Spotify surges past 300M users after successful Russia launch

From The Verge: Spotify now has 320 million monthly active users and 144 million paid subscribers, an increase of 29 and 27 percent respectively year-over-year, the company announced in its latest earnings release. User growth was driven by marketing campaigns in India, as well as the service’s...

Samsung posts highest-ever quarterly revenue as demand roars back

From CNET: The pandemic-caused lull in demand for phones appears to be over, at least for Samsung. The company on Wednesday reported its highest ever quarterly revenue, thanks to "significant increase in consumer demand" for its smartphones, computers and other products.

The company reported its...

Lexar Announces New Professional 1066x microSD UHS-I Card SILVER Series

From Lexar Press Release: Lexar today announced the Lexar Professional 1066x microSDHC/microSDXC Cards SILVER Series.

Designed for your action cameras, drones, and Android smartphones, the Lexar Professional 1066x microSD UHS-I Card SILVER Series lets you quickly capture and transfer high-quality...

Noctua expands chromax.black line of CPU coolers

From Noctua Press Release: Noctua today expanded its chromax.black line with all-black versions of the award-winning NH-D15S and NH-U9S CPU coolers: Staying true to the successful formula of the original models, the new chromax.black versions with their black fans and black coated heatsinks combine...

Sony boosts PlayStation profits despite looming PS5 launch

From The Verge: Sony’s gaming division is continuing to drive major profits for the company even as the PlayStation 4 era winds down. The company announced PlayStation-related revenue of 507 billion yen (~$4.9 billion) and an operating profit of 105 billion yen (~$1 billion) for its July-September...

Seagate Expects to Start Selling 50TB HAMR Hard Drives in 2026

From PC Mag: SSDs have reduced in price to the point where even new games consoles will ship with one next month, but for massive amounts of affordable storage in your PC, mechanical hard drives still win. 18TB drives are already available, and Seagate is now promising to increase that to 50TB by...

Cooler Master MM720 Review (Page 1 of 4)

If you watch streamers or play video games, you will notice that the games they play spread across many genres. However, one game that has recently been at the top is a game called "Among Us". This game takes the traditional werewolf-like concept and puts it into a multiplayer experience that you can enjoy online with other people. The concept is not a new one, especially as this game has been out since June 2018. In the game, you start the game...

UK to ban sale of carrier-locked phones from December 2021

From The Verge: The UK’s communications regulator Ofcom is banning phone carriers from selling locked handsets starting in December 2021 to make it easier for people to switch providers, the watchdog has announced. Although BBC News notes that many carriers like O2, Sky, Three, and Virgin already...

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