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Media & Entertainment

Does Spotify Still Have the (Pricing) Power?

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Earlier this month, Spotify’s monthly Premium subscription fee for US users went up $1 to $12.99 per month.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s Latest Layoffs Add Fuel to White-Collar Recession

Recent layoffs at Amazon, Meta, Pinterest and chemicals company Dow are bringing fears of robots taking human jobs to a boiling point.

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Industries

UPS Wins by Winding Down Amazon Partnership

Shares jumped as much as 4% through Tuesday’s trading session, before evening out near the end of the day.

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Semiconductors

AI Market Looks More Like Boom than Bubble After TSMC Earnings

The foundry behind Nvidia’s and Apple’s chips predicted Thursday its capital spending would swell at least 27% this year.

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Artificial Intelligence

Bubble Fears Not Spoiling Billion-Dollar AI Buildout Plans in ’26 … Yet

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With an estimated half a million workers needed to fill the construction industry’s labor shortages, AI investments this year may get stalled.

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CIO Upside

Amazon Wants AI Up-to-Date and Personal

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Amazon is seeking to patent AI that refreshes itself, knows what topics you care about and tailors responses to your queries accordingly.

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CIO Upside

Enterprises Grapple With Pros, Cons (and Costs) of Cloud-First Strategy

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As enterprise spending on cloud continues to skyrocket, some leaders are questioning when enough is enough and weighing alternatives.

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