Adobe takes on Canva with Creative Cloud Express app

Adobe rebrands its Spark multimedia creation platform into a new Creative Cloud Express app. This freemium app works on the web and mobile, taking on the likes of Canva to let anyone have access to create visual content for things like social media posts, flyers, stories, banners, and more.

The free version can access thousands of templates, fonts, design assets, and some royalty-free photos. There are also basic editing tools and photo effects available, along with 2GB of cloud storage.

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Apple Tracker Detect helps protect Android users from AirTag stalkers

Apple is giving Android users a way to keep stalkers or other unsavoury characters who use AirTags or other Find My-compatible devices to snoop their location. The company launched the new app Tracker Detect that flags a nearby AirTag separated from its owner as an "Unknown AirTag." And if it follows you for 10 minutes, you can use the app to tell the tracker to play a sound so you can locate it. Once found, you can tap the tracker with your NFC-compatible phone to get instructions on removing the battery or disabling it.

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Sony will sell PlayStation 5 covers in Jan. 2022

After shutting down third-party PlayStation 5 console cover makers, Sony will offer its own options for US$55. The console covers will come in Midnight Black, Cosmic Red, Nova Pink, Galactic Purple, and Starlight Blue. It will work on both the PS5 Digital Edition and the PS5 with the Ultra HD Blu-ray drive. "Simply remove your original white PS5 console covers and click your new ones into place," the company said.

The Midnight Black and Cosmic Red options will be available starting January 2022. It'll be coming to Canada as well as the US, UK, France, China, and Australia. The other three models are coming sometime in the first half of next year.

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'Halo Infinite' to get a dedicated Slayer playlist on Dec. 14

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Halo Infinite is getting a "basic" version of one of the series' most popular multiplayer modes. According to 343 Industries community lead Brian Jarrard, a dedicated Slayer playlist will be released as an update on December 14. It won't be the variants the studio promised to release after the holidays, but 343 plans to "bolster and expand" this playlist in the future.

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