PlayStation Plus July 2022 Free Games Official: Crash Bandicoot 4, Man of Medan, Arcadegeddon

PlayStation Plus monthly free games for July 2022 are now official. PS Plus subscribers, across all three tiers — PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Deluxe/Premium — will be able to add Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon to their game library from July 5 to August 1. Notably, both the PS4 and PS5 versions of Crash Bandicoot 4, and Arcadegeddon will be available. Meanwhile, Man of Medan is a PS4 only title. Of course, most PS4 games are backwards compatible on the PS5.

Sony announced via an official blog post that the three free PS Plus games for July 2022 include Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon. All three tiers of PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to add these games to their library from July 5 to August 1. This announcement is in line with the recent leak that suggested that these three would be the free games for July 2022.

Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time

Bend the rules of reality and take on dangerous obstacles on this thrilling adventure in which not just the universe. but the entire multiverse is at stake. Wielding four powerful guardians of space and time, Crash and Coco will have to battle bosses such as N. Gin, Louise, Nitrus Brio, and Nefarious Tropy. The game also allows you to play as Tawna, Dingodile, and Dr Neo Cortex.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan

Developers of revered titles like Until Dawn and The Quarry, Supermassive Games bring another cinematic horror game — Man of Medan. The fate of all five playable characters is in your hands, as a holiday diving trip takes a sinister turn. You can go solo, or team up with friends locally or online to go through the terrifying story.

Arcadegeddon

Gilly decides to save his arcade from a faceless mega-corporation by developing a new super game. Unfortunately, the corp launches a cyberattack to prevent the protagonist from accomplishing this task. You and up to three of your friends can team up to save the game from the virus. Arcadegeddon is an ever-evolving multiplayer co-op shooter that features a mixture of Player vs Enemy (PvE) and Player vs Player (PvP) modes.

Before the arrival of these games, PlayStation Plus subscribers will have until Monday, July 4 to add the June 2022 gamesGod of War (2018), Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl — to their game library.

The free PS Plus games are not to be confused with the new Game Catalogue available on PS Plus Extra, Deluxe, and Premium. While the Game Catalogue titles can only be played until they exist on the service, the free PS Plus games can be played as long as you’ve an active subscription to any of the tiers.


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Baltimore Banner, a News Start-Up, Aims to Challenge The Sun

BALTIMORE — Local news wars have largely gone the way of the phone booth as newspapers have shriveled and reporter jobs have been cut. But one is taking shape in Baltimore, bringing a new kind of rivalry.

The Baltimore Banner, an online news site that started publishing in recent weeks, is trying to go head to head with the 185-year-old Baltimore Sun. The Banner has hired some of The Sun’s best reporters, building a newsroom of more than 40 people so far. And it has had a string of exclusive reporting, including on a feud between the sons of the Baltimore Orioles’ owner over the future of the baseball team.

This wasn’t the original plan of Stewart W. Bainum Jr., the hotel magnate behind The Banner. He tried to buy The Sun last year but lost out to Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has become the country’s second-largest newspaper operator. Now he’s competing against them, wary of the plans that Alden, which is known for cutting newsroom costs, has for The Sun.

“I kept thinking about local news during Covid, sitting here in Maryland, thinking about the dearth of local news,” Mr. Bainum, a longtime resident of Chevy Chase, Md., said in an interview.

“I just think there has to be a way to figure this out,” he added.

The Banner, which charges for a subscription, is already one of the largest in a raft of local news start-ups that are trying to fill the void left by the closing and downsizing of thousands of newspapers around the country since the rise of the internet. More than 360 local newspapers closed between late 2019 and May alone, according to a report released this week by Northwestern University’s journalism school. And Mr. Bainum has plans to build The Banner to a newsroom of more than 100, eclipsing the size of The Sun, and has promised to contribute or raise $50 million over the first four years.

The bold entry is a test of whether a subscription model for digital-only local news can be sustainable beyond the initial philanthropic capital, and whether there’s an appetite for a second large news publication in cities where competition used to be commonplace. There are also several smaller digital news outlets in the region, including Baltimore Fishbowl, Baltimore Brew and Baltimore Witness. Axios plans to expand its local newsletters to the city this year, and Baltimore Beat, a Black-run nonprofit, plans to resume publishing after a hiatus during the pandemic.

