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Just weeks after raising prices for the second time in roughly a year, Spotify has announced a cheaper basic plan without audiobook listening time....

YouTube Is Testing the Ability to Add Notes to Videos

YouTube is testing a new feature that seems inspired by X, giving users the ability to add notes to videos to provide additional information and context....

YouTube Is Experimenting With Server-Side Ad Injection

YouTube is continuing its war on ad-blockers, this time by experimenting with server-side ad injection in an effort to thwart blockers....

NewsBreak App Is Pushing Fake Stories Written by AI

NewsBreak, the most popular news app in the US, is in the news itself for all the wrong reasons as it is reportedly pushing fake stories written by AI....

Spotify Raises Prices Again

Spotify has announced yet another price hike, this time impacting most its Premium subscribers in the US....

Spotify Backtracks, Will Refund Car Thing Customers

Following days of intense backlash, Spotify has apparently changed direction and seems to be offering users the option of a refund....

YouTube Is Skipping Videos for Ad-Block Users

YouTube is upping the ante in its battle with ad-blocking software, skipping videos altogether if it detects such software is enabled....

Google Threatens to Kill Google News Initiative In the US

Google is upping the ante in its battle with Cali...

Spotify Lyrics Now Require a Premium Subscription

Users are reporting they can no longer access lyrics on Spotify without a Spotify Premium subscription, removing one of the best features of the free versi...

Sony Pictures and Apollo Make $26 Billion Offer for Paramount Global

Sony Pictures and Apollo Global Management are trying to close a deal for Paramount Global, offering $26 billion for the entertainment company....

Financial Times Signs Content Deal With OpenAI

The Financial Times has signed a deal with OpenAI for the latter to use FT's content to "help improve its models’ usefulness."...

Jeff Lawson, Twilio Co-Founder, Buys The Onion

Jeff Lawson, co-founder and former CEO of Twilio, has purchased satirical news site The Onion....

YouTube Gives Third-Party Apps An Ultimatum On Ad-Blocking

YouTube is giving third-party clients an ultimatum: Stop blocking ads or else. Many third-party YouTub...

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