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In the name of music preservation, pirate group Anna's Archive has scraped 300 TB of data from Spotify's library, representing around 37% of all songs but 99.9% of all listens. It's essentially everything on Spotify packaged into torrents to be distributed illegally, analogous to how the group has made books available for free. Read more ›
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The Indie Game Awards has stripped Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 of two major awards, including Game of the Year and Debut Game. This is due to developer Sandfall Interactive's use of generative AI, as reported by Mashable. This looks to be fairly cut and dry. The awards ceremony clearly states in its FAQ that any game that uses generative AI in the development process would be "strictly ineligible" for nominations.... Read more ›
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Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said the US needs to shift away from "power-hungry" chips, but Nvidia has a "death grip" on the sector. Read more ›
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A group of activists has scraped Spotify's entire library, accessing 256 million rows of track metadata and 86 million audio files totaling roughly 300TB of data. The metadata has been released via Anna's Archive, a search engine for "shadow libraries" that previously focused on books. Spotify described the activists as "anti-copyright extremists who've previously pirated content from YouTube and other platforms" and confirmed it is actively investigating the incident. The... Read more ›
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A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States. Read more ›
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The company made 80 times as many reports to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children during the first six months of 2025 as it did in the same period a year prior. Read more ›
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Before we tell you know what we think, and before we get to what you think, we thought we'd do something a little bit different this as part of our usual end-of-year celebrations. What, we wondered, do the people who actually make the games think? As so we've chatted with the developers behind some of our favourite 2025 releases to find out which new games have resonated most with them... Read more ›
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Nick Woolsey spent his 20s living in Japan. He figured it would be easier to raise his children back in the States, but now he's returning to Japan. Read more ›
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Paramount and Netflix's bidding war for WBD heats up as Paramount revises its offer with a $40.4 billion guarantee from Larry Ellison. Read more ›
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Kate Winslet became"very famous very quickly," after starring in "Titanic" in 1997, and the press was quick to body shame her. Read more ›
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Trump is touting tariff revenues and a shrinking trade deficit as his economic accomplishments ahead or midterms, but economists say it's complicated. Read more ›
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YouTube TV cancellations spiked to the highest level in a year during the Disney blackout. Its rivals also saw surges, however. Read more ›
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The world's largest asset manager is promoting its underperforming bitcoin fund over higher-fee winners, signaling long-term commitment. Read more ›
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The Big Four professional services firms — PwC, Deloitte, EY, and KPMG — are becoming increasingly embedded in the tech world as AI evolves. Read more ›
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I make the best peppermint chocolate chip cookies every year for the holidays. I'm a professional baker, but the recipe is so easy anyone can make it. Read more ›
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Time-travelling psychological horror game Cronos: The New Dawn is finally getting an additional, easier difficulty mode for people who want less of a gameplay challenge. Read more Read more ›
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The AI data center build-out, as it currently stands, is dependent on two things: Nvidia chips and borrowed money. Perhaps it was inevitable that people would begin using Nvidia chips to borrow money. As the craze has gone on, I have begun to worry about the weaknesses of the AI data center boom; looking deeper […] Read more ›
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Italy's Competition Authority (AGCM) has imposed a €98.6 million ($116 million) fine on Apple over its App Tracking Transparency feature. Since the release of iOS 14.5 in April 2021, Apple has required apps to ask for permission before tracking a user's activity across other apps and websites for personalized advertising, as part of a feature named App Tracking Transparency. If a user selects the "Ask App Not to Track" option,... Read more ›
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Beverly Hills High School has deployed an AI-powered surveillance apparatus that includes facial recognition cameras, behavioral analysis software, smoke detector-shaped bathroom listening devices from Motorola, drones, and license plate readers from Flock Safety -- a setup the district spent $4.8 million on in the 2024-2025 fiscal year and considers necessary given the school's high-profile location in Los Angeles. Similar systems are spreading to campuses nationwide as schools try to stop... Read more ›
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With how pricey DDR5 has gotten, a prebuilt that includes 32GB of RAM out of the box already feels like a win. The fact that this one also hands you an Intel Core i7-14700F, RTX 5060 8GB, and a 1TB NVMe SSD for under a grand makes it a very easy gaming PC to recommend ... Read more ›
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The latest update for the Apple TV app for Android brings Google Cast support, letting users cast content to TVs and smart displays. Read more ›
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Alexa+ is now available on the web for some users, giving users a ChatGPT-style interface to chat, upload files, manage lists, and control smart home devices. The move puts Alexa+ directly in competition with ChatGPT and Google Gemini. Read more ›
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Avatar: Fire and Ash has proven itself the best movie in James Cameron's sci-fi film franchise with its new ideas, themes, and character developments. Read more ›
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NASA’s Perseverance rover has been exploring the surface of Mars since it landed there in spectacular fashion nearly five years ago. In that time, NASA’s most advanced rover to date, which is about the size of a small car, has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers) while all the time conducting science research and collecting ... Read more ›
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The history of innovation at Mercedes-Benz goes back to the invention of the car itself. For most of that time, innovation has gone hand in hand with classism. Mercedes typically introduces new tech on its most-expensive cars first, allowing it to trickle down to more-affordable models once some of the development costs are amortized. Now ... Read more ›
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A leak from iPhone-ticker.de claims Apple’s foldable iPhone will be short and wide when closed, which could change how it fits pockets. CAD dimensions also hint at a mini tablet-like interior. Read more ›
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Asus is offering two new RTX 5060 variants that rethink the card’s physical design while keeping specs largely unchanged. With thinner profiles and revised connectors, the EVO variants are aimed at compact PC builders. Read more ›
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DoorDash has released a new app called Zesty featuring an AI chatbot that can help you discover new restaurants. Read more ›
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Leaks suggest the Galaxy Z Fold 8 could feature a higher-resolution telephoto and ultrawide camera, signaling Samsung’s push toward no-compromise foldable photography. Read more ›
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