“If you’re really going to take on an established media entity in this kind of economic climate, you better go in like a samurai,” said Josh Tyrangiel, a former Bloomberg Media and Vice executive who grew up in Baltimore and provided informal advice to Mr. Bainum.

“Don’t tread softly, go in forcefully, and expect that you’ll have to spend a lot of money on the product and to market the product,” Mr. Tyrangiel said. “The people of Baltimore are now conditioned to expect very little from their newspaper.”

Trif Alatzas, the publisher and editor in chief of The Sun, said in a statement that Baltimore Sun Media, which also encompasses several other local newspapers, was proud to have the largest news-gathering team in the region, with 100 journalists total.

While Mr. Alatzas did not respond to a question about the competition posed by The Banner, he said his paper’s subscriber numbers had increased this year.

“We continue to see growth, and we are looking forward to continuing to provide our readers with Baltimore’s most comprehensive news and information,” Mr. Alatzas said.

Baltimore became a battleground in the local-news crisis over two years ago when Alden revealed that it had taken a 32 percent stake in Tribune Publishing, the parent company of The Sun and newspapers like The Chicago Tribune and The New York Daily News, making it the company’s largest shareholder.

Worried journalists began desperately seeking local owners to take over the newspapers because of the hedge fund’s reputation for eking out profits by gutting newsrooms. In February 2021, Tribune announced that it had reached a deal to give Alden full ownership and sell The Sun and two smaller Maryland publications to Mr. Bainum.

But the deal ran aground. Mr. Bainum then made bids for all of Tribune, including an offer valuing the company at about $650 million in which he would put up $200 million of his own money. In May 2021, shareholders voted to approve the sale of Tribune to Alden for roughly $630 million.

The failed attempt to buy The Sun did not deter Mr. Bainum, who found himself energized by the thought of setting up a nonprofit newsroom to serve the city. Mr. Bainum, the chairman of Choice Hotels International and a former Maryland state legislator, consulted with other nonprofit leaders and executives at major media companies to figure out a model that could work.

He worked with Ted Venetoulis, a former county executive and publisher in Baltimore who had long been trying to buy The Sun. They decided that the best shot was starting with a sizable newsroom with the best talent they could find, instead of building slowly.

Running The Banner as a nonprofit would made it easier to finance and to accept contributions, as well as easier to do partnerships with other nonprofits in the community.

Mr. Venetoulis died in October at age 87. The nonprofit organization that runs The Banner was named the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism in his memory.

Mr. Bainum hired Kimi Yoshino, a top editor at The Los Angeles Times, as editor in chief. Ms. Yoshino moved to Baltimore in January. She said the vast majority of the journalists she had hired were from Baltimore or Maryland, or had previously worked there.

Liz Bowie, a longtime education reporter for The Sun who was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting in 2020, is one of the hires.

“I worked at The Sun for 35 years, my husband worked at The Sun, my mother worked at The Sun,” Ms. Bowie said in an interview. “So I was really committed to that institution.”

But, she added, “I sort of emotionally left The Sun” when shareholders voted to sell to Alden. Ms. Bowie joined The Banner this year as one of its first reporters.

“I think we’ll be able to be larger and we’ll cover more of the city because all of the money will go straight back into the journalism,” she said.

In addition to Ms. Bowie, The Banner has hired the reporters Justin Fenton, Tim Prudente and Pamela Wood from The Sun. Mr. Fenton, an award-winning investigative reporter whose book about a corrupt Baltimore police unit, “We Own This City,” was recently turned into an HBO series, had worked at The Sun for 17 years.

He said that he had watched The Sun’s newsroom diminish to a shadow of its former self, when it had foreign bureaus and 300 reporters, and that he was excited by the thought of building something new.

“Now we’re going head to head,” he said. “Can this town sustain two large news organizations?”

Imtiaz Patel, a former Dow Jones executive who is the chief executive of The Banner, said the operating budget for the first year was about $15 million. He said paid subscriptions would be about half the revenue mix, with advertising making up about a quarter and the rest coming from things like events and donations.

Readers can read a certain number of free articles a month before a paid subscription is required. A subscription is $3.99 a week, or $155 for the year.

Mr. Patel said the goal was to get to 100,000 paid subscribers to break even and five million monthly unique views on the website by 2025. He said he wanted to no longer rely on funding from Mr. Bainum after a few years.

