Spotify confirms price hike as premium plan rises to $10.99/month in the US
Spotify has announced that it’s raising its premium plan prices, confirming reports that first started to surface over the weekend. The music-streaming giant, which claims some 500 million users globally 40% of which are premium subscribers, revealed that its main premium ad-free subscription plan will be increasing from $9.99 per
Read MorePublic transit is driving EV sector growth in Kenya
The public transit sector in Kenya is driving the country’s electric vehicle adoption as global calls for a switch to sustainable transport continue. For the first time last year, commercial electric mass transport buses were deployed to various routes across Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, marking the beginning of the transition from
Read MoreA New Era of Cybersecurity: Dell Launches Project Fort Zero
Organizations are increasingly adopting Zero Trust as a means to modernize their cybersecurity programs and adapt to the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. Determining where to start, prioritize capabilities, and progress toward maturity can be complex. Doug Woolley, General Manager of Dell Technologies South Africa, emphasized the need for assistance
Read More5 key questions climate tech founders should ask impact investors
Agnes Svensson Contributor Agnes Svensson is the chief impact officer at Norrsken VC, Europe's leading early-stage impact investor. She has more than 12 years’ experience driving sustainability, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in the private sector (most notably the fintech decacorn Klarna) and at nonprofit organizations. The world is witnessing an
Read MoreTwitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo. This move comes after Elon Musk announced the change over the weekend. The change is already live on the website. Notably, Musk tweeted that x.com now also redirects to twitter.com. In the post, Musk also called
Read MoreHashtag Trending Jul.24- Google’s Bard expands coverage almost everywhere but in Canada; Reddit war gets uglier; Shopify employee breaks NDA to speak out on layoffs
Is it ChatGPT that’s getting dumber or is it us? Bard expands its coverage to almost everywhere but Canada. The moderator/management war at Reddit continues to escalate, Shopify employee breaks an NDA to speak out and Elon Musk flips us the bird. These are the top tech news stories
Read MoreCrypto wallet Zengo launches pro subscription with additional security features
Cryptocurrency mobile wallet Zengo has introduced a handful of new features combined with a new premium subscription called Zengo Pro that costs $20 per month. This new, optional subscription brings additional security features for users who have a lot of crypto assets or who are really concerned about security in
Read MoreThe New Navigation System in SwiftUI
Photo by Dan Chung on UnsplashFor a long time, developers have criticized SwiftUI’s navigation system. Due to the limitations of NavigationView, developers had to use various tricks and even black technology to achieve some basic functions (such as returning to the root view, adding any view to the stack, returning to
Read MoreSam Altman’s Worldcoin eyeball-scanning crypto project launches
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s audacious eyeball-scanning crypto startup, has started the global rollout of its services to help build a reliable solution for “distinguishing humans from AI online,” enable “global democratic processes” and “drastically increase economic opportunity.” The startup, which has raised about $250 million altogether and counts Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla
Read More10 Simple CSS and JavaScript Micro-interactions for Buttons
Learn ten simple ways to add micro-interactions to buttons on a web page that help inform users when they've successfully done something. Continue reading 10 Simple CSS and JavaScript Micro-interactions for Buttons on SitePoint.
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