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If you’ve always wanted to use Deezer but you did not feel like paying for the desktop-only premium subscription plan, you might be pleased to learn that Deezer has officially done away with the premium plan, leaving pretty much only two tiers of listening to music: free and Premium+, with the latter priced at $9.99 a month.

According to a Deezer spokesperson, “Until recently Deezer offered a Premium service – ad free listening on the Web app. We no longer offer this as our listeners needs have changed… We feel the demand for a Web-only premium service is no longer required.”

Deezer adds that customers who are paying $4.99 a month for the desktop-only plan can remain on that plan if they want to, but future users and those who sign up after the 10th of July will have only the free or Premium+ plans to choose from. In some ways this is a boon for current subscribers who are paying half the amount to listen to ad-free music on their computers.

However if they were to switch to mobile, they’d have to put up with ads or pay the $9.99 subscription, but we guess if you don’t mind the occasional ad, which makes it feel a lot like listening to radio, then we guess it’s not such a bad deal at the end of the day. So, anyone planning to get their hands on Deezer after this announcement?

Deezer Does Away With Desktop Premium Plan, Now Offers Free Or Premium+ Subscription

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As we’re sure you’ve all come across a list of passwords that have been deemed the worst passwords. This is because some of these passwords are easy and obvious, which allows anyone to log into your account since it doesn’t really take a genius to figure out some of them. This is why security researchers have suggested using more complex passwords which would make it harder for your amateur hacker to figure out.

However according to a recent report by two Microsoft researchers – Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley, along with Paul C. van Oorschot from Carleton University, they have suggested that perhaps using long and complex passwords might not necessarily be the way to go. Their report, Password Portfolios and the Finite-Effort User: Sustainably Managing Large Numbers of Accounts, basically takes a look at the best established practices for choosing passwords and whether or not they make sense.

According to their findings, it seems to be a mixed response. Basically the idea is that we should use simple passwords that we can remember for accounts and services that don’t contain critical information, like our credit card details, banking information, home address, and so on. Such services could be like forums where you won’t need to enter a lot of personal information when you sign up.

They claim that by using simple passwords for not-so-important websites, it frees up mental capacity to remember long and complex passwords where it really matters, like your PayPal account, your iTunes account, your bank account, and so on. Their research also seems to reject the idea of using a password management system, like 1Pass or LastPass, claiming that if the password management service is hacked, the rest of their passwords would be stolen along with it.

It’s actually an interesting proposal and it definitely goes against the grain and convention, but what do you guys think?

Long, Complex Passwords Might Not Be The Best Idea, According To Security Researchers

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Of all the amazing things we expect from “Pitch Perfect 2” next year, this over-the-top pillow fight scene takes the cake. Anna Kendrick posted the following incredible photo to her Instagram account Thursday night, July 17, captioning it:

“All these bitches wrap tomorrow and leave me behind…… I totally H♥TE them.”

Though unclear from her caption whether that’s just the ladies’ way of unwinding after a long shoot, Kendrick’s costar Brittany Snow posted a similar photo — with a somewhat more telling caption.

“Because @annakendrick47 already posted it & captured this as well…. We do our own stunts here on #PitchPerfect2 #fightscene #actionMovie,” Snow wrote.

We can already envision …

INT. AUBREY’S APT – BEDROOM – NIGHT

The Barden Bellas, all in their jammies, practice a rendition of Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy” meets Boy George’s “Love Hurts.” Aubrey, displeased with their progress before the next day’s show, tosses a pillow at Beca’s head to maker her point. Before long, a massive pillow fight erupts, drowning out Aubrey’s pleas.

Aubrey: — not on my silk sheets!

Fat Amy: I asked you not to put me down for cardio!

Well, one can dream.

Aside from the original cast returning for the sequel, Hailee Steinfeld is joining the Elizabeth Banks-directed movie. Have we mentioned how excited we are?

All life is ultimately powered by electricity, albeit indirectly; most organisms consume sugars that produce electrochemical reactions. Several types of bacteria are known to skip the sweets and go straight for the electrons, however — and…

So we had heard the rumors that NVIDIA was planning a successor to the NVIDIA Shield handheld gaming console in the form of a Shield tablet. It’s an interesting rumor since a gaming tablet would be a pretty unique take on gaming as there aren’t that many gaming tablets out there in the market today.

Now thanks to a recent post by @evleaks, we could be getting our very first look at the NVIDIA Shield tablet, as you can see in the leaked press rendering in the image above. Upon first glance the tablet reminds us a bit of the HTC One M8 with its design and its front-facing stereo speakers, although in some ways it does resemble the NVIDIA Tegra Note tablet as well, except in a different color.

According to the rumors, we can look forward to a 7.9-inch display with 2GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA Tegra K1 CPU on board along with Unreal Engine 4 capabilities. The display resolution of the tablet remains unknown for now, but here’s hoping to a high-resolution one. It is also unclear if NVIDIA will be making the Shield tablet or if they will be sourcing it out to other OEMs and will just be providing a reference design.

Either way NVIDIA did hint that they would be unveiling the device by the end of the year, so do check back with us at a later date for the details! In the meantime what do you guys make of it?

Alleged NVIDIA Shield Tablet Leaked

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