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Spotify plays the long game with Family and Student Plans even as revenue per user drops
Spotify’s “Family Plan,” a variation of which launched in 2014, as well as its “Student Plan” appear to be driving a significant portion of the company’s growth and improving retention, as the company points to it multiple times in its filing for a direct listing on public markets today. But that also comes at a…
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‘Nothing, Forever’, una parodia de AI ‘Seinfeld’, es el próximo ‘Twitch Plays Pokémon’
“Entonces, estaba en la tienda el otro día, y cuando estaba pagando, el cajero me pregunta si tengo cupones, y digo, ‘¡No hay problema con los cupones!’”, recuerda una figura pixelada, apenas tridimensional. que se parece vagamente a Jerry Seinfeld. “Así que estaba caminando por la calle, y un tipo se me acercó y me…
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‘From Russia With Love’: A Putin Ally Mines Gold and Plays Favorites in Sudan
AL-IBEDIYYA, Sudan — In a scorched, gold-rich area 200 miles north of the Sudanese capital, where fortunes spring from desert-hewn rock, a mysterious foreign operator dominates the business. Locals call it “The Russian Company” — a tightly guarded plant with shining towers, deep in the desert, that processes mounds of dusty ore into bars of…