Mr. Bainum said the goal was to build a first-rate local news site for Baltimore and to figure out whether it was a business model that would work elsewhere. But he also said he wasn’t going to let the experiment last forever.

“If at four or five years this is just a black hole, then you know there are other places to invest philanthropically,” Mr. Bainum said. “But I’m going to stick with it for four or five years anyway at least.”

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OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro India Launch Set for July 4: Specifications Detailed

OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro now has a launch date in India, following teasers from last week – it will launch in the country on July 4. Like its predecessor, the OnePlus TV 43 Y1S Pro with Gamma Engine, which was launched in April this year, the upcoming smart TV model will feature a bezel-less design with a 4K UHD display with MEMC technology. It will offer HDR10 support and will come equipped with 24W speakers featuring Dolby Audio support and AI-Powered Visuals. The upcoming smart TV also carries 8GB of internal storage.

To recall, OnePlus had last week teased the India launch of the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro smart TV. Now in a fresh update to its microsite, the company has confirmed that the launch of the smart TV will take place on July 4, 2022, at 12pm. On the other hand, Amazon India has already listed the key specifications of the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro ahead of launch. Interested customers can click on the “Notify Me” button on the website to know further about the upcoming device.

The OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro is teased to feature a 50-inch 4K UHD display with a 10-bit colour depth. It will come with Gamma Engine for enhancing image quality in real-time. It is confirmed to offer a host of features including Motion Estimation Motion Compensation (MEMC) support, HDR10 support, Dolby Audio, and more. Like the previous OnePlus Y-series smart TV models, the upcoming TV will have a Smart Manager featuring allowing users to control many functions including system speed, and freeing up storage space, among others.

The listing indicates that the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro will feature 24W speakers with support for Dolby Audio support. The smart TV will offer connectivity with other OnePlus devices and users will be able to adjust the TV’s volume via the OnePlus Watch with the Smart Volume Control. With the Sleep Detection feature, it will automatically fall asleep with the user. The listing also suggests 8GB of internal storage on the new smart TV.

To recall, the OnePlus TV 50 Y1S Pro’s predecessor, the OnePlus TV 43 Y1S Pro was launched in India in April this year.


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Tecno Spark 8P India Launch Teased, 50-megapixel Triple Rear Camera Confirmed



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World Leaders Must Look at the Big Picture to Solve Food Crisis — Global Issues

  • Opinion by Marco Ferroni (chicago, usa)
  • Inter Press Service

The combined result is expected to leave more than 320 million people severely food insecure this year, compared to 135 million two years ago.

Until recently, efforts to bolster such an overstretched global food system have focused on a single aspect, such as developing hardier crop varieties, reforming subsidies or reducing food waste, but any system is only as strong as its weakest link.

New varieties, technologies or incentives to increase yields are meaningless if there is no water to irrigate the soil, or if the infrastructure is not there to get the harvest to market.

Policymakers and scientists are increasingly recognising the need for a new approach that considers all aspects from farm to fork, a philosophy that goes beyond individual commodities, and even beyond agriculture as a sector.

A “systems approach” allows for a greater understanding of the bigger picture by considering the broader context in which food is produced, distributed, and consumed, and how those systems function within related systems such as health and energy.

Just as the G7 agriculture ministers warned against short-term responses to the food crisis that come at the cost of medium and long-term sustainability, CGIAR believes a systems approach is necessary to minimise the trade-offs and unintended consequences that have contributed to food crises for decades.

Put simply, systems thinking is a holistic approach that accounts for the interplay of all elements, assessing and addressing both the potential benefits and harms of new developments.

For example, when applied to food, it raises questions such as: does this new seed or practice require additional natural resources and are they available? Is a particular innovation accessible and practical for women as well as men? What repercussions will it have for the environment, trade, food prices, livelihoods and nutrition?

Adopting such a framing can then inspire a so-called “innovation systems approach”, which fosters productive engagement between key actors, including farmers, governments, enterprises, universities, and research institutes, and directs more targeted investment towards effective innovations in line with the G7’s recommendations.

The major advantage of such a systems approach is that it can be applied at all levels.

At a global level, rebalancing food systems requires a complete understanding of our natural resources worldwide, and how they intersect with food production across different regions in different scenarios.

