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A new partnership with Bookshop.org lets you purchase physical books from indie booksellers from within the Spotify app.
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-A group of researchers from across the US and the UK have conducted a study on what AI does to our brains and the results are, in a word, grim.

-Earlier this year it was revealed that Apple and Google were offering "nudify" apps on their stores despite having clear policies barring such content. Nearly three months later, such apps are not only still available, but being actively promoted on the iOS App Store and Google Play.

-Anthropic has started rolling out identity verification on Claude “for a few use cases.” The company didn’t list out those use cases.
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This could make it easy for these people to identify strangers in public.
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-The NAACP is suing xAI and a subsidiary called MZX Tech for allegedly operating unpermitted methane gas turbines to power its Colossus 2 data center in South Memphis.

-The FCC has announced that Netgear has been given conditional approval that effectively exempts it from a previous ban on foreign-made networking routers

-Amazon announced it is merging with satellite internet provider Globalstar Inc. to bolster Leo, its Starlink rival.

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Plus - Apple reportedly testing out four different styles for its smart glasses
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