Get the Popular Science daily newsletterDig deeper into YouTube and youll find plenty of useful tricks and tools, but you can get even more from the platform by adding some well-chosen third-party appsapps that extend YouTubes functions and features in smart and helpful ways.One such app is Play, which is available for just about every Apple device out there: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro (okay, the Apple Watch misses out). It helps you organize your YouTube viewing and queue, but can also improve search and recommendations.Youll need to pay a one-off fee of $2.99 for Play, which means you can install it on as many devices as you like. You can pay another $2.99 per month / $19.99 per year / $99.99 single purchase for even more features.Basic features in PlayPlay will look rather empty when you first load it up. You need to start adding YouTube videos to make it useful, and one way to do that is by clicking the + (plus) button on the toolbar at the top, then pasting in a YouTube URL, and choosing Import. If theres already a YouTube link on the clipboard, itll be pasted in for you.You can also add YouTube videos to Play as you go about your normal business. Click the share button in Safari (the square and arrow, top right), and you should see an Add to Play button. If its not visible on the list, click Edit Extensions and make sure the Play extension is enabled. The app also shows up in share sheets on other Apple devices.Adding videos to Play is straightforward. Screenshot: Play Every time you add a video, you get the option to add one or more tags. This is where you can start benefiting from the organizational tools inside Play. You could use tags like baseball or music for example, which can then be found again with a click or a tap. On macOS, tags are listed in the sidebar on the left.You can also set up tags to be applied automatically, based on certain criteria like a videos title, description, or duration, or the channel its come from. From the Organize menu, choose Auto-Tagging, then pick New to set up a new tag rule. You can also set up tags based on criteria that arent met, so its possible to create some pretty complex conditions for your incoming videos.On the Organize menu youll also find a Smart Search option. This lets you quickly jump to videos matching other rules, besides tags: So you can set up a search for all the videos youve rated as five stars, or all the videos added between two specific dates, or all the videos over a certain length. As with tags, these searches are shown on the sidebar.Smart Searches help you find videos more easily. Screenshot: Play Tools for filtering and editing the details of multiple videos are available in the toolbar at the top of the screen. If you select any video in your queue, you can see more details about it in the panel on the rightincluding the video description and when it was uploaded. You can also add ratings to videos and mark them as watched from this panel.If the video uploader has allowed embedded playback, you can watch videos inside Play by clicking on the red play button on the thumbnail. If not, you can click the arrow in a square to watch the video on YouTube. Play gets even more useful when youre using it across multiple devices: You can queue up videos on your laptop, for example, then watch them on your Apple TV 4K box. Or you could start watching a series of clips on your iPad, then pick it up later on an iPhone.Advanced features in PlayIf youre willing to pay extra for Play Premium, then you get access to plenty more features. Youre able to sort your smart searches into folders, for example, merge different tags together, and put your tags into folders. If you want as much control as possible over your video queues, it might be worth upgrading.Paying for Premium also gives you video transcripts, chapters, and timestamps, when you select videos and they pop up in the right-hand sidebar. Click Show Transcript under a video, and you can jump to specific times in the clip based on the audio accompanying it, or search for something specific. Chapters will show up automatically if the video creator has added themjust click on a chapter to jump to it.You can bring up transcripts if you subscribe to Premium. Screenshot: Play Something else you can do with a Premium subscription is follow channels from inside the Play appyoull see a Follow link underneath video thumbnails when you select them from the main queue. Click Channels in the lower left corner, and you can see new videos from all the channels youre subscribed to, and you can of course add any of these clips to your main queue in Play.Note too the + (plus) button down in the lower left corner of your Channels inbox: You can add channels from here, but you can also import playlists from YouTube, or from data youve downloaded from Google Takeout. It makes it even easier to keep up with new videos from channels you like.A Play Premium subscription gives you more options for finding new videos too. If you select a video in the queue, and the creator has recommended other videos, youll find these in a separate section in the right-hand sidebar. Each video has a small + (plus) button next to it you can use to add the clip to your list in Play.Play can also monitor your favorite channels for you. Screenshot: Play Choose Play and Settings to customize how Play looks and works on your Mac. You can choose which details are shown alongside videos and in the main video list, and under the Player tab you have the option of connecting a YouTube accountthis makes importing videos even easier, and if youre a YouTube Premium subscriber, it means you wont see ads either.It doesnt take long to learn the ropes of Play, even if youre a complete beginner, and you may prefer it to the sorting and queueing options available on YouTube itself. Support for Android and Windows would make it even more usefulbut if youre watching videos across multiple Apple devices, it does a fine job of keeping everything in sync.

