This free YouTube Music feature just vanished behind a paywall
Craig Donaldson / pocket-lint - YouTube Music no longer wants you to look at lyrics for free.
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Riot Games is laying off half of the 2XKO development team
Anna Washenko / engadget - Another day, another wave of gaming layoffs. Today it's Riot Games with the announcement that it's cutting jobs on its pair-based fighting game 2XKO. For context, a representative from Riot confirmed to Game Developer that about 80 people are being cut, o…
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AI.com sells for $70 million in record-breaking domain deal
Wayne Williams / betanews - AI.com has been sold for $70 million, setting a new record for domain name transactions. The sale more than doubles the previous $30 million benchmark and reflects the growing value placed on short, category-defining internet addresses tied to artificial …
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ChatGPT Rolls Out Ads, Just Hours After Anthropic's Mocking Super Bowl Commercials
Jose Antonio Lanz / decrypt - OpenAI started testing ads in ChatGPT on Monday, hours after Anthropic's Super Bowl commercials mocked the idea. The $8 billion loss explains why.
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YouTube TV Launches a Raft of New Streaming Packages From $55 a Month
Kourtnee Jackson / cnet - Every plan comes with unlimited DVR, too.
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The first PlayStation State of Play of 2026 will air on February 12
Matt Tate,Kris Holt / engadget - The first PlayStation State of Play livestream of 2026 has been announced. The stream will take place on February 12 at 5PM ET. It will run for over an hour and feature PlayStation Studios titles as well as third-party projects and indie games that are bo…
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HBO Max Launching in U.K., Ireland on March 26
Erik Gruenwedel / mediaplaynews - HBO Max is set to launch in the U.K. and Ireland on March 26, priced from £4.99 ($6.80) per month. Already available in over 110 territories worldwide, streamers in the U.K. and Ireland will be able to stream the exclusive content from HBO, Warner Bros. P…
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YouTube Music implements paywall for full song lyrics
Aytun Çelebi / dataconomy - Google has rolled out a paywall for lyrics on YouTube Music, restricting free users to five songs per month after initial testing in September limited the feature to Premium subscribers. YouTube Music accounts now face this limitation based on multiple us…
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Arguments to begin in key US social media addiction trial
techxplore - Arguments are set to begin Monday in a landmark US trial that could establish a legal precedent on whether social media companies deliberately designed their platforms to lead to addiction in children.
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