We’re diving into subscription fatigue, innovative reading technology, and the hardware shortage crisis affecting gamers everywhere. Crunchyroll hits subscribers with $2 monthly increases across all tiers, but there is a silver lining. Spotify unveils Page Match, a clever feature using your phone camera to find your exact place in audiobooks from physical books (and vice versa), alongside a Bookshop.org partnership that brings physical book purchases into the Spotify app. Hardware news is concerning: Valve pushes back its Steam Machine launch. NVIDIA compounds the problem by reportedly scrapping all new graphics card launches this year.

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• Crunchyroll increases prices for all anime streaming plans
• Spotify Partners With Bookshop.org and Debuts Page Match Feature to Bridge Physical, E-book, and Audio Formats
• Valve Delays Steam Machine and Steam Frame Due to Memory and Storage Shortages
• NVIDIA reportedly won’t release new graphics cards this year

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