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Spotify tickets: streaming firm tests direct pre-sales to fans (exclusive)

Spotify’s latest expansion into the world of LIVE MUSIC will see the #streaming_service #selling_tickets directly to fans, #rather than just linking to #external #ticketing #firms😘

It kicks off tomorrow (10 August) with a small number of artists, with pre-sale tickets available to fans through Spotify’s app and a newly-launched tickets.spotify.com website..

Don’t get carried away with any ‘Spotify takes on Ticketmaster’ hyperbole just yet.

https://musically.com/2022/08/09/spotify-tickets-direct-sales-fans/

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It's really sad to see billions of dollars WASTED on death defying ideas SUCH AS #SUBSCRIPTIONS?

It's #MIND_BOGGLING how billions of dollars #BURNED_UP just to prove you are all #WRONG!

#IGNORING the people who #KNOW!

Once the #BANK IS #BROKEN
(basically already is .. another story)

..everything will crash due to #HARD_HEADEDNESS.

Remember one thing?

Billions LOST mean billions going into someone #ELSES #POCKETS;)

NOT A GOOD STRATEGY;)

https://www.thedrive.com/news/gm-makes-1500-onstar-subscription-mandatory-on-gmc-buick-cadillac-models

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#MANDITORY = FORCED_COMPLIANCE?

#GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on #GMC, #Buick, #Cadillac Models
Remember how GM said it was gonna make #billions on #subscriptions?

This is how.

If you don't want to pay for in-car subscriptions every month, no problem: Just pay it all upfront. That's the line from General Motors today after news spread that it's making a three-year, $1,500 OnStar connected services subscription a mandatory "option" for new Buick, GMC, and Cadillac Escalade models.

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TRUMP #INVOKES THE #FIFTH?

..from the same guy who said anyone who claims the 5th is #GUILTY!?

1st Former President in the HISTORY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA to #PLEA THE #FIFTH.

I guess what is good for the #Gander DOES NOT APPLY TO THE #GOOSE?

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In my lifetime I never thought we would see REAL #CRIMINALS BEING INVESTIGATED LET ALONE #ARRESTED.

Just about to leave this God forsaken land but the FBI Brings #NEW_HOPE;)

#BIG_KUDOS THE THE #FBI.

#JOB_WELL_DONE!:)

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#USA \ #DOJ preparing to SUE #Google over Digital Ad Market '#Domination' as soon as #September.

#Alphabet Inc unit #ILLEGALLY_DOMINATES the #digital_advertising market

The DOJ’s ad tech probe.. after nearly a #decade during which #regulators took little to #NO_ACTION??

#Apple Inc is also #under_investigation by the DOJ in relation to its tight #CONTROL over the #APP_STORE.

Attorney William Barr sued the Mountain View, California-based company to #LOCK_OUT #COMPETITION.

In December 2020, attorneys general for 16 #states and #Puerto_Rico also #sued Google for #monopolizing...

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/us-doj-preparing-sue-google-over-digital-ad-market-domination-soon-september

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#BIG_TECH_ADVISE_WEDNESDAY

After 50K pms hours and over 500 programmers in the last 25 years from all across the world--one thing stands out the most in terms of #IT_SKILLS?

Programmers are blind as bats. they do not have the business background or SOUND logic *required to write SOUND code.

..and why it will take the USA 2 decades to recover..

YOU cannot buy this type of talent.

UNFORTUNATELY #USA has shot themselves in the foot!

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#SUPPLY_CHAIN_UPDATE!

We were #right, the #mainstream_media was #wrong (or they lied).

Generally, #inflation and #shortages lead to #price_controls, government #rationing..

as well as the attempted #confiscation of #supplies from people that prepared ahead of time. (aka #hoarders)

Almost every trade expert and industry insider is admitting that supply chain problems are going to persist into the foreseeable future, and some are starting to also admit (in a roundabout way) that localized production and trade models are the key to survival.

#Supply_Chain_Problems Will Persist Because The #System Is Being #Sabotaged..

https://rielpolitik.com/2022/08/09/the-great-reset-supply-chain-problems-will-persist-because-the-system-is-being-sabotaged-by-brandon-smith/

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“At a time when mental health is of such a concern amongst our young people, our school community saw the phone as a significant and negative contributor to student wellbeing,” he said.

