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Spotify Increases Prices for Second Time in a Year
CNET· 2024-06-03 22:59
价格调整 - Spotify宣布一年内第二次涨价 美国地区月订阅费从11美元涨至12美元 现有用户将在7月看到价格上涨 [1] - 双人订阅价格上涨2美元 家庭订阅价格上涨3美元 此前已在澳大利亚和英国实施涨价 [1] 产品与服务 - 去年7月美国地区价格从10美元涨至11美元 同时新增每月15小时的有声书服务 [2] - 免费有声书服务与播客和年度Wrapped功能并存 公司可能考虑推出不含书籍的低价套餐 [2] 市场地位 - Spotify是全球最受欢迎的音乐流媒体服务 拥有6.15亿用户 其中2.39亿为付费订阅用户 [3] - Apple Music位居第二 但未披露具体用户数据 [3]
Meta Is Shutting Down Workplace, Its Collaborative Work Tool
CNET· 2024-05-15 09:36
Facebook parent Meta has announced that it's shuttering Workplace, the company's work-focused social network geared toward businesses. The service will operate normally until June 1, 2026, when it'll be permanently taken offline. The notice was posted on Facebook's Help Center. Workplace will operate as normal until Aug. 31, 2025. Starting Sept.1, 2025, users will lose the ability to post new content, and any existing content will be read-only. On June 1, 2026, the service will shut down entirely. Companies ...
Google Ups Its AI Game With Project Astra, AI Overviews and Gemini Updates
CNET· 2024-05-15 02:52
At its Google I/O developer event on Tuesday, Google showed off advances in its artificial intelligence lineup, including a search feature called AI Overviews and an initiative called Project Astra, along with updates to its Gemini chatbot.The company also introduced Gemini Live, a conversation-driven feature, and Imagen 3, the latest version of its image generation model. The news comes just one day after ChatGPT maker OpenAI announced its latest flagship model, GPT-4o, and a few weeks before Apple's own d ...
Roku Will Stream Sunday MLB Games for Free Starting This Week
CNET· 2024-05-14 05:10
文章核心观点 Roku与MLB达成独家多年版权合作协议,获得2024赛季周日首场棒球比赛转播权,用户可免费观看 [1][4] 合作内容 - Roku与MLB达成“独家多年版权合作” [4] - Roku获得2024赛季周日首场棒球比赛转播权,此前该赛事由Peacock转播 [1][4] 观看方式 - 用户无需注册账户或付费订阅,可通过The Roku Channel、TheRokuChannel.com免费观看 [1][2] - MLB.TV付费订阅用户可在MLB应用内全球观看 [2] 赛事安排 - 首赛于5月19日周日举行,红袜队对阵红雀队,赛季末场于9月15日举行,红人队对阵双城队 [3] - 2024赛季共有18场比赛,部分比赛于美国东部时间上午11:35开始 [3] 平台新增内容 - 除周日直播赛事外,Roku将在平台新增“MLB Zone”,提供精彩片段和赛事回顾 [4] - 在免费、广告支持的The Roku Channel服务中添加MLB频道 [4] 赛事时间表 - 包含5月26日至9月15日多场比赛的具体时间(均为美国东部时间) [6]
Peacock Plans to Hike Subscription Prices (Again) Ahead of the Summer Olympics
CNET· 2024-05-01 08:14
Peacock's streaming subscription plans are about to cost a little more. The NBCUniversal brand is increasing the prices on its monthly and annual plans, with changes going into effect this summer. The news comes after parent company Comcast announced that the streaming platform added 3 million new paid subscribers in the first quarter of 2024. Beginning July 18, new customers will pay more for subscriptions: $8 per month for Peacock Premium and $14 a month for Peacock Premium Plus -- both are $2 increases. ...
