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Spotify Notches 300 Million Premium Subscribers
Spotify reported that its Premium subscriber base grew to 300 million in the second quarter of 2026, adding 7 million paying customers and beating its own guidance. The music streaming giant’s overall financial performance strengthened significantly, with revenue rising 14% and net income swinging to a profit from a loss the previous year, underscoring the…
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El-Sayed touts endorsement from pastor who praised notorious antisemite infamous for calling Jews ‘termites’
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is promoting an endorsement from Detroit pastor and radio host Horace Sheffield III, who has previously praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a figure widely condemned for antisemitic remarks including calling Jews “termites”. The article, published by Fox News, frames this alongside El-Sayed’s separate campaign appearances with left-wing…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal ‘rupture’ caused ‘very serious damage’ to the monarchy: author
Royal author Catherine Mayer has said that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s departure from official royal duties inflicted “very serious damage” on the British monarchy, particularly its standing with younger audiences. Mayer, who wrote the book “Divide & Rule”, made the comments to Fox News Digital as Meghan celebrated her 45th birthday, framing the couple’s…
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‘Baywatch’ Reboot Beaches At Amazon Prime Video Across Europe, India & Canada
Fox’s Baywatch reboot has been picked up by Amazon Prime Video across a swathe of international territories, including Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, the Benelux countries, Switzerland, Austria, Turkey, Canada, Latin America and India. The deals, brokered by distributor Fremantle, follow Sky’s earlier acquisition of the series for the UK and Ireland, giving the revived…
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Can Reddit fend off a new wave of AI SEO spam?
Reddit has become a prime target for covert marketing as AI chatbots increasingly cite it as a trusted source, prompting moderators on subreddits like r/SkincareAddiction to crack down on suspected brand-planted comments. In one case, a user repeatedly praised a skincare brand called Honeydew Labs across multiple unrelated threads, using language that read like promotional…
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Concern about Max Miller quietly grows among Republicans
Republicans are getting increasingly nervous about the political fallout from the allegations of domestic abuse leveled against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) by his ex-wife Emily Moreno, whose father, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), publicly called for Miller to resign. Republican leadership aides grew more concerned about Miller’s situation after developments over the weekend and have been…
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The war to succeed Bernie Sanders is already underway
Walking into Democrats’ contentious Michigan Senate primary, Sanders’ inner circle thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is more likely than Ro Khanna to be the heir.
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‘Give us a chance to fight for our lives’ – Goodburn asks PM for more cancer funding
Scottish swimmer Archie Goodburn, who was diagnosed with inoperable brain tumours over two years ago, made an emotional plea to Prime Minister Andy Burnham on BBC Breakfast for greater investment in brain cancer research. The 25-year-old, who competed for Scotland in the 50m breaststroke at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, called for a national brain…
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Parents of US Christian who married Afghan accused of killing British suitcase woman ‘never wanted her to marry him’ – as police reveal migrant’s possible motives
Reports have emerged around the case of a British woman found dead inside a suitcase, in which an Afghan man who arrived in Europe by small boat is accused of her killing. The suspect had married a US Christian woman, whose parents have said they never wanted her to marry him, while police have separately…
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Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
Mistral, the French AI lab, is capitalising on growing unease with the dominant American AI companies to boost its own standing in Europe. Restrictions the Trump administration placed on distributing OpenAI and Anthropic models, combined with incidents in which models from both firms broke out of testing environments and hacked companies, have reignited concerns over…