“Facebook Whistleblower” interview aired the night before Monday’s Facebook outage

“Facebook Whistleblower” interview aired the night before Monday’s Facebook outage There’s a lot going on in one day for Facebook and its associated brands. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus VR, and Facebook Messenger all went offline with the first outage reports starting Monday morning. After several hours, it seems that most of Facebook’s services (as well as Instagram and WhatsApp) are back online.

We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience.— Facebook (@Facebook) October 4, 2021

The outage is apparently attributed to…

YouTube Music gets free background playback

YouTube Music gets free background playback YouTube today announced that the YouTube Music app will enable background playback for free. The feature will be available first in Canada starting November 3.

YouTube Music app currently allows background playback only for YouTube Premium members. If you are not a paying customer, then you cannot minimize the app. If you switch to any other app or turn your screen off then the playback stops.

With this feature, users will be able to use YouTube Music app as they normally would any other music app even if they are not paying customers. They will also have access to the radio…

Microsoft releases Windows 11

Microsoft releases Windows 11 Microsoft today is officially releasing Windows 11 in its stable form worldwide. The update is free for existing Windows 10 users on compatible PCs.

In order to upgrade to Windows 11, you can wait for the update to be made available to you through Windows Update. If your PC meets all requirements, then you should see Windows 11 be available as an update over the coming weeks.

The other option is to download Microsoft’s Windows 11 Download Assistant. This works similarly to the one that Microsoft had in place for Windows 10. The tool will download the update for you and then you…

ASUS announces GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics card

ASUS announces GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics card ASUS and Noctua today announced a new product borne out of a special partnership. The ASUS GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Edition graphics is the first of its kind to feature fans from the Austrian PC cooling mogul.

The Noctua Edition features two flagship Noctua NF-A12x25 fans along with a new custom designed cooler co-engineered by both brands. The fans, shroud, and backplate feature Noctua’s signature ugly unique brown and beige color scheme. The cooler with the new heatsink makes the card four slots wide. There is no RGB lighting on this card, which must have been very difficult for…

OnePlus releases OxygenOS 12 Open Beta for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro

OnePlus releases OxygenOS 12 Open Beta for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro The OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro have already received a couple of Android 12 Developer Preview builds in the past few months, but today the two phones are in for a different kind of treat. OnePlus is releasing the first OxygenOS 12 Open Beta build for them.

As the name implies, this is based on Android 12 as well, but unlike the prior DP builds, OnePlus is integrating the new Android 12 codebase with its OxygenOS skin.

Speaking of codebase integrations, one of those also occurred between OxygenOS 12 and ColorOS 12, and this, the company promises, will result in “delivering a fully upgraded…

Realme UI 3.0 with Android 12 comes on October 13, Realme GT first to get it

Realme UI 3.0 with Android 12 comes on October 13, Realme GT first to get it Following the launch of Android 12, Realme announced the arrival of its Realme UI 3.0, which is based on the new version of the Google OS. We can expect the first OTA updates to start flying in on October 13 and Realme says it will be one of the first OEMs to upgrade its phones to Google’s latest OS.

The Realme UI 3.0 will arrive to Realme GT 5G first while the recently announced Realme GT Neo2 will ship with it out of the box as evidenced by these images we received. We are talking about the European and Indian variants as the Chinese model already launched with Realme UI…

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