av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
The US was one of a number of countries to escape recent Spotify price increases, but that is now coming to an end.
The streaming music service increased the price of its premium plans in a large number of other countries late last year, while US pricing remained unchanged. Predictably, that was only a temporary respite …
The previous price rise was implemented in many countries around the world, the company citing multiple markets across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. In the UK, for example, the price of an individual premium subscription rose from £11.99 to £12.99, while a family plan went up from £19.99 to £21.99.
Källa: Spotify increases US pricing by 8%; some people are happy
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
With a new tool called Mobile Apps by Replit, users can describe their idea, let Replit do its thing, and then scan a QR code to test the app on their iPhones. Here are the details.
Creating a simple app in about 10 minutes
Replit announced this week Mobile Apps by Replit, an interesting vibe coding platform that builds React Native apps based on user prompts. (Why React Native? Probably because Replit’s CEO and co-founder, Amjad Masad, worked on the team that invented React Native while at Facebook.)
Källa: Replit now lets you vibe code iOS apps, but don’t get carried away – 9to5Mac
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Twitter
As of Thursday, 92 million Iranians have been completely blocked from accessing the internet for more than a week, in what is now one of the longest nationwide internet shutdowns ever, according to experts.
Last Thursday, Iran’s leadership blocked internet and phone access across the whole country in response to massive anti-government protests, which began at the end of last year and have prompted a brutal and deadly crackdown from authorities.
As of this writing, Iranians have not been able to access the internet for more than 170 hours. The previous longest shutdowns in the country lasted around 163 hours in 2019, and 160 hours in 2025, according to Isik Mater, the director of research at NetBlocks, a web monitoring company that tracks internet disruptions.
Källa: Iran’s internet shutdown is now one of its longest ever, as protests continue | TechCrunch
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
Tiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out plans for distance learning after a Covid outbreak at the school where she was headteacher. She had taken a sauna at her flat in Vantaa, just outside Finland’s capital, Helsinki, and when she came into her bedroom to get dressed, she idly checked her phone. There was a message that began with Parikka’s name and her social security number – the unique code used to identify Finnish people when they access healthcare, education and banking. “I knew then that this is not a game,” she says.
Källa: He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads, Twitter
A 40-year-old Jordanian national pleaded guilty Thursday to operating as an access broker, selling access to at least 50 victim company networks he broke into by exploiting two commercial firewall products in 2023, according to the Justice Department.
Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti, who lived in the Republic of Georgia at the time, sold an undercover FBI agent unauthorized access to the victim networks on a cybercrime forum under the moniker “r1z” in May 2023, authorities said in court records.
Källa: Jordanian national pleads guilty after unknowingly selling FBI agent access to 50 company networks
av Mikael Winterkvist | jan 18, 2026 | Bluesky, Mastodon, Notiser, Threads
Apple plans to upgrade the iPad mini, MacBook Pro, iPad Air, iMac, and MacBook Air with OLED displays between 2026 and 2028, according to DigiTimes. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman previously reported that the iPad mini and MacBook Pro will receive an OLED display as early as this year, but he does not expect the MacBook Air to adopt the technology until 2028 at the earliest. A new iPad Air is expected to be released this year, but Gurman said it will have an LCD display.
Källa: These 5 Apple Products Will Reportedly Be Upgraded With OLED Displays