NewsPlanetary ScienceCheck out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on MarsIn the past year alone, two rovers have found several rocks unlike anything seen on Mars before These yellow crystals on Mars were exposed after the Curiosity rover drove over a rock in May 2024, breaking it open. The crystals are made of pure elemental sulfur, something that has never been seen on the Red Planet before. The odd rock is one of a handful discovered on Mars in just the past year. JPL-Caltech/NASA, MSSSBy Lisa Grossman1 hour agoAs the Mars rover Perseverance crested the top of Witch Hazel Hill, its operators back on Earth expected amazing things. This area on the western rim of the Jezero crater, along an ancient river delta that Perseverance has been exploring since it landed in 2021, is thought to contain some of the oldest rocks on the planets surface. The light-toned, layered materials promise a record of a wetter time, possibly one that hosted life.The team did not expect what they found on March 11: a dark rock resembling a clutch of frogs eggs. Dubbed St. Pauls Bay, the rock looks nothing like its neighbors. Where it came from and how it formed are a mystery.Sign up for our newsletterWe summarize the week's science breakthroughs every Thursday.

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Redmi Buds 7S have been introduced in China as a successor to the Redmi Buds 6S. The latest TWS earphones are claimed to offer a total battery life of up to 32 hours including the case. They support active noise cancellation (ANC) andSoundID-based audio personalisation. The earphones come with Xiaomi's self-developed HRTF technology, which is said to offer a 360-degree spatial audio experience. They support dual-device connectivity and are compatible with theXiaomi Earbuds App. The case has a lighting indicator that notifies users of its battery level.Redmi Buds 7S Price, AvailabilityRedmi Buds 7S are currently available for pre-orders in China at CNY 199 (roughly Rs. 2,300) via JD.com. The listing confirms that the earphones will go on sale in the country starting April 11 at 10am local time (7:30am IST). They are offered in ClearSnow White, Light Lake Green, and Midnight Black (translated from Chinese) colourways.Redmi Buds 7S Features, SpecificationsTheRedmi Buds 7S are equipped with12.4mm titanium-plated drivers alongside 5.5mm micro-piezoelectric ceramic units. They have a semi-in-ear design and come with aNetEase Cloud Music certification. They offer five preset EQ settings and SoundID-based audio personalisation, where users can customise their audio experience using hearing tests and preferences.Redmi Buds 7S are said to offer a 360-degree surround sound experience backed by Xiaomi Audio Laboratory'sHRTF (Head-Related Transfer Function) technology. They support noise cancellation features including deep and balanced modes. The dual-mic system of the earphones is said to help determine the disturbance level and adjust the level of noise cancellation.The Redmi Buds 7S headsets support dual-device connectivity, where they can be simultaneously connected to two devices like a smartphone and a PC. They support Xiaomi's Pengpai interconnectivity which is claimed to seamlessly connect Xiaomi-branded smartphones, IoT devices and cars. Theyare compatible with the Xiaomi Earbuds App which allows them to modify EQ or noise cancellation modes among other adjustments.Redmi claims that the Buds 7S TWS earphones offer a total battery life of up to 32 hours on a single charge including the case, and up to six and a half hours without case. A 10-minute quick charge is said to offer up to two hours of playback. The charging case, which sports a USB Type-C port, supportsCloud Crevice Light Effect 2.0, which indicates the battery level using an LED light strip.KEY SPECSNEWSColour BlackHeadphone Type In-EarMicrophone YesConnectivity True Wireless Stereo (TWS)Type EarphonesMore Redmi Headphones & Headset For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: Redmi Buds 7S, Redmi Buds 7S Price, Redmi Buds 7S Launch, Redmi Buds 7S Specifications, Redmi Buds 7 series, Redmi, Xiaomi Sucharita Ganguly Sucharita is a writer with Gadgets 360 and is mostly found playing with her cat in her free time. She has previously worked at breakingnewsdesks across organizations. Powered by coffee, The Beatles, Bowie, and her newfound love for BTS, she aims to work towards contributing to a better media environment for women and queer folk. More

AI Revolution in Task Dependency Management: A Game-Changing Solution1 min readJust now--Task dependency management has traditionally been a complex challenge for project managers, but artificial intelligence is revolutionizing this space with remarkable results. Through automated dependency mapping, early bottleneck detection, and intelligent resource optimization, AI-powered tools are delivering unprecedented efficiency gains.Recent implementations showcase impressive outcomes: Volkswagen identified production bottlenecks three weeks in advance, reducing delays by 28% and saving 15 million in one quarter. HSBCs adoption of AI project management tools led to a 37% boost in resource utilization and 42% reduction in idle time.The contrast between manual and AI-assisted management is striking, with AI solutions offering: 95% accuracy rate (compared to 75% in manual systems) 40% faster execution 85% resource utilization efficiency 80% bottleneck prediction rateAs organizations increasingly embrace these tools, Gartner predicts that by 2030, AI-powered project management tools will handle 80% of daily project management tasks. However, the key to success lies in combining AI capabilities with human oversight, creating a balanced approach that maximizes both efficiency and accuracy.[Originally published on Magai.co]