In a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Tidal CEO Jesse Dorogusker revealed the streaming platform will soon be introducing hi-res FLAC audio to HiFi Plus members. FLAC, or Free Lossless Audio Codec, is a digital audio format that can offer studio-quality sound without requiring a whole lot of storage space. The small file size … Read more
As promised, Twitter Legacy Blue verification checks started quietly disappearing from user accounts Thursday afternoon. Now the only way to hold onto the coveted Blue Tick is by paying Twitter a $7.99 a month subscription fee. Elon Musk announced the final day to pay up last week and — even as he juggled the first … Read more
Managing your meetings and work calendar could soon be a lot simpler thanks to a new Gmail update. The email provider has unveiled an upgrade that it says brings better location context for events and RSVPs in Gmail. This means that if you have already stated that you are working from home (or in the … Read more
Google has released a patch to fix the second zero-day vulnerability found in its Chrome browser this year. Much like the previous threat, which was patched mere days ago, this one too is being exploited in the wild, the company confirmed in a security bulletin. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-2136, and is described as … Read more
It seems like we’re in the midst of something exciting for AMD when it comes to the creative market. Team Red seems to have gotten a bit of its mojo back after having launched a pair of new graphic cards for workstations (the Navi-3 infused W7900 and the W7800), GPUs may be the precursors to … Read more
Ah, the war of wired versus wireless. Bluetooth bandwidth is lossy, isn’t it? Even higher-resolution codecs such as aptX are no match for the clarity, neutrality, and detail you’ll get from a wired headphone connection. Just ask Apple Music, whose 2021 Hi-Res Lossless rollout can only be enjoyed at its fullest with one of the … Read more