Research shows that agriculture, which produces fuel crops as well as food, is one of the major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions, meaning agricultural innovations must be considered alongside energy innovations to ensure one avoids jeopardising the other.

Understanding how innovations and decisions made in one country can have ripple effects thousands of miles away is made easier through models such as the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT), while connecting food systems with land and water systems through cross-disciplinary research can help manage agriculture’s contribution to climate change.

At a national level, addressing country-level priorities by understanding the different levers at play can unlock multiple benefits.

For example, when Bangladesh identified a gender gap in agriculture in 2012, the government worked with CGIAR scientists to develop the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) program to achieve its dual goals of greater women’s empowerment and improved nutrition.

The program featured agricultural training as well as nutrition behaviour change communication and gender sensitization trainings to increase women’s empowerment, diversify production and improve the quality of household diets.

Finally, a systems approach tackles localised needs more effectively by addressing the multiple factors that contribute to and compound poverty and hunger.

For example, bean breeders at the Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) developed a demand-led research model that has resulted in more than 500 new varieties of beans according to the different needs, tastes and preferences of both farmers and consumers.

By refining agricultural research with an end-to-end approach, scientists developed the new varieties most likely to be successful with consumers and therefore adopted by farmers, doubling bean productivity in Uganda and Ethiopia between 2008 and 2018.

Ultimately, people do not only eat food: they grow it, sell it, buy it, cook it and share it. And so, food systems transformation requires dealing with such complexity by harnessing science and technology, learning from analysis and data, interpreting ambiguity and potential conflicts to develop multiple solutions to tackle interconnected challenges.

These benefits could be fully realised with greater investment into research across the agri-food system as a whole, which in turn starts with a shift in mindset towards more systemic thinking.

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Tecno Spark 8P India Launch Teased, 50-megapixel Triple Rear Camera Confirmed

Tecno Spark 8P India launch was teased by the Chinese company on Monday. To recall, the smartphone made its debut in some markets last year. Now, Tecno Mobile India has released a teaser that shows that the upcoming Tecno smartphone will offer ‘7GB’ of RAM. The teaser also shows that the Tecno Spark 8P will come with a 50-megapixel triple rear camera in India. The smartphone sports a 6.6-inch full-HD+ Dot Notch Screen with a resolution of 1080×2408 pixels. The launch of the Indian variant of the smartphone is expected soon, but unfortunately, exact details weren’t provided.

Tecno Spark 8P India launch, expected price in India

The India launch of the Tecno Spark 8P smartphone has been teased by Tecno Mobile India on Twitter as well as on Facebook. However, the exact date of its launch in India has not been revealed yet but the teaser shows that the Tecno Spark 8P is coming soon.

As for the expected price of the Tecno Spark 8P in India, the smartphone was launched in the Philippines in November last year, at PHP 7,499 (roughly Rs. 10,800). We can expect India pricing to be around the same.

Tecno Spark 8P specifications, features

As mentioned above, the teaser released by the company shows that the upcoming Indian variant of the Tecno Spark 8P carries 7GB of RAM. Of course, this must mean it uses Tecno’s Memory Fusion tech, using 3GB of onboard storage to virtually increase the total RAM from the 4GB actually offered. Also, it has been confirmed that it will feature a 50-megapixel triple rear camera setup. Apart from this, the company has not revealed any other specifications of the Indian variant of the Tecno Spark 8P.

The global variant of the Tecno Spark 8P sports a 6.6-inch FHD+ Dot Notch Screen with a resolution of 1080×2408 pixels at a pixel density of 480 pixels per inch (ppi). It is powered by an octa-core SoC (different countries have different processors), with the Philippines variant powered by a MediaTek Helio G70 SoC. It runs on Android 11. There is an 8-megapixel front facing camera on board, with a dual flash module. There is a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Also, the global variant of the smartphone comes with DTS Stereo Sound Effect and packs a 5,000mAh battery.


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OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List



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Self-custody is key during extreme market conditions: Here’s what experts say

The ongoing crisis of cryptocurrency lending and the associated crypto market decline once again confirms the importance of self-custody or the “true ownership” of crypto by its holder, according to several industry experts.

In June, the cryptocurrency market capitalization plummeted below the $1 trillion mark, with Bitcoin (BTC) nearing its worst monthly losses since 2011. It remains to be seen whether crypto lending would survive the current crypto winter. Still, several industry executives agree that investors can protect their assets forever by simply moving them to self-custodial or noncustodial wallets.