Mobile phones are banned in primary schools in NSW, but high schools have the flexibility to decide if students may use digital devices during school hours.

“Some secondary schools have also chosen to restrict the use of digital devices,” he said.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-sydn

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#hey! GET ALL THE #REAL_NEWS DAYS IN #ADVANCE:)

Crypto-driven GPU crash makes Nvidia miss Q2 projections by $1.4 billion
Cheaper GPUs are good for gamers but bad for Nvidia's bottom line.

Nvidia pointed to "a reduction in channel partner sales," meaning that partners like Evga, MSI, Asus, Zotac, Gigabyte, and others were selling fewer new GPUs than anticipated.

AS #TASTINGTRAFFIC LLC MENTIONED YESTURDAY..

THIS #DROP can be attributed partly to a #crash in the #value of #mining_based #cryptocurrencies like #Bitcoin and #Ethereum...

MORE..

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/crypto-driven-gpu-crash-makes-nvidia-miss-q2-projections-by-1-4-billion/

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#NVIDIA Announces Preliminary #Financial Results for #Second_Quarter Fiscal 2023

Second quarter revenue is expected to be approximately $6.70 billion, down 19% sequentially and up 3% from the prior year, primarily reflecting weaker than forecasted Gaming revenue.

#Gaming_revenue was $2.04 billion, down 44% sequentially and down 33% from the prior year. Data Center revenue was $3.81 billion, up 1% sequentially and up 61% from the prior year.

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-preliminary-financial-resultsfor-second-quarter-fiscal-2023?ncid=afm-chs-44270&ranMID=44270&ranEAID=kXQk6*ivFEQ&ranSiteID=kXQk6.ivFEQ-zTVLOyzzJONzWQo9GXfYeg

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#Former President #Trump says home raided by #FBI

On Monday afternoon, former President Donald Trump said that his #Mar_a_Lago home in #Palm_Beach was being #RAIDED by the FBI.

https://youtu.be/xpZSnqJlvnk

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FBI raids Mar-a-Lago: Trump says his home is 'under siege' by 'large group of agents'
412 watching nowStarted streaming 3 minutes ago

https://youtu.be/G2z63GyIfSg

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FBI raids Mar-a-Lago: Trump says his home is 'under siege' by 'large group of agents'
412 watching nowStarted streaming 3 minutes ago

https://youtu.be/G2z63GyIfSg

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FBI raids Mar-a-Lago: Trump says his home is 'under siege' by 'large group of agents'
412 watching nowStarted streaming 3 minutes ago

https://youtu.be/G2z63GyIfSg

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#Nvidia?

1. It was the Miners that kept Nvidia afloat. No money to pay miners.. miners left.

2. Not to mention mining is not #CLIMATE_CHANGE_FRIENDLY whatsoever.

3. INFLATION! the #electricity to power these #MINING_RIG_NETWORKS.. ..should we say ASTRONOMICAL?

4. #Nvidia STARTED focusing on #GAMERS (MONTHS AGO btw) the REAL BREAD and BUTTER!:)

#NVIDIA KNEW THIS WAS COMING BUT YOU #GUYs DIDNT??

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#Airlines #CANCEL more than 1,500 US #FLIGHTS Friday

As of 9:30 p.m. ET #Friday, flight tracking site Flight Aware showed more than 1,500 flights in the #United_States had been canceled. Once again..

On #Thursday, airlines canceled 1,248 flights nationwide, one of the worst days for flight cancellations of the past six weeks.

#Southwest_Airlines canceled 370 flights, or 9% of its Thursday schedule. Southwest delayed another 1,800 flights, 46% of its Thursday schedule.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/flight-cancellations/index.html

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A #Sydney #High_School #BANNED #MOBILE_PHONES. It had dramatic results.

#Davidson High School principal David Rule said there had been significant changes since students in years 7 to 10 were banned from using mobile phones at #school.

“#Classrooms have effectively become #phone_free and this has allowed staff to #focus on #educating students,” he said in a school newsletter. “Finally, in eight weeks of the policy, there has been a 90 #per_cent #reduction in #behavioural issues related to phones...”

“The pouch also allowed our staff to use them when necessary as an #explicit_teaching #tool for a particular lesson,” he said.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-sydney-high-school-banned-mobile-phones-it-had-dramatic-results-20220803-p5b6zf.html

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