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Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again (www.engadget.com)
Spotify is officially raising its Premium subscription rates in the US come July, following reports of the move in April. The platform is increasing its Individual plan from $11 to $12 monthly and its Duo plan from $15 to $17 monthly — the same jump as last year’s $1 and $2 price hikes, respectively. However, its Family plan...
When did you get hit by "the tetris effect" AKA playing a video game so much that you get the urge to do moves/actions from the video game in real life?
When I got hooked on Morrowind in middle school it occurred to me to quicksave before a test at school....
What free2play game are you currently hooked on?
I know older titles are usually the topic in this community but a lot of the popular f2p games are getting pretty old now too, and if you’re like me you’ve been curious about some of them and even pleasantly surprised now and again....
Microsoft's latest Windows update breaks VPNs, and there's no fix (www.pcworld.com)
Iran: Rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death, says lawyer (www.dw.com)
Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi wrote songs in support of the protest movement in Iran following the death of Jina Mahsa Amini in 2022. He has been in jail for over a year....
Athens turns orange, Helsinki goes white as Europe’s weather springs a surprise (edition.cnn.com)
A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings.
Are there any Vampire Survivor type games on Android?
Specifically, ones that aren’t chock-full of mobile game enshittification and in-app purchases?...
I don't trust Jeff (lemmy.world)
How many communities are you subscribed to?
Personally subscribed to 126, and it’s steadily growing by 2-4 each week. But curious to how many you are subscribed to too. Feel free to share your favorite community too!...
Would having a cat girl as a family pet mess my kids up?
So one of my kids is highly allergic to cats, but really wants a pet cat. I thought a good solution would be to get a cat girl. My wife is not totally thrilled by the idea, but I’m sure I could convince her. What are your thoughts?...
I'm looking to drop cable but need live sports alternative.
As the title states, I currently have cable but want to cut it. I dont watch anything live anymore aside for sports. I can’t buy a sports package as the local pro teams are blacked out, and you must watch on the local channel. Are there any alternatives?
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Android 15 prepares to let you share media audio to nearby devices (www.androidauthority.com)
Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)
Wot The Fsck You Say, Spotify? (lemmy.world)
Edit: A couple times I’ve said eBook while I actually meant Audiobook. I’ve learned that Spotify has a 15 hour limit per month for their free ‘included in premium’ audiobooks. However these are the two books I listened to for free, and even rounding up to 13 hours it doesn’t make sense, unless they count accidental...
Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees (www.theverge.com)
Is there a sponsor block situation for Podcasts?
I’m happy to adopt a new podcast app if it has sponsorblock natively or through a plug-in. Otherwise let me know if there’s some other way to make it work. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work as all of the segments tagged for skipping are crowdsourced which would also work for Podcasts.
2 Australians killed in Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, says Australia's acting foreign minister (m.timesofindia.com)
Looking for something new to read after The Expanse
Any fiction suggestions for a somewhat picky reader? The Expanse lasted me a long while but I’m finishing up the novellas now and need to start looking for something new. Not necessarily in the same genre....
Spotify (un)wrapped: Unpacking recommender algorithms (ubyssey.ca)
The Steam Winter Sale is on now! (store.steampowered.com)
Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature (interestingengineering.com)
How many of you actually use the headphone jack on your phone?
On a recent post, there were a lot of comments, which said that they were missing the headphones on newer mobile devices....
Epic is giving away 17 games as part of its holiday sale (www.theverge.com)
Epic Games plans to give away 17 free games during its annual holiday sale for the Epic Games Store, the company announced on Wednesday.
The "i" in Linux and Linus have different pronunciations even when they shouldn't.
(solved) I can't get my linux system to run properly
I chose to use opensuse tw kde based on some vm tests. The installation was easy but for some reason the video playback on youtube is terrible. It stutters. First thing I did after install was to use opi to install codecs. Then I used Yast to get the Nvidia repo. Lastly, I used the software manager to install the video g06...
Meta banned from using personal data for behavioral advertising in EU/EEA (stackdiary.com)
The EDPB issued an urgent binding decision that essentially bans Meta from using personal data for behavioral advertising in the entire European Economic Area (EEA).
Seychelles declares state of emergency after huge explosion; at least 3 dead in separate flooding (apnews.com)
Open secret at climate talks: The top temperature goal is mostly gone (www.politico.com)
Leading scientists worldwide delivered a striking dose of reality to the United Nations on Sunday: it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target they set eight years ago for limiting the warming of the Earth....
Inside the 'arms race' between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies. (www.engadget.com)
Inside the ‘arms race’ between YouTube and ad blockers / Against all odds, open source hackers keep outfoxing one of the wealthiest companies.::YouTube’s dramatic content gatekeeping decisions of late have a long history behind them, and there’s an equally long history of these defenses being bypassed.
Discuit just went open source, could federation be next?
Announcement post here: …substack.com/…/df5f002f-e27a-46a6-b30d-7641b266b…...
Uhhh oh (lemmy.ca)
followed a megathread link from r/piratedgames
If you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send?
Do we get points for comments and post ? I just downloaded Connect and noticed the points.
This was not the case when I was using Eternity
Redfall gets a new gun and performance improvements in third major patch | Eurogamer (www.eurogamer.net)
What could happen if you would just walk into a police station and say: I want to turn myself in and I take the 5th.
Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
Where else on the web does everyone hang out?
I’m really curious where else everyone here hangs out on the internet besides Lemmy....
Welcome To Aftermath - Worker-owned video game journalism (aftermath.site)
Welcome to Aftermath, a worker-owned, reader-supported news site covering video games, the internet, and the cultures that surround them. Just launched today.
China is planting Fields of Stones stuck to Metal Bars - No, Really (www.youtube.com)
YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads. (www.androidauthority.com)
YouTube is increasing Premium prices in multiple countries, right after an ad-blocker crackdown | You either pay rightfully for the video content you consume, or you live with the ads.::Google is increasing the prices of YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium subscriptions in some regions, right after blocking ad-blockers.
What is the Alabama of your country?
Hi everybody, my girlfriend showed me a Tiktok about manga authors adding unnecessary incest plotlines to their works and I thought immediately “They are from Monterrey” (we are from Mexico)....
The reason CEOs want workers to Return To Office is because they want you to quit (www.fastcompany.com)