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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Duolingo is acquiring the team behind a music startup.

The team from NextBeat, a “London-based music gaming startup known for blending world-class music licensing with engaging mobile gameplay,” will join Duolingo to help improve its music course, according to a press release.

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
1Password on Android got updated to fix Chrome autofill problems.

If you also use 1Password and have an Android device, you may have also been dealing with autofill problems lately. However, updating to version 8.11.4 or higher and following the instructions to make sure Chrome is set to use third-party autofill seems to have worked on my phone to make the app more reliable again.

According to 1Password, the need to update its app and an uneven update rollout from Google caused a gap as Chrome switched from the old compatibility mode approach to the new native autofill experience.

Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Tinder’s parent company expects to save money by avoiding some of Apple’s App Store fees.

During an earnings call, Match Group CFO Steven Bailey said that once Tinder and Hinge widely roll out external payments, he expects to see “at least” a $65 million boost to the company’s adjusted operating income in 2026. Earlier this year, a judge ordered Apple to stop restricting how developers can link to payments outside the App Store.

“We’re also continuing to monitor the Epic vs. Google case and growing regulatory pressure,” Bailey said.

Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
All three Pilotwings games have been added to the Nintendo Music app.

You can now tune out to 75 chill tracks from the games which always prioritized fun and unique flying challenges over being truly accurate flight simulators. There are 21 tracks and 19 minutes of music from the original Super Nintendo version of the game, 30 tracks/46 minutes from Pilotwings 64 on the N64, and 24 tracks/36 minutes from Pilotwings Resort which was the last game in the series launching on the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.

A screenshot of the original Super Nintendo Pilotwings game.
The Nintendo Music app has added 75 tracks from all three Pilotwings games including the original Super Nintendo version.
Screenshot: Nintendo Music
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
This free app turns your MacBook’s trackpad into a makeshift scale.

Is it a good idea to keep your MacBook in the kitchen while you’re baking? Probably not, but it’s still good to know that developer Kris Shah has created a simple macOS app that can turn your Apple laptop’s trackpad into a makeshift scale, as spotted by Lifehacker.

Track Weight, available for free on GitHub, does require you to keep one finger resting on the trackpad to use it which is a bit inconvenient, but it’s surprisingly accurate.

A screenshot of the Track Weight macOS app.
Track Weight requires you to keep a finger touching your MacBook’s trackpad at all times to function, but there’s a button to reset the scale to zero before placing another object on it.
Screenshot: Andrew Liszewski / The Verge