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Spotify now has over 300M subscribers

Notably, the company saw its subscriber base swell by 9% in the second quarter despite raising prices in several regions this year.

2026-08-04 · 13:52 UTC
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Sports

Toone grateful to Skinner after his Man Utd departure

2026-08-04 · 13:43

Manchester United midfielder Ella Toone says she will always be "grateful" to former manager Marc Skinner after he…

Science

Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026

2026-08-04 · 13:43

Germany achieved a historic renewable energy milestone in July 2026 when its photovoltaic systems fed 12 billion…

Crypto

Bitmine’s $10.9B Ethereum Bet: 5% Supply Goal Within Reach

2026-08-04 · 13:41

Bitmine's massive Ethereum holdings highlight a strategic bet on the future, aiming to own 5% of the total supply.

Tech

OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal"

2026-08-04 · 13:38

“We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets,” the ChatGPT maker says.

Tech

Apple's AI Slop Problem Left a $200K macOS Exploit Unreported

2026-08-04 · 13:36

A Milan start-up says it found a full-takeover flaw in macOS using ChatGPT, then hit Apple's new submission cap before…

World

India moves to give its instant payments network a business model

2026-08-04 · 13:31

The legislation lays the groundwork for a potential overhaul of India's zero-merchant-discount-rate regime, under which…

Crypto

Sorry everyone, Bitcoin is headed down to $43,500: Michael Terpin

2026-08-04 · 13:30

Transform Ventures founder Michael Terpin says Bitcoin could have another 30% downside from its current price before he…

Crypto

Stellar Holds Double Bottom as SuperTrend Keeps a Lid

2026-08-04 · 13:20

Stellar just locked in a double bottom, but these factors prevent a further price climb.

Crypto

Avalanche (AVAX) Rebounds Off $6 Support as Buyers Eye Breakout Toward $7

2026-08-04 · 13:06

As of August 4, Avalanche (AVAX ) is trading at around $6.81, up 6% on the day, with the trading volume surging by over…

Crypto

OnlyMarms: How researchers accidentally sparked a Solana memecoin frenzy

2026-08-04 · 13:05

Federal funding dried up, so researchers got creative — OnlyFans and a memecoin. Marmots, sex work and Solana.

Tech

Is the future of data centers portable? Runware builds a pod to find out

2026-08-04 · 13:00

On Tuesday, AI infrastructure company Runware announced the launch of its own modular data center called Sonic Inference…

Sports

'Most exciting player' Eala shows 'Filipino heart' to make history

2026-08-04 · 12:54

After making history in Washington, BBC Sport looks at Alexandra Eala's journey to her first title.

World

Kretinsky share sale hinders Staveley's West Ham bid

2026-08-04 · 12:54

West Ham co-chair Daniel Kretinsky sells a small stake in the club in a move that could end Amanda Staveley's hopes of…

Crypto

Blackrock Brings 2 Tokenized Money Market Funds to Stablecoin Issuers

2026-08-04 · 12:48

Blackrock has introduced two tokenized money market products aimed at institutional investors and stablecoin issuers.

World

World's oldest president reshuffles army as his absence stokes unease

2026-08-04 · 12:43

Cameroon's president has been absent for two months while his team denies rumours about his health.

Crypto

Texas electric grid moratorium won’t have big impact on BTC miners: Bernstein

2026-08-04 · 12:37

Monday’s announcement that Texas Governor Greg Abbott set a moratorium on approval of ERCOT-linked data centers pending…

Crypto

Morning Minute: Saylor Sells Bitcoin Again

2026-08-04 · 12:33

Strategy sold $104M in Bitcoin last week to help prop up STRC, a financial product they created to… help them buy more…

Crypto

Tether Gold reserves rise 9.5% as gold posts worst quarter in 13 years

2026-08-04 · 12:30

XAUt added to its bullion backing during gold’s worst quarter since 2013, as tokenized commodity holder counts continued…

Sports

Nygren header earns Celtic opening victory against Dundee

2026-08-04 · 12:22

Watch highlights as Celtic begin their Scottish Premiership title defence with a narrow home victory as Benjamin…

Crypto

FBI Agent Charged in $1M Crypto Theft After Allegedly Using ChatGPT to Plan Escape

2026-08-04 · 12:15

The Department of Justice has indicted a supervisory special agent of the FBI for theft of nearly $1 million in…

Tech

Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc

2026-08-04 · 12:01

An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening prevented players from playing even disc-based games, highlighting how…

Tech

Roame (YC S23) Is Hiring Lead Engineer

2026-08-04 · 12:00

Roame, a Y Combinator-funded flight and hotel search engine that uses credit card points and miles, is hiring a Lead…

Tech

EON wants to move the data superhighway from ocean fiber to space lasers

2026-08-04 · 12:00

Endeavour Optical Networks is planning to launch the fastest space laser communications system yet built.