Instagram's reverse-chronological feed is making a comeback with a few caveats

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If you've been asking for Instagram to give back the reverse-chronological feed, the Meta-owned company is throwing you a bone. It announced on Tuesday that it will begin rolling out two new feed options: Favourites and Following. But as Mashable reported, there is a catch to this feature.

The former shows you a curated list of posts from people or accounts you want to hear from, while the Following shows you the latest posts of the accounts you follow. But even if you prefer to use these, every time you open the app, it will still default to the algorithmic Home feed. There's no way to set the default you want. 

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Shazam can help you find live shows and concerts

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If you want to find out when and where a musician is playing their next show, Shazam will make it easier to find that out. The music discovery app gets a new feature to show you information and tickets on sale for upcoming shows. This new suite of features won't just show you the date, time, and location. It will offer other extra tour info and even let you share show details or add the event to your calendar. Shazam uses data from Bandsintown, an event recommendation and artist discovery platform that serves over 68 million music fans and 560,000 artists, managers, labels, and booking agents.  

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You can play as Snoop Dogg on 'Call of Duty' next month

Activision Blizzard recently announced a new Operator Bundle coming to Call of Duty: Mobile, Vanguard, and Warzone featuring rapper Snoop Dogg. The world-famous musician will be coming to Call of Duty: Mobile first on April 1, just in time for the game's third season. His character will be available through a special Lucky Draw. You'll get Snoop wearing a flashy gold embroidered outfit and a gold-plated Legendary SMG.

On Vanguard and Warzone, Snoop Dogg's character won't be in that gold suit. Instead, he'll be wearing a sleek coat and gold chain. There will be 10 items (three exclusive to Vanguard) included in the Snoop Dogg Operator Bundle. It comes with its own progression track. This bundle is launching on April 19.

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Xbox celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog 2 with limited time only custom console and controllers

Leading up to the premiere of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (April 8), Xbox has unveiled a limited time "bristly" controller and fans have a chance to win their very own custom Xbox Series S and one-of-its-kind limited edition wireless Xbox Controllers. 

The custom Xbox Series S features the iconic golden ring from the franchise and its iconic characters embossed on its surface, but the real surprise are the custom Xbox Wireless Controllers. With blue and red textured coatings inspired by their namesakes, the Sonic Blue and Knuckles Red custom Xbox Wireless Controllers feature an outer shell reminiscent of “bristly” coat of hedgehogs.

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