How to Take Amazing Fireworks Photos, Spotify vs. Apple and Steam Craziness

[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Featured Stories July 3 [↓ From TechSpot's Forums] [↓ The Gallery] TechSpot Guides [Happy 4th of July: How to Take Amazing Fireworks Photos] Fourth of July is here. Between the barbecues and good times spent with friends and family, you'll no doubt be bombarded with images of fireworks over the coming days, and truth be told, most of them will suck. But you don't have to be a pro photographer to [snap some amazing pictures] tonight, all you need is some basic equipment and a little know-how. Featured Story [Man reaches Steam Level 1070, owns more than half the games in platform's library] Have you got an impressive Steam level? The number is based on the amount of titles in your library, crafting badges, and participation in Steam events. Leveling up isn’t easy – the average user is somewhere between 7 and 12… TechSpot Review [Umi Touch Review: All specs, no polish] Umi is a relatively unknown Chinese manufacturer with a mission to make affordable devices with compelling feature sets. Priced at $160, the [Touch] carries a respectable list of specs including a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13-megapixel Sony IMX328 camera, a huge 4,000 mAh battery, a metal design, and even a fingerprint sensor. TechSpot Review [Inside Review: Solve tricky puzzles, die in horrifying but darkly funny ways] Back in 2010, a Danish indie studio called Playdead released a macabre side-scroller called Limbo. It was good. In 2016, that same studio is releasing a new macabre side-scroller. This one’s called Inside, and it’s really, really good. I played the game from start to finish in one sitting. I laughed a lot, often in horror. [Inside] is a perfectly paced series of escalating "holy shit" moments. Featured Story [Spotify: Apple won't approve our iOS app update because it doesn't want the competition] Apple Music may be gaining more paid subscribers every day, but the current king of the music streaming services – Spotify – claims that the Cupertino company is using underhand tactics to stifle the competition. [Wi-Fi 802.11ac gets upgraded with support for more users and faster speeds] The Wi-Fi Alliance has, after several years, finally announced a new certification program for an update to the Wi-Fi 802.11ac specification, officially bringing features like MU-MIMO and larger channel widths to certified devices. [AMD's Radeon RX 480 is reportedly overdrawing power from the PCIe slot] AMD’s new Radeon RX 480 delivers impressive performance given its price point. Our 8GB sample was no exception at $240 although we would have been more impressed if the card was a bit more efficient, ran cooler and had more… [Tesla is being investigated in wake of first autopilot-related death] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a “preliminary evaluation” into an accident involving a 40-year-old man that was killed while his Tesla Model S was in autopilot mode. [Google's 9,000km internet cable connecting the USA with Japan switches on] The internet infrastructure linking North America with Asia is about to get a whole lot faster, as a giant undersea fiber cable partly funded by Google is set to go live today. 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