Spotify’s paid subscribers grow to 226 million amidst price increases
The number of people paying for Spotify Premium rose three percent to 226 million on a quarterly basis as the streaming service announced price increases across the US and several…
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and David Sacks Talk World War 3
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and David Sacks had a Twitter Space discuss how the continuing Russia, Ukraine war and the Hamas-Israel war could expand into larger wars and even something…
US Retail Theft is About $95 Billion and California Leads With $7.8 Billion
Capital One reports that US Stores lost an estimated $86.6 billion to retail theft in 2022 and projections indicate that in 2025, retail theft may cost stores over $115 billion.…
NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it’s time for a software patch
Enlarge / The Voyager 2 spacecraft before its launch in 1977. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Forty-six years in deep space have taken their toll on NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft. Their antiquated computers…
State Channels And Their Growing Role In Cross-Chain Trading
State channels have emerged as one of the most important blockchain scaling technologies. They make it possible to reduce the data that’s processed by the blockchain mainnet and can therefore…
Massive facial recognition search engine now blocks searches for children’s faces
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge PimEyes, a public search engine that uses facial recognition to match online photos of people, has banned searches of minors over concerns it endangers…
1Password detects “suspicious activity” in its internal Okta account
Enlarge (credit: 1Password) 1Password, a password manager used by millions of people and more than 100,000 businesses, said it detected suspicious activity on a company account provided by Okta, the…
India celebrates “first major milestone” on path to launching astronauts
Enlarge / A forward-facing camera on the top of an Indian booster captured this view of a Gaganyaan test spacecraft firing its abort motor to propel itself off the rocket.…
Amazon’s Fallout TV series gets a 2024 release date
Enlarge / The social media image used to promote Fallout‘s premiere date. (credit: Amazon) The Amazon-produced TV adaption of the popular, long-running video game series Fallout will premiere on Amazon…
Russia’s Ineffective Hypersonic Missiles and Missing Stealth Fighter
Before Russia’s war with Ukraine started about 2 years ago, Russia and Putin bragged about their new hypersonic missiles (Kinzhal) and its new SU-57 stealth fighter. The new weapons were…