Apple Music Raises Subscription Prices

Apple Music Raises Subscription Prices

Apple Music is raised its prices by $1, the streaming service confirmed on Friday, marking its first price hike since 2022. “As a result of rising licensing costs, Apple Music is increasing its subscription price beginning today,” Apple said in a statement. A standard premium subscription will now cost $11.99 per month, according to Apple’s website,…

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Kalshi users are botting streams now

Kalshi users are botting streams now

A thwarted fraud attempt highlights how digital music seems particularly vulnerable to market manipulation. Malcolm Todd.   Amy Sussman / Getty Images Late last week, Spotify revised its U.S. chart rankings, cutting 500,000 fraudulent streams for “Earrings” by Malcolm Todd, knocking its chart position from #1 to #4. The move came in response to public…

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Nocturne’s Free App Turns Your Bricked Spotify Car Thing Into Something Better Than the Original

Nocturne’s Free App Turns Your Bricked Spotify Car Thing Into Something Better Than the Original

The open-source community has a long history of doing more with abandoned hardware than the original manufacturers ever did. The PSP got emulators Sony never approved. The Wii got homebrew loaders that ran software Nintendo pretended didn’t exist. The pattern repeats because the hardware is always fine; it’s the corporate support structure around it that…

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Spotify Hits 293M Premium Subs and a Profit Record, But Stock Tanks on Outlook

Spotify Hits 293M Premium Subs and a Profit Record, But Stock Tanks on Outlook

Audio streaming giant Spotify posted a first-quarter revenue gain and ended March with 293 million paying premium subscribers, up from 290 million as of the end of 2025. Monthly active users (MAUs) grew to 761 million from 751 million. Management had previously forecast 293 million premium subs and 759 million MAUs. But the audio streamer forecast second-quarter earnings and…

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Spotify’s next frontier: fitness content

Spotify’s next frontier: fitness content

After expanding into podcasts, audiobooks, video, and even physical books, Spotify on Monday announced its next big category: fitness content. The company is building on its reputation as a hub for energizing playlists for your workout to actually become the home to your workout itself. To do so, Spotify has partnered with a number of…

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