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The Latest Breaking News from Spotify

I'm a professional audio reviewer — here's the tech (and the tunes) I've been testing this week

Spotify's music picks served up some real duds for me this week — here's the album I recommend instead.

Tom’s Guide

Partly AI-generated folk-pop hit barred from Sweden’s official charts

Song that topped Swedish Spotify rankings ruled ineligible after elements of song revealed to be partly AI-made

The Guardian - UK

Spotify says it will hike prices for the third time in as many years ‘to continue offering the best possible experience and benefit artists’

Spotify is getting more expensive, again, with its third price hike since 2023.

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Unusual Options Activity: 3 Multi-Leg Trades to Watch — SHOP, SBUX, and PINS

The Nasdaq Composite had its worst day since mid-December yesterday. Among the 1,245 unusually active options in Wednesday's trading, options on Shopify, Starbucks, and Pinterest stand out as potential candidates for multi-leg trades.

Barchart

Spotify is raising its prices to $13 a month for US users, the third price hike in three years

There's another Spotify price hike on the way, and we can't say we're entirely surprised.

TechRadar

‘Badmashi’ under scrutiny: Haryana Police removes 67 Haryanvi songs from streaming platforms

The Haryana Police has taken down 67 Haryanvi songs from YouTube, JioSaavn, Amazon Music, Spotify, and Gaana that “glorify gang culture, firearms, intimidation, murder, and hostility towards the justice system, thereby posing a serious threat to public order and social harmony”.

Newslaundry

'Any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles is strictly prohibited': Bandcamp just showed Spotify how easy it is to ban AI slop

Bandcamp just showed Spotify how it's done, banning 'any use of AI tools to impersonate other artists or styles'

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Spotify raises price for premium subscription in US

Spotify says price updates help maintain its service quality and support artists

The Independent UK

‘A nasty little song, really rather evil’: how Every Breath You Take tore Sting and the Police apart

Sting and his former bandmates go to the high court over a royalties dispute this week – the latest chapter in the song’s remarkably fractious story

The Guardian - UK

If Mike Tomlin Goes to TV, His Impact Will Be Limited

There isn’t a television job out there where the former Steelers coach can be a difference maker.

Sports Illustrated

Spotify denies it’s pushing unwanted AI slop onto subscribers, claiming it ‘does not promote or penalize tracks created using AI tools’

Spotify says it's not the reason why unwanted AI music is appearing in your Discover Weekly playlist.

TechRadar

Music marketplace Bandcamp bypasses AI disclosures and obtuse policies to announce a wholesale ban on AI slop

More of this, please.

PC Gamer

Now that's what I call a digital detox 2026! Why finding my fiancé's stash of 90s cassettes is my key to analog happiness this year

Barely two weeks in, 2026 is already a bit much, so I'm taking one of the things I love most offline this year –my music

TechRadar

The NFL Once Again Gives CBS and Fox the Shaft

Between Week 18 and the Divisional Round, CBS and Fox can’t be happy with the NFL.

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AI music is flooding Spotify, and subscribers are furious — here’s why music fans 'no longer trust Discover Weekly'

Have you noticed AI-generated music in Spotify? These users have, and they're done with it.

Windows Central

Jeff Bezos said the quiet part out loud — hopes that you'll give up your PC to rent one from the cloud

Amazon's Jeff Bezos once revealed how he thinks of local PC hardware as antiquated, ready to be replaced by cloud options. Will DRAM prices make it come true?

Tom’s Guide

Disney+ users can get Spotify Premium for free right now

Disney+ users can get Spotify Premium for free right now thanks to Disney+ Perks. Here's how to redeem this.

Tom’s Guide

Was Spotify down? Live updates on the music streaming outage

Music streaming fans were struggling as Spotify suffered an untimely Monday outage.

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90 Day Fiancé: Before The 90 Days' Latest Ep Had Me Questioning Stig Da Artist's Fame, A Belizean Weighed In

It's good to hear this perspective.

Marie Claire

Odessa A’Zion Reinvents the Mullet with Her Spiral Curls

Somehow she looks even cooler than she did before.

Sports Illustrated

When Will Networks Realize the Role of the Television Rules Analyst Needs to Change?

Football rules analysts just keep getting worse and worse at their jobs.

Tom’s Guide

‘Few soundbars can go head-to-head with a movie theater like this one’: Yamaha True X Surround 90A review

The Yamaha True X Surround 90A is a premium sound system with near-perfect Dolby Atmos, but the dialogue performance isn’t quite up to scratch.

The Guardian - UK

Spotify no longer running ICE recruitment ads, after US government campaign ends

The ad campaign ended in late 2025, the Swedish streaming giant confirmed, having previously said, despite protests, that it did not violate advertising policies

The Guardian - UK

Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?

From the V&A to the Stranger Things finale, the pop icon still looms large – but with lower streaming figures than his peers, how many new listeners are discovering his music?

TechRadar

Bose shows Sonos and Spotify how it's done — shutting down servers won't shut down your old SoundTouch speakers

Sonos take note: Bose is shutting down its older SoundTouch speakers' servers, but rather than brick them, the audio giant wants to help you keep using them

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