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Emma Roth

Emma Roth

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    Doing laundry never looked so cool.

    Maybe I’d actually enjoy doing the laundry if I got to put all my clothes in a giant industrial washing machine and then have some fancy robot fold it for me.

    This laundry convention apparently has all that and more, complete with an automated dry cleaning system that looks like it’s straight out of a sci-fi movie.

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Black Friday may have passed, but Steam’s autumn sale is still going strong.

    Some highlights include 20 percent off on Stray (aka the game that turns you into a cat), 50 percent off on the thrilling Ghostwire: Tokyo, and 25 percent off the God of War port released earlier this year.

    If you still can’t decide which games you want to pick up (there are a lot), you have until November 29th to make up your mind. I picked up Deep Rock Galactic for just $9.89 instead of its usual $29.99 price tag.

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    Spotify’s expanding its audiobooks to more countries.

    After coming to the US in September, Spotify’s audiobook service has finally arrived in other English-speaking countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

    There are over 300,000 audiobook titles available — but you can’t purchase them from Spotify’s iOS app due to Apple’s App Store restrictions.

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    Emma Roth
    Green light.

    After Elon Musk laid off a portion of Twitter’s sales team on Monday to “balance” out the remaining staff members, The Verge’s Alex Heath reported that Twitter’s now hiring again — apparently starting with Musk frenemy George Hotz.

    We’re also keeping a close eye on the cryptocurrency market today, as major crypto brokerage Genesis reportedly warned investors that it could go bankrupt without additional funding. The firm’s lending arm already suspended withdrawals last week.

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    Emma Roth
    The deal is off.

    Penguin Random House has scrapped its $2.2 billion merger with the Paramount-owned Simon & Schuster.

    A judge blocked the deal last month — which would’ve brought together two of the world’s largest book publishers — stating it could “lessen competition” between “top-selling books.” Penguin Random House no longer plans to appeal the decision.