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Spotify has an update coming for its iOS app that includes pricing and feature information about the audio company’s different plans in the EU, and includes a link for users to buy subscription plans from Spotify’s website. The DMA’s impact, therefore, is about to show up in the market.
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Fintech upstart
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After Agility Robotics stole the show at ProMat with its bipedal robot,
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Figure’s massive $675 million round last week
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Microsoft is
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ending support for Android Apps in Windows 11
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(I always meant to try this out, but never did, which is perhaps part of the problem), and Roku is
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