The Atlantic

Spotify adds narrated long-form magazine articles (≈650 English pieces) to Premium with 15 hours of audiobook listening per month, while free users can buy individual articles at $1.99; licensing comes from major publishers and the content is narrated using a mix of human and digital voices, signaling a broader push into monetizable audio and cross-sell to audiobooks.

The piece argues Google’s AI-driven summaries and personalization shape search results, teaches advanced operators to extract precise sources, and recommends eight alternatives plus library databases to diversify information access.

DoD IG findings conclude Pete Hegseth violated DoD policy by using a nonapproved messaging app to share nonpublic DoD information in a group chat with a journalist; recommends reviews of classification procedures and corrective actions, with partial messages recovered due to auto-delete.