FCC Fines Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T $200 Million for Sharing Customer Location Data
CNET· 2024-05-01 05:06
文章核心观点 联邦通信委员会(FCC)因美国四大运营商未经客户同意非法共享其位置数据,对AT&T、Verizon、T-Mobile和Sprint合计罚款2亿美元,运营商对此表示不满并计划上诉 [1][2][3] 罚款情况 - FCC于2020年对美国运营商提出指控,现作出罚款判决 [1] - AT&T被罚款5700万美元,Verizon被罚款4600万美元,Sprint被罚款1200万美元,T-Mobile被罚款8000万美元 [2] 违规原因 - 运营商将客户位置数据访问权出售给数据聚合商,聚合商再转售给第三方,且试图将获取客户同意的义务转嫁给下游接收方,导致部分情况下未获得有效客户同意 [1] - 调查由公开报道引发,报道称美国运营商通过第三方数据供应商Securus在未获同意的情况下向密苏里州一名警长共享客户位置信息 [3] 运营商回应 - 运营商对FCC的指控和罚款金额表示不满,AT&T称FCC在未举行听证会且未列举具体非法共享数据案例的情况下计算罚款 [2] - 运营商指出FCC的命令涉及一项支持路边援助和医疗警报等服务的客户位置共享计划,该计划在五年多前已关闭,且需要客户主动选择同意 [2] - AT&T和Verizon承认曾发生一起相关欺诈事件,“一名不良行为者”未经授权获取了极少数客户的位置数据,运营商已切断访问并加强保护 [3] - T-Mobile、AT&T和Verizon计划对罚款提出上诉 [3]
Google Parent Company Issues First Dividend: What to Know, Why This Matters
CNET· 2024-04-27 03:54
Google parent company Alphabet said Thursday that it would issue its first-ever dividend to shareholders. The dividend is just 20 cents a share, but it was notable as a first-time event. In addition to investors receiving a dividend, Google's co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will receive a dividend of $146 million and $78 million, respectively.Since its founding in 1998, Google has returned money to its investors through outsized performance and growth in its stock price. But now it's changing thing ...
Amazon Confirms Prime Day Sale Coming This Summer
CNET· 2024-04-27 03:54
Bargain hunters can start preparing for Amazon's next big Prime Day sale. Prime Day is the company's biggest event of the year, with thousands of discounts across every category from tech to home goods and more. The 10th iteration of the event is set to kick off this July, offering exclusive savings for Amazon Prime subscribers.  Amazon has announced that there will be plenty of back-to-school supplies available as well, helping early shoppers get everything they'll need before classes resume, so plan accor ...
Apple Users in Europe Get a New Third-Party App Store
CNET· 2024-04-20 07:00
Altstore介绍 - Altstore PAL是第一个获得苹果批准的第三方应用商店,可在欧盟地区下载[1] - Altstore的定价为每月1.50欧元(加税),以抵消苹果对第三方应用商店的新税收[2] - Altstore旨在成为独立开发者的首选目的地,为那些无法进入App Store的开发者提供机会[5] Altstore应用内容 - Clip是iOS的剪贴板管理器,需要每月1欧元的Patreon捐款[3] - Delta是一个任天堂游戏机模拟器,可模拟多种不同的游戏机,包括NES、SNES、Nintendo 64、几种不同的Game Boy和Nintendo DS[4] Altstore商业模式 - Altstore将依赖Patreon这一付费平台,鼓励开发者使用该平台主要是为了抵消苹果的核心技术费用[7] - Patreon允许开发者与用户保持持续沟通,Altstore设置了不同的付款层次[8] Altstore分发方式 - Altstore使用苹果的新Web Distribution,允许开发者更轻松地向欧盟用户分发应用程序[6] - 非欧盟地区的用户也可以使用Altstore,但需要额外的安装步骤,包括安装AltServer[9]
Tesla Recalls Cybertruck Due to Faulty Accelerator Pedal
CNET· 2024-04-20 00:53
特斯拉Cybertruck召回事件 - 特斯拉宣布召回所有已发货的Cybertruck车辆,因为加速踏板可能会卡住,增加了碰撞的可能性[1] - 召回影响了所有2024年款特斯拉Cybertruck车辆,总共3878辆车[2] - Cybertruck自上市以来一直备受争议,包括设计变更、延迟交付等问题[3] - 加速踏板问题可能导致车辆性能和操作受影响,增加碰撞风险[5] - 如果加速踏板卡住,刹车时会有声音和视觉警报提示同时按下了两个踏板,但刹车仍能停止车辆[6] - 特斯拉在3月31日收到问题通知,工程师于4月2日确认问题,第二位客户于4月3日通知公司,工程师继续测试问题[7] - 这次召回需要Cybertruck车主前往经销商或服务中心更换或重新加工踏板组件[8] 特斯拉裁员和财务业绩 - 特斯拉在一周内先是宣布裁员超过全球工作人员的10%,然后马斯克在周三通过电子邮件道歉,称某些被裁员工的离职补偿“错误地过低”[9] - 裁员发生在公司报告2024年第一季度交付车辆数量下降之后,特斯拉将于4月23日发布该季度的财务业绩[10]