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Ahead of the new year, the popular decentralized social media platform Bluesky has rolled out a new update. The Bluesky update 1.61 comes less than a week after the previous update which redesigned the logo to a butterfly and made the posts public for even those who did not have an account on the platform. Now, with the new update, Bluesky has added a new in-app video and music player for links. This player will function like the native player on X (formerly Twitter) where users do not have to leave the platform to play…

Tushar Mehta / Digital Trends I am a chinophile. Before you set out to Google the word, it means that I love winters (and obviously prefer them over summers). More time to stay in bed, more reasons to have soup and hot chocolate without guilt, and no need to look for excuses for putting on some weight are among my top reasons. I also happen to be someone who loves sunsets way more than sunrises — that makes me an opacarophile. One evening, while walking my dog and looking at the sunset, I wondered at how small…

Samsung announced during SDC 2023 in October that Samsung Wallet users in the United States will soon be able to store their digital state IDs in the app. Availability of this feature is going to vary by state. The company had revealed at that time that Arizona and Iowa would be among the first states that allow their digital state IDs to be added to the app. Arizona has made that happen now, enabling Arizonans to store digital forms of their ID in Samsung Wallet. Samsung Wallet app can store Arizona digital state IDs…

Samsung has added foldable Galaxy phones to its Self-Repair program for the first time. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the Galaxy Z Fold 5 are the first foldable phones to be added to the program, and we expect the company to keep adding newer devices to it in the future. The South Korean firm has also added some Galaxy Book laptops to the Self-Repair program. Samsung's Self-Repair program is now available for Galaxy Z and Galaxy Book 2 Pro series devices in Europe and South Korea Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 users in…

Samsung first launched its Self-Repair program in the U.S. in 2022 and expanded to South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and select European countries earlier this year.Samsung Electronics has announced that its Self-Repair program is now available for the latest smartphones, tablets and PCs in South Korea and even more European countries. For the first time, Samsung is expanding the program to Galaxy foldables, including the Galaxy Z Flip5 and Z Fold5. This offers Galaxy users extra convenience and choice to get more out of their…

Richard Ashcroft has been added to the Kew the Music 2024 line-up, where he will be headlining the final show of the series on Sunday 14th July 2024. Ashcroft is a two-time Ivor Novello winner (Songwriter of the Year in 1998 and Outstanding Contribution to British Music in 2019) who has released five Top 5 solo albums, including the #1 debut ‘Alone With Everybody’. He first came to attention with The Verve, with who he released one of the biggest albums of the era in the shape of ‘Urban Hymns’ (the UK’s 18th…

Apple has today announced that popular sports outlet The Athletic has joined Apple News Plus and will be included as part of the subscription. In a press release Tuesday Apple stated, "Apple and The Athletic today announced that Apple News Plus subscribers now have access to The Athletic’s unrivaled sports journalism." The Athletic is one of the world's most-popular online sports networks providing coverage across a wide range of major sports leagues in the US and around the world. It's the only media subscription I pay…

In the Golden Globe Awards history, Meryl Streep is the most nominated actor. After the nominations for the 81st Golden Globes were announced on Monday, December 11, Meryl secured another nomination for best performance by a supporting actress for her role in Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building”, bringing her total count to an astounding 33. Meryl Streep’s 33rd nomination arrived for the acclaimed Hulu series, where she is playing the role of Loretta Durkin, an actor who, having starred in…

There may be currently 3,782 emojis in the beloved Unicode library, yet a team of biologists has found its representation of the tree of life is significantly substandard.Scientists from Italy’s National Research Council have taken the current animals and nature emojis – from snake to shark – and mapped them on the phylogenic tree of life that links all organisms. They found that plants, fungi, invertebrates and microorganisms were all poorly covered in cute digital form. And while vertebrates – often the most recognized…

June Wan/ZDNETThe Pixel 8 camera is already one of the best phone cameras available, but just ahead of the Google Pixel December feature drop, Pixel owners are getting an upgrade to their phone's camera -- and a look at two more features that are on the way.The biggest improvement that's available right now is a change to the Pixel's Night Sight. As a part of version 9.2 of the Pixel Camera app (available now through the Play Store), users can now record five minutes of 1080p timelapse Night Sight video or 20 minutes…