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Why I finally left Spotify

Spotify’s dependence on algorithmic recommendations has gotten too suffocating.

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This Project Management Bundle Could Help You Land a Job

Sharpen your Agile skills, master Scrum, prep for certifications, and more with this in-depth training bundle

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Chinese tech giant Tencent’s quarterly revenue jumps 15% on AI investments, gaming unit boost

The Chinese tech giant’s newly-released “Delta Force” game and the performance of “Honor of Kings” and “Peacekeeper Elite” helped boost revenue.

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Apple rejects Musk’s App Store bias claims

The X owner had accused Apple of making it impossible to fairly compete with ChatGPT.

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Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome

One technology investor called the $34.5bn offer a “stunt” that is much lower than Chrome’s true value.

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GitHub CEO Steps Down From ‘Ride of a Lifetime,’ Microsoft Shifts Platform’s Leadership

GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will leave his position at the end of the year. He joined the developer platform from Microsoft in 2021.

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WinRAR Zero-Day Exploited by Russian-Linked Hackers RomCom and Paper Werewolf

Older WinRAR versions let malicious archives override the user-specified path via crafted archives, enabling stealthy system compromise.

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$34.5B Google Chrome Purchase Offer Shocker From AI Startup Perplexity

Many see Perplexity’s bid to buy Google’s Chrome browser as a strategic statement rather than a likely transaction.

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ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated

GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that’s not how it’s panned out.

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Government expands police use of facial recognition vans

The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.

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