Steam adds support for classic Nintendo controllers for Switch Online

Source: Nintendo

Steam now supports the Nintendo classic controllers for Switch Online. An update released on Wednesday noted that you could use your NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, and Sega Genesis controllers made for Nintendo's Switch Online service with games on Steam. 

The NES and SNES controllers are available now, while the N64 and Genesis controllers are currently out of stock. These controllers are only available to Switch Online subscribers. Switch Online comes with a catalogue of Nintendo and Sega retro games. 

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Spotify discontinues its Car Thing production

Source: Spotify

It's only been around five months since Spotify launched its first hardware. But the company announced it would stop making its dash-mounted Car Thing device. The announcement was made during its latest earnings release for shareholders. 

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Twitter Blue gets a price increase to CA$6.49

Time to add the edit button to Twitter Blue?

If you're a Twitter Blue subscriber, you might not be happy to hear this news. The company plans to increase the fee for its subscription service from CA$3.49 to $6.49 starting in October. You'll already be paying the new rate if you're a new subscriber.

Twitter justifies the move in an email it sent subscribers a few days ago. "This change helps us continue to build some of the features you've been asking for, improve upon the current ones you already love, and sustain our mission of supporting journalism," the email said. 

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Instagram hits pause on full-screen feed, some in-feed recommendations

After mounting criticism online, Instagram plans to walk back on some changes, including a test version of the app that shows full-screen photos and videos. It'll also reduce the recommended posts you see in the main feed. The new redesign test will be phased out over the next few weeks. 

These changes come as users express their frustration over the decisions Instagram makes to better compete with TikTok and navigate what it says is changing user behaviour from posting photos to watching more videos. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said this shift to more video consumption is real and pre-dated the rise of TikTok. But he acknowledged that people didn't like the design changes.

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