It’s crucial to remember that crypto financial services providers like Celsius or Babel are centralized finance (CeFi) platforms, as opposed to decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, according to Yves Longchamp, head of research at the Swiss crypto bank Seba.

“Based on this evidence, CeFi platforms need to be better regulated with a focus on risk management. It is difficult to regulate DeFi as you cannot put a smart contract in jail, or simply close a DeFi application,” Longchamp said in a statement to Cointelegraph on Wednesday.

One way to regulate the overall crypto market is to regulate the crypto user in the first place by providing education and investor protection tools along with reliable products from an independent source, the executive said, adding:

“In the spirit of blockchain, self-administration is key: crypto holders should own their coins in non-custodial wallets. If a user is to make smart decisions they need to be well-informed on the risks they are undertaking.”

Longchamp also argued that algorithmic stablecoins like TerraUSD (UST) are “unstable” and “should be avoided.” CeFi should focus on transparent asset-backed stablecoins, he said.

According to Brian Norton, chief operating officer at MyEtherWallet, crypto investors now have enough tools to realize that they do not have to rely exclusively on CeFi to make trades and mitigate risks.

Norton noted that crypto winters provide time and opportunity for people to learn how self-custody is done, adding:

“If you are relying exclusively on centralized platforms, even when the yields are great, you’re still giving up a good deal of control over your digital assets. […] Self-custody is what crypto was built for, and what we are seeing right now is not unusual.”

Crypto self-custody is about letting consumers fully control their keys and the fate of their crypto, according to Adam Lowe, chief product and innovation officer at the Arculus crypto wallet.

Related: Noncustodial Bitcoin wallets unbannable, says exec behind Trezor wallets

“Self-sovereignty supports balance and self-regulation, and is beneficial to the entire digital asset ecosystem,” Lowe said in a statement to Cointelegraph.

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OneCoin Ponzi Scheme Mastermind Ruja Ignatova Added to FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted List

Ruja Ignatova, the Bulgarian mastermind behind the infamous “One Coin” ponzi scheme, has been added to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI’s) Ten Most Wanted list. Ignatova, who is also known as the self-appointed “crypto queen,” has been accused of scamming her victims out of $4 billion (roughly Rs. 31,580 crore) with her fraudulent scheme. After marketing her sham cryptocurrency worldwide, the Bulgaria-born German citizen disappeared with stolen money back in 2017. Her current whereabouts remain unknown with law enforcement agencies struggling to find any trace.

The FBI has put up a $100,000 (roughly Rs. 79 crore) reward for Ignatova, who disappeared in Greece in October 2017 around the time US authorities filed a sealed indictment and warrant for her arrest.

In 2014, Ignatova launched OneCoin, ostensibly aiming to replace Bitcoin as the world’s leading virtual money. Tapping a global network to market the coin to friends and family in exchange for their own payouts, she and her co-conspirators pulled in at least $3.4 billion (roughly Rs. 26,844 crore) and possibly over $4 billion (roughly Rs. 31,580 crore), according to court documents.

Officials said that OneCoin was not backed by any secured, independent blockchain-type technology as other cryptocurrencies are. Instead, they said, it was a classic ponzi scheme, in which early investors are encouraged to find others and then paid out by receipts from later investors.

The disappearance of one of the biggest crypto fraudsters in history is the subject of a new documentary (via Variety) fittingly called “Crypto Queen.” The producers behind the project, which is supported by the UK’s Channel 4 and other media companies, claim that it will contain unexpected revelations.

The crypto queen’s brother, Konstantin Ignatov, remains free on bail pending sentencing. He was arrested back in 2019 for his involvement in the scheme, but his sentencing was adjourned since he was cooperating with US authorities.

The news also arrives within weeks of Europol, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation adding Ignatova to its own most-wanted list of criminals.


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Nintendo Has Launched a Switch Repair Subscription in Japan

Nintendo has launched a Switch repair subscription service in Japan that costs the equivalent of around $18 / £15 a year.

As reported by VGC, Wide Care covers all Nintendo Switch hardware (standard and Lite) plus Joy-Con controllers, the TV dock and AC adapters for any natural breakdowns or accidental damage. The service costs ¥200 (around $1.50 / £1.25) a month and entitles subscribers to up to six repairs a year, including two hardware repairs with costs covered up to ¥100,000 ($739 / £615).

