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Spotify now has more than 750 million monthly users
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Spotify now has more than 750 million monthly users

Spotify announced Tuesday that it hit 751 million total monthly active users (MAUs) for quarter-four of 2025. That record-high is an 11 percent jump from the ye...

The Morning After: DOJ may face investigation over removal of ICE agent tracking apps
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The Morning After: DOJ may face investigation over removal of ICE agent tracking apps

The House Judiciary Committee wants the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regarding the companies’ decisio...

Waymo's vehicles are now fully driverless in Nashville
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Waymo's vehicles are now fully driverless in Nashville

Waymo has gotten a step closer to offering robotaxi rides to the public in Nashville, Tennessee. The company the city and making sure they can operate as fully...

The best VR accessories for 2026
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The best VR accessories for 2026

VR headsets are impressive gadgets on their own, but the right accessories can significantly improve comfort, usability and immersion. From controller grips tha...

New Mexico goes to trial to accuse Meta of facilitating child predators
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New Mexico goes to trial to accuse Meta of facilitating child predators

At the center of a consequential case about social media liability is a key question: did Meta lie or mislead the public about the safety of its platform, while...

MrBeast just bought a banking app
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MrBeast just bought a banking app

Beast Industries, owned by YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson, announced on Monday that it has acquired Step, a banking app designed for teens and young adults....

Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team
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Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team

Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For contex...

ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads
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ChatGPT’s cheapest options now show you ads

ChatGPT users may soon start seeing ads in their chats as OpenAI announced on Monday that it's officially beginning to test ads on its AI platform. They'll appe...

DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE agents
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DOJ may face investigation for pressuring Apple, Google to remove apps for tracking ICE agents

House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has asked the US Department of Justice to turn over all its communications with both Apple and Google regar...

FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’
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FCC accused of withholding DOGE information ‘in bad faith’

One year and nearly 2,000 pages of documents later, a group suing to uncover what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was doing at the Federal Commun...

Riot is already cutting staff on its new fighting game
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Riot is already cutting staff on its new fighting game

Riot Games is already "reducing the size" of the team working on its recently-released free-to-play fighting game 2XKO, according to a post from executive produ...

Toyota made a game engine
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Toyota made a game engine

Using a game engine in a "digital cockpit" can be useful for things like step-by-step 3D tutorials about a car, mapping the environment around your car, and off...

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