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The app for testing the new rules from Apple is already ready
Music platform Spotify has announced that it is developing an update to its iOS app which will allow users to use payment options that aren’t Apple’s. The update would allow creators to accept payment from outside of the Apple system, Spotify said. This comes after the US Supreme Court ruled against Apple’s requirements to tell…
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The new streaming service includes an artificial intelligence-Generated radio show analyzing your listening habits
Spotify has announced it’ll be adding Google Assistant as a way to track users’ audio content. Users will see their longest listening streak for their top five artists and an update to the’share’ button that will show you whether the audio you’re sharing is in your top 100 songs, top 20 artists, or top five…
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There will be a focus on artificial intelligence again by the year 2024
Google on Tuesday announced that its AI-based digital assistant ‘Gemini’ is now compatible with Spotify. Earlier, Google said that it has extended support for Spotify’s streaming service to the app on Google Assistant. The technology giant had launched ‘Gemini’ as an alternative to Google Assistant, which had a feature that let users order music directly…
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If Apple allows it, the pricing options in the app will not be shown in the EU
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has said that Apple wants to shut down internet to make it theirs and that they should have control over what the user experience is. He added that music streaming firms and other apps are unable to tell their users how to sign up for services outside of the app. Some…
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Is there a reason that the site is messed up?
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, in a letter to employees, said the company debated making reductions in the future. Spotify has fired executives, including senior VP of brand safety, Dave Byrne, and Pulitzer Prize-winning podcast Stolen, which it launched in 2021. Ek said he discussed the future with employees and debated whetherSpotify would continue to operate…
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Streamers control the music industry
Paul Johnson, a folk-pop artist, made his debut on streaming platform Spotify with the song ‘Firework’. The song made it onto Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’ playlists, which are designed to surface brand-new artists. Johnson said his first playlist took him from a few thousand streams a day to 20,000. He later landed hundreds of thousands of…
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Apple’s voices were used to train artificial intelligence
A US-based audiobook rights holder has accused Spotify of violating the rights of the book’s author when it stopped selling his voice over its platform. She said Spotify failed to notify her aboutFindaway’s machine learning clause, which prohibits hate speech and sexually explicit material. Spotify said it sent her an opt-out request, but she hasn’t…
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There’s a way to read big bank earnings.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday tweeted that he would like to return $100 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends over the next five years. He added, “If we don’t do it, I’m prepared to sell all of my shares.” Earlier this year, Musk had said that he would repurchase billions of shares…