Amazon stops charging extra for lossless music as Apple enters the fray
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Faced with new competition from Apple, Amazon today announced that it will no longer charge an added fee for the “HD” tier of…
Apple announces lossless Apple Music is coming in June at no added cost
Apple Apple Music is getting two big updates next month: support for high-quality, lossless audio and for spatial audio through Dolby Atmos. But even more surprising, the features will be…
Parler returns to Apple App Store with some content excluded
Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The iOS app for conservative-leaning social media platform Parler is back in the Apple App Store today, after what the company…
Microsoft Teams launches for friends and family with free all-day video calling
Microsoft is launching the personal version of Microsoft Teams today. After previewing the service nearly a year ago, Microsoft Teams is now available for free personal use amongst friends and…
Twitch is lowering subscription prices — but says streamers will earn more money
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitch is announcing a big change to subscription prices — but not for users in the US. Most countries outside of the US…
Another report claims Samsung will ditch Tizen for Wear OS with next smartwatch
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 3 from last year. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Samsung seems ready to ditch its own Tizen operating system in favor of Google’s Wear…
The ‘Charlie bit my finger’ video is being auctioned as an NFT — then deleted ‘forever’
Image: HDCYT on YouTube The creators of the classic “Charlie bit my finger – again !” video are now auctioning it off as an NFT, but with a twist. At…
AT&T is merging WarnerMedia with Discovery to create a new media giant
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge AT&T announced this morning it’s spinning off its media business WarnerMedia and merging it with TV company Discovery, creating a major new player…
Apple Needs This New Hire to Be Heroic
For anyone that still believes that Apple can be more than an incredibly profitable company; but one you can also be proud of for how it treats its people and…
That’s no moon: veteran Apple designer unveils $1,799 Cell Alpha speaker
The Cell Alpha. | Image: Syng Christopher Stringer, an ex-Apple designer who worked on everything from the HomePod to the original iPhone during his 22 year-stint at the company, has…
