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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek
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Spotify could be getting more expensive, but it’ll actually be for a good reason.

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If your TikTok feed has been flooded lately with hilarious references to a mysterious figure known as “The Dirt Man,” you’re not alone. Carter Vail’s song is just 30 seconds long but has inspired covers, jokes about wives puzzled by their husbands’ new bedroom habits, and practically an entire Dirt Man Extended…

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Richard Sherman left a grand legacy behind after his recent passing; along with his brother Robert, he made the blueprints for what Disney music would become.

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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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