Music and podcast streaming service Spotify says customers in the US will pay more for the service next year, amid rising costs from features like lossless audio.

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Companies across the board are laying off tens of thousands of white-collar workers, citing artificial intelligence as a reason even when it’s not completely the case.

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The story of the shocking insider threat at cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike, confirming they fired an employee who shared sensitive internal screenshots (including Okta workflows) with the notorious hacking syndicate, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters. While CrowdStrike states its systems and customer data were never breached, the incident highlights the unique risk posed by insiders.

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Coverage of The Game Awards 2025 continues, analyzing the highly competitive categories of Best Game Direction and Best Narrative. Direction nominees feature giants like Hideo Kojima (Death Stranding 2) and Sony's Ghost of Yotei versus the surprise indie hit Clair Obscur. For Narrative, Silent Hill f joins the Roman RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. Finally, we break down the fierce battle for Best Ongoing Game, where newcomers Marvel Rivals and Helldivers 2 challenge veterans like Fortnite and Final Fantasy XIV.

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FOX on Games breaks down the highly anticipated list of Game of the Year nominees for The Game Awards 2025. The list is dominated by sequels, including Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (starring Norman Reedus), Hades 2, and Hollow Knight: Silksong. We highlight the surprise breakout success of the turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (which has 12 total nominations) and the ambitious Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. The segment also features Donkey Kong Bananza, a major contender for the Nintendo Switch 2.

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Google's Pixel 10 now supports direct file sharing with iPhones via Quick Share and Apple's AirDrop, enhancing cross-platform communication. This feature marks a significant step towards parity between phone builds, though it remains exclusive to Pixel 10.

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In an effort to comply with a new law passed by the Australian government, Meta is beginning to deactivate Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts belonging to kids under the age of 16.

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A ton of web sites and internet services went down on Tuesday because of an error impacting the Cloudflare content delivery service.

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Tokenization - or the process of creating digital units or tokens on a blockchain to represent ownership of a real-world asset - is gaining global momentum.

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Elon Musk's X Corporation is allowed to proceed with a lawsuit against Apple and the makers of ChatGPT, arguing they colluded to gain an unfair advantage in the artificial intelligence space.

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