Subscription services in gaming are popular, and while they are very far from the only way to buy and play games, the profile of the business model is growing thanks in part to the backing of multi-trillion-dollar company Microsoft and its Xbox Game Pass service. Pete Hines, the longtime Bethesda marketing and publishing boss who retired after Microsoft bought his …
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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways A hidden YouTube TV promotion might save you $66. It’s only accessible through a web browser, not the mobile app. The promotion saves you $33 a month for two months. If you’re a YouTube TV subscriber, you might be able to save …
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Skip the Waitlist: PayPal and Venmo Users Offered Early Access to Perplexity’s New Comet Browser with Free Perplexity Pro Subscription Customers to access leading AI tools, cash back offers, and a new way to manage subscriptions directly in the PayPal app. SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Today, PayPal announced that Venmo and PayPal customers in the US and …
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Recently, Apple announced yet another price hike for its Apple TV+ service. This time, it’s increasing 30% from $9.99/month to $12.99/month. After the service launched in 2019 at $4.99/month, its received a couple price hikes. This new price hike, though, likely opens the door to something Apple has reportedly been considering for quite a while – an ad-supported plan. Apple …
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Apple TV+, which features popular series like “Severance,” “Ted Lasso,” and “The Morning Show,” has raised its monthly subscription price. Apple announced on Thursday that the monthly subscription price for the streaming service has increased from $9.99 to $12.99. That is a 30 percent increase. This price change is effective immediately, and customers should see it reflected in their bills …
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Tom Gerken Technology reporter Apple Britt Lower stars in the Apple TV+ sci-fi epic Severance Apple TV+ has put up its prices in the UK and worldwide for monthly subscribers, as the cost of streaming continues to rise. The platform’s cost per month has gone up by £1 to £9.99 a month, though annual prices have stayed the same at …
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The future of streaming and movies The future of streaming and movies as “Stranger Things” creators sign with Paramount 03:17 Apple is raising the price of a subscription to its Apple TV+ streaming service for U.S. customers. The technology giant said Thursday that an Apple TV+ subscription will now cost $12.99 a month, up from $9.99. The annual cost for …
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Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images German car making giant Volkswagen (VW) has introduced a subscription for UK customers wanting to increase the power of some of its electric cars. Those who buy an eligible car in its ID.3 range can choose to pay extra if they want to unlock the full power of the engine inside the vehicle. VW …
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Remedy is “unsatisfied” with the sales of its live-service shooter FBC: Firebreak, as the game underperformed on Steam. As part of the company’s half year financial report, CEO Tero Virtala stated Remedy’s revenue increased by 63.5 percent, with game sales increasing due to the release of FBC: Firebreak. The launch succeeded technically and had over a million players in its …
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The Browser Company — the makers of the Arc browser — just launched a $20 per month subscription to its new AI-powered web browser, Dia, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. The new Dia Pro subscription comes with unlimited access to the browser’s chat feature, which lets you ask questions about the content in your tabs. People who use Dia for …
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