Spotify’s focus on growth rather than margins was largely to blame for its share prices falling after the streaming service reported its first-ever quarterly profit this week. And even if investors remain somewhat skeptical, the company says it has a winning strategy for the long term.
The dead have returned.
Imagine the typical Netflix experience (apart from “Netflix and chill”): The comfort of your own home, with numerous TV series and Netflix original movies at your fingertips, all for one monthly fee. But in a strategic move, Netflix has decided to open its best movies in cinemas first, withholding them for weeks before migrating them to the streaming service.
Spotify announced its third quarter earnings today (Nov. 1) but despite growth in its paid subscribers and users, along with its first-ever quarterly profit, investors still weren’t thrilled.
Spotify announced today (Oct. 31) that starting Nov. 1, it is giving away a free Google Home Mini to subscribers in the US that have a Spotify “Premium for Family” plan.
When death metals fans listened to bands like Cannibal Corpse who sing about, for instance, “violently reshaping human facial tissue,” these were the top three emotions they reported feeling: Power, joy, and peace.
There is one review for the record-breaking video game Red Dead Redemption 2 (RDR2) that stands out on Metacritic, the entertainment review aggregation site.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a video game about robbing and fighting your way through the US’s Old West to survive—and it made a killing this weekend.
In honor of Halloween, Google Doodle introduced its first-ever multiplayer game today (Oct. 30) called The Great Ghoul Duel—and it’s very addictive.
Google Home Hub is the company’s latest smart-home gadget, and its latest attempt to embed Google tech even deeper into users’ lives. But the best deal for this device doesn’t come from Google’s online shop, or any tech store—it comes from Sephora.
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My sister once tried to distract an angry dragon by inquiring after its relationship with its parents.
In just under two months, “I Love It” by Kanye West and Lil Pump has garnered over 193 million streams on Spotify, 274 million views on YouTube, and stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks. The song is just two minutes and seven seconds long. Compared to West’s 20 top performing Billboard hits, which are all at least over three minutes and with some exceeding five, “I Love It” is exceptionally brief. (You can barely process the absurdist video game-inspired music before it’s over.)
Robert De Niro was one of numerous Donald Trump critics that was targeted with a suspicious mail package this week. On Oct. 25, just one day after the explosive device was found at the actor and director’s office in New York, De Niro issued a written statement thanking the authorities and urging people to vote.
WhatsApp has 1.5 billion monthly users and 60 billion messages are sent via the app each day, but stickers were never a part of the picture. That’s about to change.
Bricks play a crucial role in the construction industry, add a distinct aesthetic to homes, and now can also be made of human urine.
Megyn Kelly has been a talk-show host, a political commentator, and a regular pot stirrer. Now, that pot stirring may have her on the way out at NBC News.
Noam Bardin, the CEO of the Google-owned traffic app Waze, wants us to think about carpooling the same way we think about recycling.
In the 1996 sci-fi film Independence Day, the US president (played by Bill Pullman) delivers an inspiring speech about the resilience of the human race during an alien invasion. As the leader tells Earth’s defenders that “We will not vanish without a fight,” the feeling of unity is clear—humankind refuses to die out and will use all resources to survive. But is the emotional capital of alien-invasion movies our will to endure, or our affinity for conquering?
When Imran Khan announced in September that he was stepping down as Snap Inc.’s chief strategy officer, many noted that he was the latest in a series of executives to leave Snapchat’s parent company amidst a declining user base and falling shares. But during a conference in New York on Oct. 23, Khan revealed what seems to be a driving force in his departure plans.
It might be fun to try and track down Pikachu or Mewtwo, but a Catholic evangelical group wants to you follow Jesus Christ instead—at least virtually, for starters, through a new Pokémon Go-inspired app called Follow JC Go.
Lavender—purple, pretty, and fragrant—is a darling of the wellness world. From soothing bath soaks to luxury candles, lavender has long been used in aromatherapy and marketed in beauty products as an ingredient that helps promote calmness. And while many studies have shown lavender’s relaxing effect, research has not proven the importance of actually smelling it (compared to consuming it or using it topically) until now.
The World Economic Forum organizes many events around the world, but its annual summit in the alpine town of Davos, Switzerland, is probably the most famous. Commonly referred to as simply “Davos,” the conference has come to be synonymous with an exclusive gathering of the global elite. As such, many different events have claimed to be the “Davos” of this or that over the years to capitalize on the original summit’s prestige—but the WEF has had enough.
The website for “Davos in the Desert”—the Saudi Arabian investment conference hosted by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman—was hacked in unsubtle ways today (Oct. 22).
