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News Summary: Audible Partners with BookTok, Raising Questions about Influence and Reach
Amazon has announced a major partnership with TikTok in an attempt to tap into the influencer-led popularity of all things literary.
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Audible Partners with BookTok
Audible’s partnership with BookTok raises questions about influence, reading habits, and the audiobook market.Dan Holloway (Alliance of Independent Authors)
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks there’s room for another browser, even an AI browser — as long as you can trust it.
Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo says he thinks Mozilla and Firefox still have a role to play in the web, even as things shift toward AI.David Pierce (The Verge)
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans (Arden Farhi/CBS News)
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Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to see White House construction like President Trump's ballroom project subjected to the same scrutiny as other federal projects.Arden Farhi (CBS News)
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🔸 Giorgia Meloni présente la nouvelle stratégie de sécurité nationale de Donald Trump comme un signal d’alarme pour l’Europe.
Selon elle, le document illustre la volonté américaine de se retirer partiellement du continent et de pousser l’Europe à renforcer sa défense
From Project Gutenberg:
A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I
by Frank Frankfort Moore
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A Gray Eye or So. In Three Volumes—Volume I by Frank Frankfort Moore
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump (Paul Waldman/Public Notice)
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The tech industry will come to regret its embrace of Trump
For now, Silicon Valley is getting everything it wants. But a backlash is on its way.Paul Waldman (Public Notice)
Hong Leong Bank now supports Apple Pay, currently limited to Visa cards #apple #applemalaysia #applepay #applepaymalaysia #digitallife #hongleong #hongleongbank #hongleongislamicbank #news #tech #visa #visacard #visacreditcard #visadebitcard #visamalaysia
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Hong Leong Bank now supports Apple Pay, currently limited to Visa cards - SoyaCincau
Hong Leong Bank and Hong Leong Islamic Bank finally support Apple Pay - more than 3 years after the feature was launched in Malaysia.SoyaCincau
Nancy Banks: On the Reliability of Editing
In this interview, author Nancy Banks discusses turning the vampire story inside out with her debut novel, The Uninvited.
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Call them 'Nuzzi Pox' (Jason Sattler/THE FARCE)
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Call them 'Nuzzi Pox'
More Americans got measles this year than Olivia Nuzzi’s book. Guess which got more press coverage. Let's change that.Jason Sattler (THE FARCE)
Game: Monsters Ate My Birthday Cake OST (2014)
Song: Think of the Boy
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- Portuguese: notável
- Spanish: notable
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Ukraine struggling to keep lights on under Russian attack, says energy boss
DTEK boss Maxim Timchenko says the intensity of Russian strikes is so frequent there is no time to recover.Jonathan Beale (BBC News)
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🔸 Le conseil des prud’hommes de Paris ordonne au PSG de verser 60,9 millions d’euros à Kylian Mbappé pour des rappels de salaires et de primes d’avril à juin 2024. La requalification de ses CDD en CDI a été rejetée, tout comme les demandes du club. Mbappé réclamait 263 millions d’euros et le PSG 440 millions pour solder le litige.
Un portrait en gros plan d'une personne. La personne a la peau foncée et est vêtue d'un maillot blanc avec un motif bleu foncé et rouge. Le maillot est orné de logos et de texte. La personne a le visage expressif, la bouche ouverte et les yeux fixés sur le spectateur. Elle lève une main en signe de geste.
Sur le torse gauche du maillot, il y a un logo bleu. Sur la manche gauche, il y a "LIGUE 1" en majuscules blanches, suivi de "UBER EATS" en majuscules blanches. Sur le devant du maillot, il y a "FLY EMIRATES" en majuscules rouges. Le logo du Paris Saint-Germain est au centre du maillot.
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Universal Studios gets green light to be built in Bedfordshire
The park is expected to attract more than eight million annual visitors and open in 2031.BBC News
Is a Jan. 30 shutdown in the cards? (Punchbowl News)
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PRESENTED BY IN THIS EDITION House GOP’s health care week goes awry Is a Jan. 30 shutdown in the cards? The Vault: Tribal advocates push for predictionpunchbowlnews (Punchbowl News)
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Une personne se tient derrière un podium bleu. La personne porte une chemise blanche avec les manches retroussées et un collier. Les bras de la personne sont tendus sur les côtés avec les paumes vers le haut. Le podium est marqué du texte : « SEI DIVENTATA FORTE ». Le fond est sombre et a un motif bleu, il y a un triangle bleu sombre en haut de l'image.
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