Spotify plans to raise its Premium subscription by $1 to $12.99/month for subscribers in the US, Estonia, and Latvia, in its first US hike since July 2024 (Molly Schuetz/Bloomberg)
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Spotify Raises Premium Subscription Prices in US to $13 Month
Spotify Technology SA is raising the price of its premium subscription service by 8% in an effort to achieve sustained profitability.
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Spotify plans to raise its Premium subscription by $1 to $12.99/month in the US, its first US price hike since July 2024, and increase it in Estonia and Latvia
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Sources: the US cyberattack that plunged Caracas into darkness during the Maduro mission shows its offensive capabilities; Senators plan to question officials (New York Times)
Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities
Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee, which is weighing his nomination to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, but p...
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Sources: the US cyberattack that plunged Caracas into darkness during the Maduro mission shows its offensive capabilities; Senators plan to question officials
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Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia's 25th anniversary, marking its growth from 100 pages to 65M+ articles with nearly 15B monthly views, and releases a docuseries (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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Wikipedia turns 25 and shares a glimpse into the lives of its volunteer editors
Wikipedia launched on January 15th, 2001.
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Wikimedia celebrates Wikipedia
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Berlin-based Parloa, which develops AI customer service agents for Booking.com and others, raised $350M at a $3B valuation, taking its total raised to $560M+ (Financial Times)
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Berlin-based Parloa, which develops AI customer service agents for Booking.com and others, raised $350M at a $3B valuation, taking its total funding to $560M+
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Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump's second term (Sharon LaFraniere/New York Times)
Leading Prediction Firms Share a Commonality: Donald Trump Jr.
Traders in companies with ties to the president’s eldest son can bet on the outcome of events the president affects.
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Polymarket and Kalshi count Donald Trump Jr. as an adviser, and Trump Media plans to launch Truth Predict, raising ethical questions during Trump
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Self-help gurus like Tony Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, and Matthew Hussey are charging up to $99 per month to access AI chatbots that promise personalized advice (Sara Ashley O'Brien/Wall Street Journal) https://www.wsj.com/style/ai-self-help-chat-bots-tony-robbins-gabby-bernstein-0cf8b3b0?st=mJPksS&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
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Self-help gurus like Tony Robbins, Gabby Bernstein, and Matthew Hussey are charging up to $99 per month to access AI chatbots that promise personalized advice
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ASML hits a $500B+ market cap for the first time, the third European company to reach the milestone, after TSMC reported strong earnings; ASML is up 24% YTD (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/asml-soars-beyond-500-billion-value-after-tsmc-s-upbeat-outlook
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ASML hits a $500B+ market cap for the first time, the third European company to reach the milestone, after TSMC reported strong earnings; ASML is up 18% YTD
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WitnessAI, which intercepts employees' custom GenAI models usage and applies safeguards, raised $58M led by Sound Ventures, taking its total funding to $85M (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)
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WitnessAI Raises $58 Million for AI Security Platform
AI security firm WitnessAI has raised $58 million in strategic funding to accelerate its global go-to-market and product expansion efforts.
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WitnessAI, whose service helps organizations govern and protect their AI operations, raised $58M led by Sound Ventures, taking its total funding to $85M+
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The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get "tuned" API access; Google is already a member (Emma Roth/The Verge)
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Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for β€˜enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Another source of revenue for the Wikimedia Foundation.
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The Wikimedia Foundation says Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral joined Wikimedia Enterprise to get “tuned” API access; Google is already a member
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Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)
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Illegal Sports Streaming in UK Soared 33% in First Half of 2025
Illegal sports streaming is surging in the UK, fueled by sites that are largely funded by advertising from unlicensed gambling operators, as fans s...
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Yield Sec: the top 10 pirate sports streaming sites in the UK, largely funded by ads from unlicensed gambling operators, had 1.6B views in H1 2025, up 33% YoY
By Olivia Solon / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.