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Spotify
Fuss over AI actors is a distraction – Netflix has been making algorithm movies for years
Think of the movies Atlas or the deafeningly forgettable Red Notice
Hate growing old? This advice will help you navigate it
Advice from philosophers, including don’t stop playing, and don’t over-invest in your children
Could Sweden take Ireland’s crown as the Silicon Valley of Europe?
The city of Gothenburg has been transformed from a shipbuilding town to a global hub for manufacturing, services and life sciences
Maybe it’s time to scrap Spotify Wrapped?
By pushing playlists over albums, Spotify’s algorithm encourages us to outsource our taste and see music as a background distraction
Taylor Swift is Ireland’s Spotify Wrapped most-streamed artist but loses global crown
Kingfishr’s Killeagh is most-streamed song in Ireland while Amble’s Reverie is most-streamed album
ChatGPT, Spotify and X among websites down after outage at network firm Cloudflare
Tens of thousands of internet users locked out of websites due to internal server error
My Bloody Valentine: The story of the most important Irish band of the 21st century
Kevin Shields and co’s marrow-melting shoegaze sound has influenced everyone from U2 and Radiohead to Tame Impala
Ed Sheeran treats fans to exclusive gig in Dublin
Gig at the RDS was for Spotify’s Billions Club with Sheeran’s top listeners invited
Will Anderson of Hotline TNT on pulling the plug on Spotify - and having no regrets
Any risk of the indie band becoming invisible is debunked as they continue to win new fans with their dreamlike alternative pop
European spending on ChatGPT stalls despite soaring OpenAI valuation
While weekly user numbers continue to climb, the number willing to pay for the technology is levelling off
It wasn’t the internet that killed the old cultural order, it was U2
The resurrection and return of Oasis was a throwback to a time when we all existed in a more or less agreed cultural context
Hozier doesn’t go full Bono, but there’s plenty of politics in epic Electric Picnic performance
Hozier has pivoted into thunderous soul-pop that blazes like a glitterball strapped to a bulldozer
European shares recover although Swiss stocks take a hit on US tariff news
Investors adopt wait-and-see approach on Trump tariffs
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