely connected community, services like Cloudflare – a Content Delivery Network, are important for thwarting malicious attacks and keeping the critical services up all the time. Cloudflare offers DoS protection, speed optimization, and various cybersecurity services to millions of domains globally.  So expect how serious a service outage from Cloudflare can affect the internet! It’s huge. For a brief period today morning, Cloudflare was down due to an unreported bug that affected all the data plane s...
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YouTube Music Displays Music Suggestions on Notification Screen

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Leveraging a specific Android 12 feature, YouTube Music is spotted displaying music suggestions to users right on the notification screen. This is reportedly said to be triggered only when the user plugs something into the USB/audio jack or connects to a Bluetooth headset. With suggestions on the locked notification screen, users tapping on any of them will play the music the right way without launching the app. YouTube Music Recommendations Out of many features that Google added to Android 12, Show Media Recommendations is one that’s not leveraged by any music player yet. But Google’s sister service – YouTube Music, is taking advantage of it for good.   As spotted by 9to5Google, the YouTube Music app is seen displaying music recommendations to users right on their notification panel. This happens even if the device is locked, but only when it’s connected to a Bluetooth headset or something inserted into a USB or audio port. The suggestions are displayed as a card, which comes with...
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