The revelations come as part of a University of Wisconsin-Madison pre-print study. Researchers conducted tests for the study across a variety of video calling apps. Their findings reveal that several apps continue to access the microphone even after the user has hit the mute button. Among these are apps like Zoom, Discord, Google Meet, Slack, etc. Researchers Kassem Fawaz and Yucheng Yang played a big role in the investigations. The two will present the findings of their report at the Privacy Enhancing Symposium in July....

Which means in about a month from that last report, Sony shipped somewhere in the ballpark of another 1.7 million PS5 units. Sony certainly seems to be continuing its upward momentum to meet its goal of the PS5 overtaking the PS4 again in sales in year 4 of the console’s availability. In addition to reaching 21.7 million units shipped, Sony also states that it still feels confident it’ll meet its goal of 18 million PS5 consoles shipped for the fiscal year 2022....

Live collaboration on Soundtrap is currently in beta and requires users to opt-in for it manually. Once enabled, two or more artists can remotely work on the same project in real-time. Whether you are making a new music track or a podcast, you can have your friends chime in with their valuable tips. Any changes made to the project will be effective for all immediately. Of course, your friends will also need to manually enable the live collaboration feature before they can work with you....

These new features to Spotify Blend playlists include adding more users These new features to Spotify Blend playlists include adding more users Spotify Blend playlists focus on tight bonds between two people with similar tastes, but that’s a bit limited. They don’t account for groups of friends that hang out together and listen to similar music. Because of this, Spotify has upped the number of users who can be a part of the playlist....

Both the 2022 editions of the Aerox 3 and Aerox 3 Wireless now come in the Snow colorway. SteelSeries is still keeping the Onyx Black though. So you now have two color options for both mice. One of the less obvious improvements to these versions is the new 100% virgin-grade PFTE glide skates. Which SteelSeries says will give users enhanced control and allow them to move the mouse across the mat faster....