At its Stream On event earlier this year, Spotify announced a partnership with Patreon that would bring subscriber-only podcasts from the creator platform to its streaming service. Today, that integration launches for all creators and users globally, allowing patrons to listen to exclusive content alongside other episodes on Spotify. If you stumble upon a show that you don’t yet support…
Author says the Apple TV+ 'Tetris' movie ripped off his book
August 10, 2023
The Apple TV+ film Tetris was copied from a book written years ago, according to a lawsuit filed against the tech giant and the Tetris Company. Dan Ackerman, the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, has accused the plaintiffs of ripping off his book The Tetris Effect, which tells the…
Netflix’s push into video games continues, as the company just dropped a dedicated controller app for iOS devices. The app, simply called “Netflix Game Controller,” lets you use your phone or tablet as a gamepad once you pair the device with your TV. This will allow…
Apple is testing variants of the M3 chip, according to Bloomberg, with the first Macs running the new Apple Silicon potentially arriving as early as October. The high-end laptop chip, the M3 Max, will reportedly have four more high-performance CPU cores and at least two additional graphical cores compared to the M2 Max, which only arrived in January.
The company is reportedly testing new iMacs…
Spotify's new AI 'DJ' expands to 50 countries
August 9, 2023
The beta version of Spotify’s AI-enhanced DJ feature is coming to 50 new countries, after soft-launching in the US and Canada back in February. In recent months, it’s rolled out in the UK and Ireland, but now the robotic Wolfman Jack is headed to more countries in…
Apple has quietly launched a new feature for its music streaming service that could help you expand your playlists and find new artists to listen to. It’s a personalized radio station called “Discovery Station,” which picks the songs it thinks you’d…
It’s early August and that means the back-to-school season is closing in on us fast. For those looking to invest in a new laptop for the upcoming semester, Amazon has a sale on the latest 15-inch MacBook Air that brings many models down to their lowest price yet. At the time of writing this, every color of the 256GB MacBook Air M2 is $200 off and down to $1,099, and the 512GB model in…
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LG Electronics and Clearbrook announced a strategic alliance where they are creating a $100 million NOVA Prime Fund to invest in a variety of tech…
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 durability report: Has Samsung finally fixed its foldable phone's biggest weakness?
August 3, 2023
When Samsung released the original Galaxy Fold, it was about as durable as a Fabergé egg. But over the years, the company has made a number of changes to address the fragility of its flagship foldable phone. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 featured a redesigned hinge that prevented…
One of the main selling points for Twitter Blue — now “X Blue” — when the service was first launched was that anybody on the platform willing to pay for it can get the once-coveted blue checkmark. Over the past months, though, subscribers have been getting shamed for paying $8 a month or $84 a year for the service. Now as TechCrunch has noticed, the company has updated its support…
