From The Verge: Spotify’s number of premium subscribers increased to 188 million in its second quarter, while its monthly active users (MAU) now sit at 433 million, the company announced in an earnings release today. That’s a year-over-year increase of 14 percent and 19 percent, respectively, and...

From PC Mag: Spotify has decided to stop producing “Car Thing,” the streaming provider’s attempt to create a hardware audio player for cars.

The production stoppage was mentioned in Spotify’s Q2 earnings report. In a statement, the company signaled that low demand and supply chain problems caused...

From CNET: Google parent Alphabet posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings Tuesday as the search giant experienced a choppy economy that has already weighed on advertising revenue at Snap and Twitter.

In the quarter ended June 30, Alphabet reported revenue of $69.7 billion, missing the...

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR today announced VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 memory, equipping the celebrated VENGEANCE RGB, a top choice for performance enthusiasts, with DDR5 technology. Optimized for the latest gaming PCs and workstations, and available in black or white color options, these modules...

From ROCCAT Press Release: ROCCAT today revealed the all-new Kone XP Air Wireless RGB Customizable Gaming Mouse with Rapid Charge Dock. The Kone XP Air is the Stellar Wireless version of the recently released Kone XP – the culmination of 15 years of research and development to produce an industry...

From The Verge: Amazon is raising the price of its Prime subscription across Europe in September by up to 43 percent a year. In an email to customers overnight, Amazon revealed its annual Prime cost will jump 20 percent in the UK from £79 to £95 from September 15th. In France the price hike is even...

From PCMag: Bringing a new color to a phone is a well-known way to refresh a mid-cycle device. Apple does it with its iPhones—purple with the iPhone 12, and green with the iPhone 13. Now Samsung is bringing a midyear color to its Galaxy S22 phones, a lavender it calls "Bora Purple."

Bora is Korean...

From CNET: The OnePlus 10T is launching at an in-person event in New York on Aug. 3, but OnePlus isn't waiting until then to show off the details. In a post Monday, the company shared more on the phone's design, including its battery and camera system.

The 10T will be available in two colors, which...

From PC Mag: iPhone and iPad users looking to subscribe to Netflix via the streaming platform's iOS app are being redirected to an external website which removes the need to pay the App Store tax.

As 9To5Mac reports, the redirection looks to be rolling out globally and takes advantage of a new iOS...

From CNET: Intel has signed up Taiwanese smartphone chip designer MediaTek as a major ally in its effort to reclaim its chipmaking leadership and ultimately restore the United States' processor manufacturing prowess.

The partnership, revealed Monday, is important for the establishment of Intel...