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Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase announced for Feb. 5

Nintendo has another Nintendo Direct coming, this time focused on Switch and Switch 2 games from third-party partners like Capcom and Square Enix.

Spotify launches offline lyrics, translations, and lyric previews

On Wednesday, Spotify announced a few new lyrics features aiming to make it easier to understand and access song lyrics, including translations, previews, and offline lyrics. Lyric translations were originally introduced in 2022, but have only been available in specific markets so far. Now, they're rolling out worldwide to both free and premium Spotify users, […]

Adobe ramped up its ads in 2025, spending $1.4B amid AI competition and Wall Street skepticism, a significantly higher share of sales than other tech companies (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Adobe ramped up its ads in 2025, spending $1.4B amid AI competition and Wall Street skepticism, a significantly higher share of sales than other tech companies  —  Adobe Inc. ramped up its advertising in 2025, spending $1.4 billion to promote its brand in the face of steep competition …

Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate its researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon (The Information)

The Information:
Sources: Amazon and OpenAI are discussing a deal that could require OpenAI to dedicate its researchers and engineers to developing customized models for Amazon  —  As Amazon weighs an equity investment of tens of billions of dollars in OpenAI, the companies are also discussing a commercial agreement …

You Won&#8217;t <i>Believe</i> How Long it Took Colman Domingo to Become Joe Jackson for New &#8216;Michael&#8217; Biopic!

Actor Colman Domingo just shared what went into his amazing transformation to becoming Jackson family patriarch Joseph.

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