75 m. ago Spotify down as thousands unable to stream music with audio giant investigating outage

Users of the Swedish streaming giant were having a spot of bother on Wednesday afternoon as they were unable to listen to their favourite tunes and podcasts due to a service outage

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91 m. ago Tens of thousands of Spotify users around world report problems

Audio streaming app says it is rolling out an update, after users reported glitches with downloads and searchesTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world have reported being unable to stream music on the app.Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 48,000 outage reports for Spotify worldwide at on Wednesday afternoon. Continue reading...

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95 m. ago Spotify suffers major outage as streaming service issues statement on 'security hack' reports

Over 100,000 users reported issues with the streaming service

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1 hour ago Coffee lovers are avoiding energy crashes by drinking a 'focus enhancing' mushroom alternative

This new coffee blend claims to provide a natural energy boost which avoids shaky side effects.

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2 h. ago Is Spotify down? Thousands of users report problems with music streaming app

Spotify appeared to be experiencing a widespread technical issues Wednesday morning — with tens of thousands of users reporting problems with the popular music and audio streamer

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2 h. ago Spread a little ooh la la with this Parisian twist on Easter treats

St Dalfour is inviting treat-lovers to add a touch of Parisian flair and elevate their Easter gifting this year, with limited-edition “spread your own” macaron gift packs, offering a taste of French luxury in every bite.

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2 h. ago Is Spotify down for users across the world? As over 20,000 report issues

Tens of thousands of music fans have complained about their Spotify not working

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3 h. ago Spotify down: More than 21,000 UK users hit by widespread outage

Users have reported playback, search and log-in issues with the music streaming service

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3 h. ago ‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?

As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without itLaura Snapes, deputy music editor I was set the task of not listening to Spotify for a week, but Alexis, your task was much worse: only listening to Spotify-created playlists, and the songs it suggested to you based on your listening history. How did that go?Alexis Petridis, chief rock and pop critic One day in the car I just listened to nothing instead of facing it again. When it plays me songs I like, it’s not what I want to hear at that moment. That’s not to say the music it was recommending wasn’t good. One morning it played Schizophrenia by Sonic Youth. I love that song but I didn’t want to hear it then. It played me Billie Holliday’s Riffin’ the Scotch followed by My Bloody Valentine, which clearly demonstrates the great breadth of my music taste – but just because I like it all doesn’t mean I want to hear it all together. I didn’t like tha...

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3 h. ago Kym Marsh says she will never marry again as she breaks silence on toyboy split

Former Hear'Say star, Kym Marsh, has opened up about her love life after splitting up from actor, Samuel Thomas, earlier this year, who is 19 years her junior

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3 h. ago Love on the Spectrum star Connor Tomlinson's age and life off

Connor has become a social media star since his debut on the series

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4 h. ago Amanda Holden sizzles in red hot dress for new Netflix show helping cheaters find love

TV and radio beauty Amanda Holden is set to host a new Netflix series about relationships affected by cheating, working alongside MAFS UK expert Paul C Brunson

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4 h. ago 'I paid over £100 for every Cadbury's Easter egg – one was the clear winner'

A former chef and food lover has shared her brutally honest review of Cadbury's Easter range– and while many options really impressed her, she claimed others weren't up to the mark

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4 h. ago BOTB’s latest prize is a dream for campervan lovers – the Volkswagen Grand California 600

BOTB is offering the chance to win a luxury VW Grand California 600 – packed with clever design, sleeping space for four and its own bathroom.

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5 h. ago Louis Tomlinson and Zara McDermott seen for the first time since confirming shock romance on romantic lunch date

The One Direction singer, 33, and Love Island star, 28, shocked fans last month when news emerged the unlikely pair had started dating.

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5 h. ago Inside Netflix Love on The Spectrum star Dani Bowman's CEO job and staggering net worth

The 29-year-old is a talented businesswoman

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5 h. ago Beauty writer shares ESPA Easter sale best buys including 'perfect' everyday moisturiser

The luxury spa brand is offering up to 30% off a selection of their best-loved products for a limited time as well as free delivery using a special code

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5 h. ago Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas' new video perfectly captures the struggles of using British trains

A new study has found that British rail users are becoming increasingly frustrated with the state of UK train services, and this new video perfectly captures the common frustrations.

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5 h. ago How Netflix turned a Black dating show loved by millions into TV trash | Nels Abbey

Pop the Balloon or Find Love is a YouTube sensation – but in a mainstream form, it’s terrible. Why does this keep happening?If you threw Blind Date, the opening scenes of Saving Private Ryan and the auction block into a blender, what you’d get is Pop the Balloon or Find Love, a weekly hour-long Black dating show on YouTube.The show was created by Arlette Amuli, an African American of Congolese origins, and her husband, Bolia “BM” Matundu, a Black Brit also of Congolese descent (he had a previous life as a UK rapper and then as a Ndombolo musician). It has become an international sensation in an age where our fried attention spans have us addicted to short videos. The format is minimalist to the point of brilliance: each week, a line of eight or so balloon-clutching love hunters line up to court and be courted by a singleton of the opposite sex they have never met before.Nels Abbey is an author, broadcaster and the founder of Uppity: the Intellectual PlaygroundDo you have an opinion ...

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5 h. ago A crack in the manosphere: Joe Rogan’s guests are revolting | Sam Wolfson

Signs of discontent are appearing as the podcaster’s friends turn against him and Elon Musk. How long before he changes his mind?Sam Harris is the kind of guest Joe Rogan loves to have on his podcast: he dresses awkwardly in a sport coat with jeans; he undertook a PhD in neuroscience after a transformative experience with MDMA; his tone is accessible yet patronising; he has a sense of academic authority which belies a set of controversial views that include calling Islam “uniquely uncivil” and almost unfettered support for Israeli attacks on Gaza; he made an app called Waking Up, which promises to be “a new operating system for your mind”. Rogan has hosted Harris on his podcast many times and the pair call each other good friends.But even Harris seems perturbed by Rogan’s more wholehearted embrace of Musk and Maga. “He’s in over his head on so many topics of great consequence,” Harris told his listeners of his own podcast last week. “He’ll bring someone in to shoot the shit on ‘how ...

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