Jay Z fans will have to look a little harder to find his music. The rapper’s 12 studio albums are no longer available on Spotify, and many of his songs are missing from Apple Music. A spokeswoman for Spotify confirmed that the artist requested the removal, while an Apple Music spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Enlarge Image Amazon I use an iPhone 6s Plus, and I like it just fine. But the time will come when I need …

You just can’t stop Uber, as Taiwan has just discovered. The global ride-hailing service will relaunch its operations in the nation this Thursday after exiting two months ago, reports the Central News Agency. Uber ceased operations in Taiwan in February after it was dealt with penalties amounting to nearly $36 million under a new law barring unlicensed taxi services. Taiwan’s …

Chinese tech company LeEco won’t go through with a deal announced in July to buy US TV manufacturer Vizio for $2 billion. Citing “regulatory headwinds,” the companies said in a joint statement that they’d still be looking for ways to partner with each other. “We continue to believe that there is great synergy between the two companies,” the statement said. …

The Galaxy S8 is nearly here, and it’s bringing with it a sweetener for Westpac customers. Samsung has announced today a partnership with Westpac, so if you’re both a Galaxy user and a Westpac customer, baby, you’re in what we call the Samsung Pay Venn diagram overlap. Samsung Pay is compatible with a range of Galaxy devices, including the Gear …

Google‘s simple video calling app Duo just got a little more advanced. Google announced that it will bring audio-only calling to Duo users worldwide, after first introducing the feature in Brazil in March. Duo is Google’s take on Apple’s FaceTime, with some important differences. First, while FaceTime can only be used between people with Apple products, Duo works on both …

Can you hear that? It’s the sound of an FCC plan to let airplane passengers make phone calls fizzling out. On Monday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai circulated an order that would end the agency’s 2013 plan to decide whether to change its recommendation that cell phones not be used on airplanes. The plan opened the issue for public comment and …

Qualcomm’s put on the boxing gloves in a patent spat with Apple. The chipmaker on Monday, in a 134-page redacted filing, responded to an Apple lawsuit about patent licensing and made some counterclaims of its own, including breach of contract. It also asked for an unspecified amount in damages. “Over the last 10 years, Apple has played a significant role …

Microsoft Surface Dial redefines a creative accessory +12 more See all photos Now that the Windows 10 Creators Update is available and the big, content-creation-focused NAB show is nigh, Microsoft’s drawing attention to some new application support for its Surface Dial creative accessory. In the Dial’s case, every little bit of support counts; there are still only a handful of …

The Bank of Canada wants to prove that it’s as much of a geek as anyone of us. So it (or its social media team anyway) decided to plant a cheat code on its website announcing the newly released commemorative $10 bills, reports CTV News. When users key in Konami’s Contra code sequence (up, up, down, down, left, right, left, …