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Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to €4.53B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 761M, above 759M est., and forecasts Q2 operating income below est.; SPOT drops 10%+ (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
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Spotify reports Q1 revenue up 8% YoY to €4.53B, MAUs up 12% YoY to 761M, above 759M est., and forecasts Q2 operating income below est.; SPOT drops 10%+ — Spotify Technology SA shares plunged the most in more than four years after the music streaming leader gave a forecast for operating income …
Accenture deploys Microsoft 365 Copilot to all 743,000 employees

97% of Accenture employees report Copilot helped complete routine tasks up to 15 times faster. 89% monthly active usage among the 200,000-person cohort tested. Microsoft has over 450 million M365 enterprise users; only ~3% currently pay $30/month for Copilot. Its shares are down 12% this year. Microsoft is rolling out its Microsoft 365 Copilot AI […]
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MAHA wellness culture is coming for teens. Grown-ups aren’t ready.
Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok’s local revenues if they refuse to pay news publishers

The News Bargaining Incentive applies from 1 July 2026. Platforms that deal with news organisations get full or partial offsets against the levy. The legislation explicitly excludes pure AI chatbot services from coverage. Communications Minister Anika Wells and PM Albanese both announced the draft on Tuesday. The Australian government released draft legislation on Tuesday for […]
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