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    Leap day broke EA Sports WRC.

    The game started crashing for players on Xbox and PlayStation shortly after launch — and it’s all because today’s February 29th. EA is now telling players to change the date on their consoles to tomorrow, March 1st, 2024 to get the game working again.

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    Emma Roth
    Spotify’s built-in “psychic” will help you answer life’s toughest questions —

    like whether your outfit matches. You can try out the new Song Psychic feature by heading to spotify.com/songpsychic on your phone and picking from a range of premade questions. The app will then attempt to answer your question with a song.

    When I asked what I should have for lunch, I got “Slime” by Shygirl. Thanks, Spotify.

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    Emma Roth
    Proton Pass is now available as a Windows app.

    Proton’s end-to-encrypted password manager launched last year — but only on the web, Android, and iOS. This new Windows app lets you access your passwords offline (as long as you have a Proton Pass Plus or Unlimited subscription). It also keeps passwords protected with the Argon2 hashing algorithm.

    Proton is planning to launch its password manager on macOS and Linux later this year.

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    Emma Roth
    Mastodon is making it a lot easier to share your profile.

    Mastodon’s Android app will now let you share your profile using QR codes, which sounds a heck of a lot easier than telling someone your username and the instance you’re on.

    To find your QR code, head to your profile and select the QR code icon next to your name. From there, someone else can scan the QR code and jump directly to your Mastodon profile. You can learn more about the feature from Mastodon’s blog.

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    Emma Roth
    Paramount is for “true sports fans,” says CEO Bob Bakish.

    During an earnings call on Wednesday, Bakish argued that the upcoming live sports streaming service from WBD, ESPN, and Fox “only has a subset of sports:”

    It’s missing half the NFL, a lot of college, has virtually no soccer, golf, etc. That’s hard to believe that’s ideal, especially at the price points that have been speculated.

    Bakish added that Paramount serves “true sports fans” with sports that occur all year round. Paramount Plus, which aired Super Bowl LVIII, has grown to 67.5 million subscribers over the past few months.