World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs

The world’s largest shadow library—which is increasingly funded by AI developers—shocked the Internet this weekend by announcing it had “backed...

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NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad

Artemis II, meet Astrovan II. NASA’s first astronauts who will fly by the moon in more than 50 years participated...

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Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy

Apple was hit with a $115 million fine Monday after Italy’s competition authority alleged the tech giant was abusing its...

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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade

For people living in the European Union, the price of their next car, home renovation, and even local produce may...

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LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

Online fury erupted this week after an LG TV owner claimed that a firmware update installed unremovable generative AI software...

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The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers...

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Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs

At this point, most competitive online multiplayer games on the PC come with some kind of kernel-level anti-cheat software. As...

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Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

Instacart has agreed to pay out $60 million in subscriber refunds, the Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday. The refunds...

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Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high

Welcome to Edition 8.23 of the Rocket Report! Several new rockets made their first flights this year. Blue Origin’s New...

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Peacock showing ads upon launch opens the door for more disruptive streaming ads

Peacock subscribers will see ads immediately upon opening the streaming app or website next year. It’s a bold new strategy...

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