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Jay Peters

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    Instagram is having issues playing Mark Zuckerberg’s song he made with T-Pain.

    Zuck worked with T-Pain on a new version of “Get Low,” but the song initially wasn’t playing for me and some Verge colleagues on his Instagram carousel.

    Now, the song works for me on iOS, but not on desktop. Meta spokesperson Sienna La Rocca confirms that this isn’t a copyright issue, however.

    Update: The song is working on iOS but not on desktop.

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    Jay Peters
    Layoffs at AMD.

    The company is laying off 4 percent of its staff, which translates to about 1,000 employees, reports CNBC. AMD has been transitioning into an AI chip company as it works to compete with Nvidia, which is now the most valuable company in the world thanks in large part to its AI chips.

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    Spotify now has 252 million subscribers.

    That’s growth of 12 percent year-over-year, according to the company’s third quarter earnings. Monthly active users are up, too, reaching 640 million.

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    One million people have joined Bluesky in the past week.

    Seems like a lot of people are looking for a new place to post.

    Though I should note that Threads apparently gets one million new sign-ups per day.

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    He’s in the game.

    Disney is searching for potential CEO candidates outside of the company, and one person being considered is EA CEO Andrew Wilson, Variety and The Wall Street Journal report. The company plans to announce Bob Iger’s successor in early 2026.

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    Jay Peters
    The new intro for Sea of Stars seems promising.

    I really didn’t like the slow opening hours of the Chrono Trigger-inspired RPG when I reviewed it last year, but the new “Dawn of Equinox” update adds a “revamped prologue” that includes action upfront.

    The update also adds local co-op, combat tweaks, and a lot more. Seems like a great time to jump into the game ahead of next spring’s Throes of the Watchmaker DLC.