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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek worried sad
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek drew criticism online for saying the cost of content creation was "close to zero."
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Spotify released today announced it would raise U.S. prices again next month. The music streaming platform’s last price hike was in July of 2023, so it’s not even been a whole year to that.

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Car Thing Spotify
  • Spotify is bricking Car Thing, its first hardware launch.
  • The company isn't offering trade-ins on the $80 devices and told users to trash them.
  • Some jilted customers want the devices to stay operational or a refund.

Spotify is scrapping its first foray into hardware — and early adopters are feeling left in the lurch.

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Spotify recently emailed its customers, informing them that Car Thing will be discontinued and no longer operational after December 9, 2024. This oddly-named device is the streaming company’s first-ever attempt at hardware and allows users to control Spotify in their cars via a touch-screen or voice commands.

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Google Maps is one of the most popular navigation apps. Gizmodo readers have voted it the greatest app of all time.

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere these days, but the fundamentals of how this influential new technology works can be difficult to wrap your head around. Two of the most important fields in AI development are “machine learning” and its sub-field, “deep learning,” although the terms are sometimes used…

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Musi YouTube Player App
The Musi app has millions of users — and it works essentially by streaming music from YouTube.
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I was pretty excited about my Rabbit R1 review unit and planned on checking it out for a whole week. My plans included using it outside around the city, inside of the house as an all-day companion, and playing around on it with my friends. Sadly, I quickly ran out of things to do on it. It barely offers anything worth…

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If you thought the less-than-stellar launch of the highly anticipated Rabbit R1 AI device was all that happened in gadget news this week, we understand. Everyone in the tech industry was talking about this thing and no one particularly likes it. Our full review is still forthcoming, but our first impressions were very…

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Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu defended the Rabbit R1 for the last week, telling Gizmodo and other outlets that it’s “not an Android app.” Now, he may have to defend the next fatal claim