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Spotify users in Europe can start to buy audiobooks and subscription plans from within the music-streaming app from March as a result of the region's new com Pet ition law for Big Tech, the Swedish company said on Wednesday. The move will help the company avoid Apple's 30% fee for purchases through its App Store, which has long been a source of contention between app developers and the tech giant. Spotify has for years been in embroiled in a legal battle, alleging that it was forced to raise the price of its monthly subscriptions to cover costs tied to Apple's App Store rules. US-listed shares of the Stockholm-based company rose around 2%. "For years Apple had these rules where we couldn't tell you about offers, how much something costs, or even where or how to buy it," Spotify said in a blogpost. "The DMA (Digital Markets Act) means that we'll finally be able to share details about deals, promotions, and better-value payment options in the EU....

Apple said it would start sales of its Vision Pro mixed-reality headset in the United States from Feb 2, as the company tries to grab a share of the market dominated by Meta Platforms with its most expensive bet in more than a decade. The headset start s at $3,499 and marks the company's biggest product launch since the original iPhone went on sale in 2007. It will be available for pre-orders starting at 5 a.m. Pacific Time (1300 GMT) on Jan 19, the company said on Monday. The device - unveiled in June last year - has been lauded by analysts for its impressive technology, including an exterior display that shows the user's eyes to people in the outside world, as well as a new chip that Apple says will process information from sensors in less time than the blink of an eye. Users can browse the web, chat and even watch movies using the device at a resolution greater than a 4K TV. But the Vision Pro must be plugged to a power source at all times. Its hefty price tag means...

Hundreds of Twitter employees are estimated to be leaving the beleaguered social media company following an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity," or leave. In a poll on the workplace app Blind, which verifies employees through their work email addresses and allows them to share information anonymously, 42% of 180 people chose the answer for "Taking exit option, I'm free!" A quarter said they had chosen to stay "reluctantly," and only 7% of the poll participants said they "clicked yes to stay, I'm hardcore." Musk was meeting some top employees to try and convince them to stay, said one current employee and a recently departed employee who is in touch with Twitter colleagues. While it is unclear how many employees have chosen to stay, the numbers highlight the reluctance of some staffers to remain at a company where Musk has hastened to fire half its employees including top manage...

Apple Inc is planning to start using its own custom displays in its mobile devices from 2024 onwards in an attempt to bring more components in -house , Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company intends to begin by swapping out the display in the highest-end Apple Watches by the end of next year. Apple plans to eventually bring these displays to other devices as well, including the iPhone, according to the report. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant is aiming to reduce its reliance on other partners such as Samsung Electronics and LG Corp. Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment, while Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics, and LG Display declined to comment. The report added that the screens would upgrade the current OLED standard to a Technology called microLED. Bloomberg News had reported on Monday that Apple plans to replace Broadcom Inc c...