Steven Spielberg shoots his first music video using an iPhone

If you're wondering if you can use your iPhone to shoot a music video, Steven Spielberg is showing you how. He directed his first music video for Mumford and Sons' Marcus Mumford and his new single Cannibal. They shot it in a school gymnasium in New York. 

Spielberg worked with his wife Kate Capshaw as the producer, art director, and dolly grip. Some behind-the-scenes footage shared by Mumford shows Spielberg being pulled along by Capshaw in a wheeled chair to achieve some of the shots. If you've been waiting for the signal to make your own music video/film, here's your sign to know it's possible to do it with your phone. (We don't know what iPhone model Spielberg used, though.)

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Sony shares PlayStation VR2 will get live-streaming support, 'Cinematic Mode'

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Sony has more details on its upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset. A new feature it'll get is live-streaming support. So, if you have a PS5 HD Camera, you can use this to broadcast both gameplay and a view of yourself. For non-virtual reality content, it gets a 1080p "Cinematic Mode" that shows the PS5 interface and conventional games on a virtual screen. It has refresh rates between 24Hz and 120Hz. Meanwhile, native VR content displays at 4,000 x 2,040 with a 90Hz or 120Hz refresh rate.

Another feature coming to the PlayStation VR2 includes a "see-through" mode that lets you quickly peek into a room to avoid a collision or help locate your controllers. It will also allow you to define a customized play area so it can warn you if you're too close to your couch or TV. We don't know what the interface looks like, but Sony promised developers would "soon" access the latest experience.

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Tour iconic Apple Stores through the 'Apple Store Time Machine'

If you want to revisit some famous Apple Stores, this Mac app will let you see them during key moments. Michael Steeber created the app that shows detailed recreations of four stores during a specific time: Tysons Corner on May 19, 2001, Standford Shopping Center on October 16, 2004, Fifth Avenue on May 19, 2006, and Apple Infinite Loop on September 19, 2015. 

The app lets you "walk" through the stores and see features you may have forgotten. You could even see snatches of Steve Jobs talking as you move through the stores. Apple Store Time Machine is available as a free download from Steeber's site, with an option to donate to the effort.

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OnePlus 10T will nix the Alert Slider

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In typical OnePlus fashion, the company shares more details about the OnePlus 10T, a device launching next week on August 3. OnePlus shares additional information about the design in a blog post released on Monday. 

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