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Facebook’s R&D Team, the New Product Experimentation (NPE) has rolled out its TikTik-inspired short music video platform Collab publicly to users in the US. Collab, as the name suggests, allows music creators to collaborate with other artists on the platform to create a music file in a short video format. The development of the app started in May this year, and now the company is rolling it out to iOS users in the country. Collab’s availability details for Android users and global markets remain unclear at the moment. Announcing its public launch in a blog post, Facebook’s NPE team says that it added several updates to the app to make the “creation, sharing and discovery of new collabs” easier. The company has also improved the audio syncing tech so that sounds that are off-tempo can align itself with the full clip perfectly. “After testing with dozens of headsets and hardware configurations, we’ve optimized the experience for loads of setups. You can even use external audio … [Read more...] about Facebook Rolls Out Its Short Music Video App Collab on iOS to Rival TikTok

As K-Pop idols BTS are gearing up to release their seventh album Map Of The Soul: Persona today in US and Korea, it is said that this extended play is a follow-up to their 2018’s albums Love Yourself: Tear and Love Yourself: Answer . The EP includes songs like Make It Right , HOME , Jamais Vu , Dionysus . The famous K-Pop band recently dropped the teaser of their song Boy With Luv and we aren’t surprised with all the love they are getting from around the world. Boy With Luv is in collaboration with American singer-songwriter Halsey and Make It Right is penned by Ed Sheeran. After nearly six years of their debut, the band, which has team members RM, Jimin, Jin, V, Suga, Jungkook and J-Hope, announced their record on March 11. It will be right to say that the Korean pop band is taking over the world with the abundance of talent that they have. Later in May, the K-pop sensation will start a world tour, which will feature 16 shows across four continents. The … [Read more...] about Here’s What You Can Expect From BTS’s New Album ‘Map Of The Soul: Persona’

Facebook's experimental app division or the New Product Experimental (NPE) lab has soft-launched a new app that aims to bring a new approach to collaborative music-making. The new product called 'Collab' will let users make short music videos by collaborating with other artists. The brief description of 'Collab' throws enough hint that Facebook is aiming to take on TikTok through this latest move. Currently, the app is only available for iOS devices. The primary pitch of Collab, as the name suggests, is all about several artists collaborating with each other to create fresh and unique content. In an official blog post, Facebook's NPE team said, "Music is one of the most powerful creative outlets. With Collab, we’re leveraging technology to help people unlock creative superpowers by collaborating on original music videos from anywhere. In light of so many folks sheltered in place around the world, we’ve expedited this release." Facebook's experimental app division has a new app, … [Read more...] about Facebook ‘Collab’ is a TikTok-Inspired App That Lets You Make Short Music Videos

BTS took their worldwide fans by shock when they shared yesterday that they will be taking a break as a group and will be focusing on their solo activities. Soon after, it was followed by a statement by their agency Hybe who clarified that the group will not be taking a hiatus but will be focusing on their solo work. Amid this, rapper Jung Hoseok or J-Hope has shared a post proving that even if they take a hiatus as a group, their bond and friendship will always connect them and bring them back to each other. J-Hope and his fellow BTS members RM, Jin, Jimin, Suga, V, and Jungkook seemed to have gotten a friendship tattoo. Earlier, Jimin’s ‘7’ tattoo was spotted by some eagle-eyed fans, and later when anthology album Proof dropped, RM, too, had shared a photo of his tattoo. Now, J-Hope unveiled his ‘7’ tattoo along with some behind-the-scenes stills from their music video Yet To Come. Take a look at his post: View this post on Instagram … [Read more...] about BTS: J-Hope Unveils Friendship Tattoo, Shares Stills From ‘Yet to Come’ After Group’s ‘Hiatus’ Announcement

South Korean agency HYBE has clarified that BTS members are not going on a hiatus but will be focusing on their solo work. The statement was issued after BTS members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook said that they were going into a hiatus. They made the announcement during the FESTA 2022 Live Dinner. While the group spoke in Korean, the word hiatus was included in the subtitles of the video. As expected, fans were emotional following the announcement but the agency jumped in to clarify BTS’ statement. The agency clarified that BTS is not going on a hiatus. Instead, the Bangtan Boys will be focusing on their individual work. “BTS are not taking a hiatus. Members will be focusing more on solo projects at this time,” the statement said, as reported by Associated Press. “BTS will start a new chapter that combines team and individual activities. It will be a time for each member to grow through various activities, and BTS will become a long-running team in the future. We … [Read more...] about BTS: HYBE Clarifies K-pop Group’s ‘Hiatus’ Status; J-Hope To Make His Solo Debut With New Album

