Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek made a surprising confession in a recent post to X (formerly Twitter), where he admits not only that he didn’t come up with the idea for Spotify’s flagship feature, the streamer’s “Discover Weekly” playlist, he didn’t even understand the appeal at first when it was presented. Instead, he says … Read more
Alan Wake 2 is coming out very soon indeed, marking the first entry into the weird and wacky series in over a decade. From what’s been shown off so far, it’s clear that the developer intends to put out a full on survival horror title with Alan Wake 2. Remedy has shown off a fair … Read more
The Catalyst Fund has reached the first close of its $40 million fund intended for investment in climate startups in Africa. The fund announced today an initial close of $8.6 million with the backing of FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), Cisco Foundation, USAID Prosper Africa, and tech investor Andrew Bredenkamp. The fund plans to invest in agtechs, … Read more
IBM is reportedly set to raise prices for its cloud products from next year, and it’s not looking good for budget-conscious customers. A new GitHub post has uncovered a series of uplifts with effective increases reaching as high as 7.5% in some areas amid industry-wide price hikes. According to the page, the new uplifts will … Read more
Protestors gathered Monday outside Cruise’s headquarters in San Francisco after reports of one of its robotaxis blocking an ambulance with a patient on board who later died. The incident, which the San Francisco Fire Department reported last week, happened on August 14, when a driver hit a pedestrian in the city around 11 p.m. The … Read more
Labor Day sales 2023 (Image credit: Future) Jump straight to… 1. Best sales 2. Top deals 3. TVs 4. Appliances 5. Mattresses 6. Apple 7. Amazon devices 8. Laptops The 2023 Labor Day sales event is winding down, which means there are just hours left to score some fantastic deals from your favorite online retailers … Read more