The Verge

JUNE 9, 2020

It] depends on where you are in the world, depends on whether you’re kind of in the peak of the crisis moment, the way Italy or Spain were or New York was a month ago. You see, now New York is rebounding as things have eased. It wasn’t a new idea from a technical perspective. We offer that. It was very stigmatized.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

X takes over @music handle, hinting at future music plans The @music account was originally operated for 16 years by software developer Jeremy Vaught, who grew the @music handle to roughly half a million followers. The deal came after months of legal drama , bad memes and will-they-or-won’t-they-chaos.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

If you make a music app, like Spotify, or a video app, like Netflix, you can force people to sign up on the web and Apple won’t take a cut. Meanwhile, Apple offers a mediocre Spotify alternative, Apple Music, which it advertises throughout the operating system. The reason, writes David Pierce at Protocol , is “ rule 3.1.1

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The Verge

JUNE 21, 2020

As part of a coordinated effort, K-pop fans and teenage TikTok users scooped up tickets to President Trump’s Saturday rally in Tulsa, potentially leaving at least hundreds of empty seats, The New York Times reported. Saturday was not the first time the fans of Korean pop music have used social media toward a common goal.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Also, here’s a TikTok meme power ranking. Taylor Lorenz / The New York Times ). Someone put Bladerunner 2049 music to drone footage of San Francisco and at first I didn’t know whether to be amazed or horrified. “M to the B” is the song of the summer thanks to a TikTok revival. Rebecca Jennings / Vox ).

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

Apple makes at least 60 apps like Music and Mail that compete with third-party sellers but are not subject to the 30 percent tax that it places on them, reducing competition in the marketplace. Marc Santora at The New York Times explains: The new law, which is expected to go into effect Oct. Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg).

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

Reported cases in New York: 356,278. Total test results (positive and negative) in New York: 1,439,557. Reported cases in New Jersey: 148,039. Total test results (positive and negative) in New Jersey: 505,569. Data from The New York Times. Karen Weise / The New York Times ).

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

The news comes as Google and Amazon face increased antitrust scrutiny from regulators. Here’s Daisuke Wakabayashi at the The New York Times: The emails illustrated how the institute’s leaders, including Joshua Wright, who has longstanding ties to Google, have worked closely with tech companies to fend off antitrust criticism.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

While there has been plenty of cathartic venting and activist organizing around Schumer on Bluesky, many of the sites users have also been channeling their fury into savage memes. Some pop culture-themed digs at Schumer place him alternately in the worlds of Die Hard , Star Wars , and Liam Neesons avenging dad series, Taken. [if

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