AFP Washington, United States   ● Sun, June 26, 2022 2022-06-26 13:10 0 e16ff64e7ecc29b417414912232fde4c 2 Americas US,abortion,protest,Washington,Supreme-Court,conservatism Free Abortion rights defenders fanned out across America Saturday for a second day of protest against the Supreme Court's thunderbolt ruling, as state after conservative state moved swiftly to ban the procedure. The deeply polarized country grappled with a new level of division: between states that will now or soon deny the right to abortion, enshrined since 1973, and those that still allow it. A few thousand people thronged the streets Saturday outside the fenced-off Supreme Court in Washington, in hot summer weather, carrying signs that read "War on women, who's next?" and "No uterus, No opinion." "What happened yesterday is indescribable and disgusting," said Mia Stagner, 19, a political science major in college. "Being forced to be a mother is not something any woman should … [Read more...] about Fresh protests as new US abortion reality takes shape

BTS is on the verge of beginning a new chapter in the band’s journey, by focusing on each member’s individual work. It was said that the new chapter would begin with rapper and dancer J-Hope’s solo album. And the wait hasn’t been long for ARMYs. BigHit Music has just announced that J-Hope’s solo album Jack In The Box will release next month. The pre-released track will be released on July 1st, followed by all the tracks on the 15th. BigHit’s announcement read, “We would like to announce the release of ‘Jack In The Box’, j-hope’s solo album. BTS has turned the page on their new chapter, throughout which the members will harmoniously carry out their group and individual activities. j-hope will be the first member of BTS to start this new journey and release his solo album. “j-hope’s solo album, as expressed in the title of the album ‘Jack In The Box’, represents his aspirations to break the mold and grow further. Starting with his pre-released track to be released on July 1st, … [Read more...] about BTS: J-Hope’s Solo Album Jack In The Box to Release in July, Rapper Excited to Begin New Chapter

Usually, the dead skin that accumulates on the upper layer of the skin keeps on falling off on its own during daily activities. But due to pollution and some products, sometimes they get stuck into the pores, which starts the problem of pimples, rashes, blackheads and whiteheads. Hence, it is necessary to exfoliate the dead skin. However, it is important to take special care of your skin during the exfoliation process. Do you know that every 30 days our skin leaves the old and dead skin and replaces them with a new layer? To remove the dead skin, you can make your face scrub with some household ingredients and use it. If you haven’t used them yet, don’t worry we are here to solve your problem! Sugar scrub To make this, all you need is just 1 tablespoon green tea, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon honey. First of all, boil water in a pan and add green tea to it and when the green tea is boiled properly, take off the pan from the flame. When the water cools down, fill it in a … [Read more...] about Make Your Own Scrub at Home to Remove Dead Skin for Instant Glow

ITV have revealed Love Island will return for not one but two series next year. The ITV2 show will kick start the New Year with a fresh batch of Islanders heading to South Africa on a quest for love and romance. In the villa of their dreams, their stay in paradise will serve up everything from bombshell arrivals to hideaway hijinks. It will be business as usual throughout the summer, as the popular dating show will return to Mallorca for another eight week run. Announcing the news on Thursday, Paul Mortimer, Director of Reality Commissioning and Controller, ITV2, said: " Love Island has once again proved itself to be the nation’s favourite talking point across the summer, and we’re always blown away by the show’s ongoing impact and talkability amongst our younger audience. The Love Island villa used for the 2020 series in South Africa ( Image: Joe Alblas/ITV/REX) "So, rather than just serving up a Summer of Love, we thought we’d make 2023 the Year of Love … [Read more...] about Winter Love Island to return as two new series for 2023 confirmed by ITV

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 9 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first elected leftist president, will take office in August with ambitious proposals to halt the record-high rates of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Petro has promised to limit agribusiness expansion into the forest, and create reserves where Indigenous communities and others are allowed to harvest rubber, acai and other non-timber forest products. He has also pledged income from carbon credits to finance replanting. “From Colombia, we will give humanity a reward, a remedy, a solution: not to burn the Amazon rainforest anymore, to recover it to its natural frontier, to give humanity the possibility of life on this planet," Petro, wearing an Indigenous headdress, said to a crowd in the Amazon city of Leticia during his campaign. But to do that he first needs to establish reign over large, … [Read more...] about New Colombian president pledges to protect rainforest