EU wants music streaming platforms to pay artists more fairly

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Why a Supreme Court decision means Apple's App Store is as powerful — and profitable — as ever

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Apple's control over its powerful and very profitable App Store remains intact.

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India is blocking TikTok's owner from offering music streaming as the company looks to build a Spotify competitor

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TikTok currently operates a music-streaming app, TikTok Music, in five markets.

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Trend of the Week: Tech Gets Horny at CES

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This week in trends, the biggest tech event of the year took place in Las Vegas.

The correct speed to listen to a podcast is 1.2x — and I will die on this hill

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What is the correct way to listen to podcasts and audiobooks? It's at a speed of 1.2x.

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It turns out you can take on Apple and win

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Under Tim Cook, Apple has faced several challenges from rivals and smaller companies.

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Resy tried its own version of Spotify Wrapped — but it went horribly wrong

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Resy's year in review wasn't quite filled out the first time it was sent; it was sent with placeholder text.

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The full list of major US companies slashing staff this year, from Hasbro to Amazon

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Hasbro is cutting around 20% of its workforce, its CEO announced. The company is facing continued slow sales even into the toy-heavy holiday season, he said.

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Alex Jones Is Back on X, Thanks to Elon Musk

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Half a decade after he was kicked off Twitter by the platform’s safety team, professional conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been welcomed back to the site, which is now called X.

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek sure sounds like he's blaming his 1,500 job cuts on fake work and amateur execs

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek laid off 17% of his global workforce.

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