Nintendo has only announced the subscription service for Japan so far but IGN has asked the company if it plans to bring Wide Care to other regions.

How to Fix Joy-Con Drift At Home

While the Nintendo Switch hardware itself has proven fairly sturdy, the same cannot be said for the Joy-Con controllers, which have become infamous for their “Joy-Con drift” that the company hasn’t been able to properly address in the Switch’s five years on the market.

It announced a free repair service for this specific issue back in 2019 but it recently materialised that the repair centres themselves were so overwhelmed that mistakes were made when the controllers were meant to be fixed. The issue is so persistent that Nintendo has faced several lawsuits as a result of its Joy-Con malfunctions.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer who occasionally remembers to tweet @thelastdinsdale. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.

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Noise Flair XL Neckband Earphones With Up to 80 Hours Battery Life Launched in India: Price, Specifications

Noise Flair XL Bluetooth neckband earphones were launched in India on Friday. The neckband earphones feature the Environmental Sound Reduction technology. The company claims that these wireless earphones can provide up to 80 hours of uninterrupted playtime per charge. The Noise Flair XL neckband earphones are equipped with the company’s proprietary Tru Bass as well as Hyper Sync technology, which is said to automatically connect the neckband to the most recently paired device immediately as soon as both the earbuds are separated. Furthermore, they offer Bluetooth v5.2 connectivity.

Noise Flair XL price in India, availability

The price of the Noise Flair XL neckband earphones has been set at Rs. 1,499. These wireless neckband earphones from Noise can be purchased from Flipkart and the Noise official website. The Noise Flair XL neckband earphones will be available in Burgundy Red, Jet Black, Mist Grey, and Stone Blue colour variants.

Noise Flair XL specifications, features

The Noise Flair XL neckband earphones are equipped with 10mm drivers and Noise’s proprietary Tru Bass tech, as well as the company’s Hyper Sync technology, which is said to automatically connects the neckband to the most recently paired device immediately as soon as both the earbuds are separated. The neckband also features the Environmental Sound Reduction technology, which eliminates background noises to ensure clear calls and seamless communication, according to the company.

The Noise Flair XL neckband earphones also come with dual pairing capability, which allows users to connect to two devices simultaneously.

In terms of connectivity, the neckband earphones carry Bluetooth v5.2 and come with a USB Type-C charging connector. The company also claims that the newly launched Noise Flair XL neckband earphones offer 10 minutes of quick charge that can last up to 15 hours.

Moreover, the Noise Flair XL wireless neckband earphones carry an IPX5 rating, which makes them sweat and water-resistant.


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Apple Books App Not Working for Some Users After iOS 15.5 Update, Fix Coming Soon: Report



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Apple Books App Not Working for Some Users After iOS 15.5 Update, Fix Coming Soon: Report

Apple Books app has stopped working for some people after they installed the iOS 15.5 update, as per user reports. People have complained that they were not able to open any books on the app. A reasonable chunk of people also reportedly pointed out that the app is crashing and their saved PDFs are gone on their iPad tablets as well. Apple released iOS 15.5 ahead of WWDC 2022 bringing new experiences to Apple Wallet and Podcasts apart from security fixes. It also released iPadOS 15.5 for eligible iPad users.

As per a report by 9to5Mac and a bunch of reviews on the App Store, people have listed a number of problems post installing the iOS 15.5 and iPadOS 15.5 updates. It seems that apart from bringing new experiences to Apple Wallet and Podcasts as well as security fixes, it also brought some issues to the Apple Books app. While some users claim that they are not able to open the app, others complain of repeated app crashes. A chunk of reviews talk about how thousands of pages of saved PDFs vanished and they are left with nothing to read. People also have syncing problems where they can’t permanently delete books that they do not want.

Amid all the problems, it seems that Apple is working on a solution. 9to5Mmac claims that the next version, the iOS 15.6, is in beta stage and the issue is not present on it. The same is the case with the beta version of iOS 16, which was unveiled at WWDC 2022 and is due to launch later this year. In both cases, the Apple Books app was reportedly found to be working fine. iOS 15.6 is said to become available to all users in the coming weeks.


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China Cracks Down on Over 42,000 Counterfeit Investment Apps to Combat Telecom Network Crime



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