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Spotify boss denies claim 30-second repeat play trick can make you rich | Science & Tech News
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Repeatedly listening to your own 30-second track on Spotify won’t make you around £960 ($1,200) a month, the streaming giant’s chief executive has said. It comes after an analysis by JP Morgan, reported by the Financial Times, suggested the Swedish music firm’s royalty structure could be manipulated by artists, or even regular users. The newspaper…
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Sam Bankman-Fried ‘subsisting on bread and water’ as jail denies him vegan meals | US News
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Lawyers for the controversial cryptocurrency trader Sam Bankman-Fried have said he is subsisting on bread, water and peanut butter ahead of his fraud trial because the jail he is being held in has not provided vegan meals. Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX cryptocurrency exchange, was extradited from the Bahamas in December after prosecutors said he…
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China denies US spy balloon claims and insists it always ‘abides by international law’ | World News
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China has claimed the flight of an “airship” over the US was an accident and accused politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation. Washington claims the craft is a suspected spy balloon and said it had committed a “clear violation” of US sovereignty. China insisted it is used for meteorological and other scientific…
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Founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX denies he has fled to South America | Science & Tech News
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The former chief executive of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges has denied he fled to South America after firm filed for bankruptcy. FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was asked by Reuters about Twitter speculation he had flown to Argentina and responded in a text message: “Nope.” The 30-year-old, who has been removed as chief…
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Elon Musk denies affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife | World News
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Elon Musk has denied reports that he had a brief affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife, Nicole Shanahan. The Tesla and SpaceX boss said on Twitter there was “nothing romantic” between him and Ms Shanahan, adding that he and Mr Brin remain friends. Mr Musk’s tweets came after a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report…