Philips Hue Sync app transforms video into a brilliant light showPhilips Hue Sync app transforms video into a brilliant light show

The new Philips Hue Sync app for macOS and Windows 10 is available today, and it's ambitiously being touted as a way to create "surround sound for your eyes."

It's akin to the Ambilight and AmBX ambient light technology Philips has used on TVs and gaming monitors in the past. Except the idea here to to use existing Hue lights.

That makes Philips Hue

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'I bought my mum a flat''I bought my mum a flat'
Image copyrightAntonio SalvaniImage caption Antonio never imagined his camera rentals would fund a flat for his mum Doca

Peer-to-peer "sharing economy" tech platforms have mushroomed in the last decade, but very few have rivalled Airbnb or Uber in size, largely because consumers have found them difficult to

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Withings to return after Nokia sell-offWithings to return after Nokia sell-off
Image copyrightNokiaImage caption Withings makes connected devices such as watches and weighing scales

Nokia is to sell its health division back to the founder of Withings, a company it acquired in 2016.

The Withings brand name is set to return following the sale, reversing the Finnish company's decision to axe

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Takeaways to be delivered by drone in ShanghaiTakeaways to be delivered by drone in Shanghai
Image copyrightEle.meImage caption Chinese takeaways delivered by drone

Food delivery drones have been given the go-ahead in China.

Food delivery service Ele.me, owned by Alibaba, has been given permission by the authorities to deliver takeaways by drone along 17 routes in Shanghai's Jinshan Industrial Park.

The

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Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax 'to stop gossip'Uganda imposes WhatsApp and Facebook tax 'to stop gossip'
Image copyrightAFPImage caption The revenue raised is also intended to help pay off of the country's growing national debt

Uganda's parliament has passed a law to impose a controversial tax on people using social media platforms.

It imposes a 200 shilling [$0.05, £0.04] daily levy on people using internet

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Samsung won't be forced to update old phonesSamsung won't be forced to update old phones
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Samsung will not be forced to update the software on its mobile phones for years after their release, after it won a court case in the Netherlands.

A consumer association had argued that Samsung should update its phones for at least four years after they go on sale.

Regular software updates can address security problems

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