Philips can sync your Hue lights with Spotify

Turn your room into a party room with this new feature from Philips. The company's Hue lights can now be linked to your Spotify account. It's already possible to get your lights to do this with the Hue Sync tool for PC, which can capture what you're listening to and translate that to the light script. Philips now promises a deeper integration and a "unique immersive" experience you can activate through your mobile device.

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Netflix drops first teaser for RED NOTICE

This one looks real good! RED NOTICE is slated to land on Netflix, November 12. 

The film is about an Interpol-issued Red Notice --  a global alert to hunt and capture the world’s most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the top FBI profiler (Dwayne Johnson) and two rival criminals (Gal Gadot, Ryan Reynolds), there’s no telling what will happen.

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Google Drive adds offline support for PDFs, Office files, images

Source: 9to5Google

Google Drive will now let you work with Office files, images, and PDFs in offline mode. Google started beta testing this feature back in 2019, but now it's rolling out widely to users. You will need the Google Drive for desktop app to get this work. It's available on both Mac and Windows. You also need to ensure Offline access is enabled in the Drive settings on the web. When you've set that up, right-click on a supported file to get to the "Available offline" toggle. 

Another caveat is you need to have the apps to open the apps that can open these files installed on your computer. A similar feature is available on the Chrome OS Files app. If it hasn't made its way to you yet, wait for it over the coming weeks.

Source: 9to5Google

Twitter begins tests of safety feature that autoblocks abusive accounts

Source: Twitter

Twitter is introducing a new feature that temporarily autoblocks accounts that send harmful or abusive tweets to you. Safety Mode launched in beta with a "small feedback group" on iOS, Android, and Twitter.com with English-language settings enabled. Accounts are blocked for seven days, but you can undo any autoblocks that were wrongfully flagged.

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