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Andrew Nusca

Data Sheet: Spilling data

Google SVP Prabhakar Raghavan during a meeting in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 17, 2024. (Photo: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Good morning. I was delighted to learn recently that Winamp, the free audio player of choice for a certain demographic (cough) of Windows users at the turn of the millennium, soldiers on to this day.

Apparently “tens of millions” of users still fire it up on a regular basis, according to its Belgian owner—hopefully still with skins that look like an aftermarket head unit from a ‘96 Mitsubishi Eclipse.

The name of Winamp’s owner, by the way? Llama Group. Which really whips…ah, nevermind. —Andrew Nusca

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