Month: January 2021

Xbox Live price increase sets a new $10/month floor for online access

Move seems designed to push users to expanded $15/month Game Pass Ultimate sub.

Xbox users will soon have to pay at least $10/month for the baseline Xbox Live Gold subscription needed for online play on Xbox consoles. That's a significant increase from the recent floor of $5/month for an annual subscription.

The new pricing, as Microsoft unveiled this morning is as follows (or a "local market equivalent" outside the US):

  • One month: $11/month (previously $10/month)
  • Three months: $30, $10/month (Previously $25, $8.33/month)
  • Six months: $60, $10/month (Previously $40, $6.67/month)

A 12-month, $60 subscription plan was officially removed from Microsoft's online store last July, but annual digital subscriptions at that $5/month rate are still currently available from a variety of retail partners. It's unclear if those offerings will continue, but a new annual subscription option was not mentioned in Microsoft's announcement this morning. Microsoft does note that current 6-month and 12-month subscribers will be able to "renew at the current price" for the time being, though (current members will receive email notices about the new prices, and the new rates won't apply to them for at least 45 days).

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Apple: Highend-Version des Macbook Air kommt

Dünner, leichter, mit Magsafe: Apple plant eine teurere Version des Macbook Air mit schnellerem Apple Silicon oberhalb des Einsteigermodells. (Macbook Air, Apple)

Dünner, leichter, mit Magsafe: Apple plant eine teurere Version des Macbook Air mit schnellerem Apple Silicon oberhalb des Einsteigermodells. (Macbook Air, Apple)

Zermürbender Schattenalltag

Gefühl der Belastung steigt in der Bevölkerung, spiegelt der ARD-DeutschlandTrend wider. Experte fürchtet psychische Corona-Korrision. Einer der letzten Zufluchtsorte für unser zertrümmertes Sozialleben ist der Kiosk

Gefühl der Belastung steigt in der Bevölkerung, spiegelt der ARD-DeutschlandTrend wider. Experte fürchtet psychische Corona-Korrision. Einer der letzten Zufluchtsorte für unser zertrümmertes Sozialleben ist der Kiosk

Report: Apple’s next MacBook Air will be even thinner, lighter, faster (and have a MagSafe charger)

Apple turned heads when the company launched the first MacBook Air in 2008 – a laptop that was famously slim enough to fit inside an envelope. Last year the company refreshed the line with a new model powered by the company’s M1 processor …

Apple turned heads when the company launched the first MacBook Air in 2008 – a laptop that was famously slim enough to fit inside an envelope. Last year the company refreshed the line with a new model powered by the company’s M1 processor that delivers powerful performance, long battery life, and a fanless design. So […]

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Googles Alphabet: Bei Project Loon ist die Luft raus

Mit Project Loon wollte Google hoch hinaus und die ganze Welt mit Internet versorgen. Was fehlte: das Geschäftsmodell – und am Ende auch der Bedarf. Eine Analyse von Werner Pluta (Project Loon, Google)

Mit Project Loon wollte Google hoch hinaus und die ganze Welt mit Internet versorgen. Was fehlte: das Geschäftsmodell - und am Ende auch der Bedarf. Eine Analyse von Werner Pluta (Project Loon, Google)

"Konkrete Abrüstungsverpflichtungen"

Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag in Kraft: Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestags zerpflücken Argumente der Regierung, warum Deutschland nicht beitritt

Atomwaffenverbotsvertrag in Kraft: Wissenschaftliche Dienste des Bundestags zerpflücken Argumente der Regierung, warum Deutschland nicht beitritt