TIFF partners with Bell Media for 'Parasite' and 'Paris is Burning' cinema nights

The Toronto International Film Festival continues its partnership with Bell Media to host "Stay-at-Home Cinema" nights with two new entries. The record-breaking Korean film Parasite will be streaming on Tuesday, June 2, with a live stream that kicks off at 7 pm ET. The movie starts at 7:30 pm ET. The live stream will have Cameron Bailey, artistic director and co-head of TIFF, along with filmmaker Sharon Choi, who served as Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's interpreter, and Tom Quinn, co-founder of Parasite's North American distributor, Neon.

On Friday, June 5, the 1990 documentary Paris is Burning will be streaming at the same time in celebration of Pride Month 2020. It will also have a featured guest, but it hasn't been confirmed who the guest will be. If you want to participate in these experiences, you will need to have a Crave subscription with a starting price of $9.99 a month.

Zoom plans to offer end-to-end encryption to premium users

Zoom has seen a surge in its usage since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but with it, the videoconferencing app's vulnerabilities in its software encryption have been exposed. The app has started rolling out security-heavy updates in April, and now, it's hoping to provide end-to-end encryption. However, only its paying users will get access to the feature. According to Zoom security consultant and former chief security officer of Yahoo Alex Stamos, the company might include non-profits and political dissidents, too. End-to-end encryption means no one but the participants can see or hear what's happening within video chats.

Stamos told Reuters that Zoom is improving its security and "significantly upgrading their trust and safety... The current plan is paid customers plus enterprise accounts where the company knows who they are."

Powerbeats Pro now comes in four new colours

If you're looking for more colour options for Powerbeats Pro, you'll love this piece of news from Apple. The company officially launched the four new variants with the colour names "Spring Yellow," "Cloud Pink," "Lava Red," and "Glacier Blue." Regardless of what colour you choose, the charging cases will only come in black. The new options will go on sale on June 9, carrying the same $329 price tag as the existing Powerbeats Pro.

Aside from the new colours, everything else about these wireless earbuds remains the same. It still has up to nine hours of listening time with the charging case extending the listening time to 24 hours. Its case charges solely through a Lightning port. It doesn't support wireless charging, so you'll need to use the included Lightning to USB-A cable.

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YouTube Music now lets users pre-save albums

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YouTube Music is closing the feature disparity a bit more with a new feature that will allow you to view and pre-save unreleased albums. It's a function you can use on other services like Spotify and Apple Music. But it hasn't been available on YouTube Music before this. The app will show unreleased albums and their tracklisting, and, of course, only the tracks that were already released as singles are playable until the album launches. You will get the option to pre-save albums to your library and download the available songs for offline listening. When the album is released, the rest of the tracks will be automatically added.

Engadget points out that not all upcoming albums seem to be available yet. But with news about its availability, perhaps more albums you're looking forward to will start showing up on the service.