Spotify seems to be following Netflix’s model of creating its own catalogue of original content, and if its recent acquisitions of two prolific companies are any indication, Spotify could be looking to become the go-to platform for podcasts.

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“Stress interviews” are slowly coming into focus thanks to a tweet by 22 year old Olivia Bland describing her stressful interview experience. But do they actually work well in determining potential hirees? And what are your worst job interview experiences?

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A senior programmer with a Chinese bank who developed a way to withdraw more than US$1 million in “free” cash from ATMs has been jailed for 10 and a half years.

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Snopes, the fact-checking site, is no longer debunking misinformation in partnership with Facebook. Is this the start of something bigger for fake news culprits?

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Do you want Indomie fries with that? A burger chain in Sydney has invented a dish that they say was inspired by the struggle of broke millennials everywhere - fries loaded with delicious, savory Indomie Mi Goreng!

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McDonald’s has replaced its famous Happy Meal toys with Roald Dahl books in its New Zealand stores to encourage children to read more. The fast food chain will hand out 800,000 books by the beloved children’s author for the next six weeks. Six specially-created books will be given to young diners as part of the Happy Meal programme, including Wonderful Mr Willy Wonka, Matilda, Fantabuluos BFG, Lucky Charlie Bucket, Brave Little Sophie and Marvellous Miss Honey.

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Many people have skinny friends who claim not to gain weight even if they eat unhealthily. They may not be lying. Several pieces of DNA turn out to be associated with lower body weight, suggesting a genetic basis for slimness. The findings also suggests thinness may be heritable.

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An integral part of the scrappy startup experience is bootstrapping. But as your company grows, you need more than that initial investment to keep you going. So when do you make the transition to looking for external investments?

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Tappy may sound harmless and was designed to torture smartphones, however it now plays a central role in an international espionage case involving Huawei, the world’s largest telecom equipment supplier and second-largest smartphone maker.

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Facebook has run a program  to collect intimate user data from paid volunteers for the past three years, according to a new report. Techcrunch reported that the company has been paying people ages as young as 13 years old as much as $20 a month in exchange for an app called Facebook Research on iOs or Android.

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