Spotify's Podcasting Shift: Layoffs and Strategic Reorganization

The European Commission might have just taken the first steps toward separating Google from its cash cow. Reddit’s CEO keeps saying not so soothing things. New Open AI and Meta releases for… AI stuff. Cybersecurity premiums are skyrocketing. Spotify has fully shifted its podcast strategy. And a look at the tech job market as AI takes over.

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• EU suggests breaking up Google’s ad business in preliminary antitrust ruling (The Verge)
• Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout ‘will pass' (The Verge)
• Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (The Verge)
• OpenAI intros new generative text features while reducing pricing (TechCrunch)
• Cyber Insurance Premiums Surge by 50% as Ransomware Attacks Increase (Bloomberg)
• Spotify Takes a Sharp Turn With Its $1 Billion Podcast Division (Bloomberg)
• Meta AI researchers unveil I-JEPA, a computer vision model that learns more like humans do (SiliconAngle)
• Layoffs and AI Are Changing Tech’s Once-Invincible Job Market (Bloomberg)

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