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Today, Spotify is finally rolling out its real-time lyrics feature globally, after previously only offering it in a limited selection of countries. The lyrics themselves are provided by Musixmatch, which claims to offer lyrics for “over 8 million” titles. and will be accessible on basically every platform where Spotify has an app. This includes iOS, Android, desktop computers, gaming consoles, and smart TVs. The feature is available to both free and premium listeners. As well as using the lyrics to sing along yourself, there’s also a social element which allows you to share lyrics to social media. Spotify says the feature will be available across the “majority” of its music library. Here’s how to access the lyrics (and share them) as per Spotify’s instructions: On the Spotify mobile app Ta...

If you’re still stuck on level 1 of the Halo Infinite Battle Pass, fear not, as 343 Industries is making some much-needed changes to progression later this week. “To address the feedback on Battle Pass progression we will be making targeted tunings to our model later this week,” says Halo community manager John Junyszek. The existing Halo Infinite Battle Pass makes it difficult to level up, as you’re limited to completing daily or weekly challenges instead of earning XP for every game you play. While that isn’t changing yet, 343 Industries is adding “Play 1 game” challenges “to help make sure you consistently progress through the Battle Pass by playing matches the way you want,” according to Junyszek. To address the feedback on Battle Pass progression we will be making targeted tunings to ...

Ring is releasing some holiday-themed Quick Replies to add some cheer to its doorbell’s automatic answering feature. Instead of the usual “We can’t answer the door right now, but if you’d like to leave a message, you can do it now” types of messages, you can instead have your Ring greet visitors by saying “We’re busy wrapping presents right now,” or have it automatically thank delivery workers for bringing gifts to your door. According to Ring, Quick Replies are available on pretty much every Ring doorbell. While the feature is free, you’ll have to be a paying subscriber if you want any visitor responses to your doorbell’s “Happy Holidays!” greeting to be recorded (though you can watch them happen live without a Ring Protect plan). Like in previous years, you also have the option to set ca...

Last month, Nvidia settled the age-old question once and for all — yes, it can run Crysis, whatever it is, as long as it can stream the company’s GeForce Now cloud gaming service. To prove it, Nvidia’s now giving away a copy of Crysis Remastered for free with every new six-month GeForce Now subscription, as well as the first wave of customers who’ve already subscribed or preordered GeForce Now’s impressive new RTX 3080 tier. It’s a limited-time offer. You don’t even have to play that copy of Crysis using GeForce Now, by the way — it’s a full PC copy delivered via the Epic Games Store, and you can run it on your gaming desktop or laptop too. It’s yours to keep even after your subscription is over. Nvidia says it’s the first time GeForce Now has given away a game. “Current GeForce Now RTX 30...

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, Nintendo’s AR-powered Mario Kart game that lets you race physical toy karts around your home with the Nintendo Switch, just got updated to version 2.0 with a much-requested feature: splitscreen local multiplayer. Previously, multiplayer Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit was a complex and costly endeavor. You’d need two karts — the base game only comes with one — as well as two Nintendo Switch consoles, and the action would play out on each player’s Switch screen. With the 2.0 update, you can hook up one Switch to a TV so both players can stay on the couch as they race their karts around the room. There’s also a new Relay Race mode that allows for multiplayer games with just a single kart. Between two and four players can select their own characters, with control ...

Niantic has released details of Pokémon Go’s upcoming Ed Sheeran collaboration in a new blog post, a little over a day after first teasing the surprising crossover. The event kicks off on November 22nd at 2pm ET (11am PT), and will run for a little over a week until November 30th. The main feature appears to be a performance of some sort from Ed Sheeran, though what form this will take (a pre-recorded video? A virtual Ed avatar?) isn’t at all clear. Niantic says the performance will include songs from Sheeran’s new album, titled = (yes, the name of the album is the equals sign), and that it’ll be accessible from the News section of the Pokémon Go app. Right now, this section is just a news feed of announcements and blog posts, so this doesn’t offer much of a hint about what shape the perfo...

Proprietary password manager and cybersecurity firm NordPass has just published its 2021 study of the world’s top 200 most common passwords, and the results are just what you’d think. Taking the top place in the U.S. is none other than “123456,” a sequence of six digits that might explain why America has the most leaked passwords per capita across the globe. In second place is the obvious “password,” and the rest of the top 10 slots are filled with varying versions of the two, such as “123456789” and “password1.” Interestingly enough, those across the pond also have an affinity to those same six numbers, with “123456” also being the most common password in the U.K., followed by “password” once again, a more local “liverpool,” “password1” and “123456789” rounding out the top five. Other not...

In the case of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme that has allegedly cheated many people across the U.S. out of more than $2 billion USD worth of Bitcoin, the U.S. Justice Department is selling the $56 million USD worth of cryptocurrency it seized in the scam. This September, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued BitConnect and its founder Satish Kumbhani and leade promoter of the company in the U.S. Glenn Arcaro for disregarding the fact that “BitConnect did not deploy investor funds for trading with its purported Trading Bot.” According to the SEC, “BitConnect and Kumbhani siphoned investors’ funds off for their own benefit, and their associates’ benefit, by transferring those funds to digital wallet addresses controlled by Kumbhani, Arcaro, other promoters, including the Arcaro Promoters...

Since TikTok came to the forefront of social media, viral challenges have contributed significantly to the app’s popularity, often spreading like wildfire especially among younger users. While some of these challenges are harmless and can drive engagement, the company is now looking to curb ones that are more dangerous along with toxic hoaxes. In a new survey of more than 10,000 teenage users, parents and teachers across numerous countries including the U.S. and U.K., TikTok found that 31 percent of teens have participated in some form of online challenge before. Although 48% of those users said that the challenge was completely safe and harmless, 32% said that their experience involved a little risk, and 14% actually described their challenge as risky or flat-out dangerous. 3% even called...

Haptics company HaptX claims Meta (formerly Facebook) copied its patented designs in a glove that the tech giant revealed yesterday. HaptX — a longtime player in the virtual and augmented reality industry — says parts of the glove appear “substantively identical” to its own work using pneumatics to simulate physical touch. “We welcome interest and competition in the field of microfluidic haptics; however, competition must be fair for the industry to thrive,” said HaptX founder and CEO Jake Rubin in a statement. “While we have not yet heard from Meta, we look forward to working with them to reach a fair and equitable arrangement that addresses our concerns and enables them to incorporate our innovative technology into their future consumer products.” The Meta glove is an in-progress design ...