The past week has seen artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and Nils Lofgren stand up to Spotify, boycotting the streaming giant because of Covid-19 misinformation spread on its popular and exclusively available The Joe Rogan Experience… Read More »‘I wish I could’: why it’s hard for smaller artists to boycott Spotify

Jack Sweeney created the Twitter bot @ElonJet, which tracks Musk’s Gulfstream private jet and posts real-time updates of its location from publicly available data. Musk offered Sweeney $5k to delete the bot, Sweeney asked for $50k. Musk declined to pay and has… Read More »Elon Musk blocks teenager who asked for $50k to stop tracking private jet – video

How do you switch over from Spotify to another music service? What are the options? And which service pays artists the most? The ongoing controversy over Spotify’s flagship podcaster Joe Rogan, whose vaccine misinformation has led to musicians pulling their… Read More »Four alternatives to Spotify: swapping is easier than you think

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, ended 2021 on another high note, reporting better than expected results in a year when it nearly doubled profits despite growing regulatory scrutiny of its business. The company reported revenues of $75.3bn for the three months… Read More »Google remains dominant as company reports quarterly profits of $20bn

The recent decision by Neil Young and Joni Mitchell to pull their music off Spotify amid a backlash over Joe Rogan’s podcast has put fans of the folk icons in an awkward position – and reminded us that music can… Read More »Missing Joni and Neil? Here’s how to break up with Spotify

In a skate park under the arches near London Bridge, a couple of game developers called John Ribbins and Simon Bennett are messing around in a half-pipe. (I do not join in – sadly the immense skills that I have… Read More »OlliOlli World: the game that captures the vibrant soul of skateboarding culture

Tesla is recalling nearly 54,000 cars and SUVs because their “Full Self-Driving” software lets them roll through stop signs. Documents posted on Tuesday by US safety regulators say Tesla will disable the feature with an over-the-internet software update. The “rolling… Read More »Tesla recalls 54,000 vehicles with ‘Full Self-Driving’ over ‘rolling stop’ feature

Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below – and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email. Sign up for Pushing… Read More »Pushing Buttons: why are games about mundane tasks so much fun?

In 2013, the subreddit r/antiwork was born. “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!” read its tagline. America was experiencing a mood change at that time. Occupy: The Movie had just hit theaters, lodging the eponymous movement in the national… Read More »Like a bully in the school yard, Fox News sets its sights on the anti-work movement

Sony has agreed to buy the video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn, the latest in a series of takeovers in the video game industry. Washington state-based Bungie developed hit first-person shooter video game Destiny and Halo, a series that has… Read More »Sony to buy video game maker Bungie for $3.6bn as takeovers continue