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Apple Music is getting a price hike

Apple Music is more expensive now. In the US, an individual plan now costs $11.99 per month, a $1 bump up from the previous $10.99 price. A family plan now costs $19.99 per month, up from $16.99, and a student plan costs $6.99 per month, up from $5.99. Apple, in a statement to

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US dramatically shortening visas for foreign journalists

The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will be reducing the length of visas issued to foreign journalists working in the U.S., while imposing an even shorter limit on reporters from China. The new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule replaced a longstanding

Apple’s plot to crush OpenAI

Apple is suing OpenAI. The complaint is readable and intense, as these things often are, though many experts seem to think many of the allegations are just the ways things are done. So what does Apple really want here, and why is it picking such a public fight with OpenAI? On

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Hopscotch Fest Announces 2026 Lineup

Every September, the Hopscotch Music Festival brings an eclectic, idiosyncratic lineup to venues all around Raleigh. It's a great time. The whole Stereogum staff went down to the fest in 2019, and we saw a ton of cool stuff. Last year's fest looked sick, with a bill that

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