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Spotify says it has launched new protections against “anti-copyright attacks” after the open-source library / pirate activist group Anna’s Archive announced it’s ripped 86 million songs from the platform that it plans to make available in torrents, as reported earlier by Billboard. According to the group, “We have archived around …

Spotify says it’s cutting off access to some user accounts and adding safeguards after a shadow library website claimed to have scraped 99.6% of Spotify’s metadata and audio files from the streaming service’s music library. On Dec. 20, the website Anna’s Archive said in a blog post that it was …

A Italian league match in Australia between AC Milan and Como will no longer take place following football sanctions imposed by the Asian Football Confederation, says Serie A. The game had “reluctantly” been approved by Uefa in October alongside a La Liga match between Villarreal and Barcelona, which would have …

Instacart is ending its AI-powered pricing tests, which led some users to see higher prices on certain products than others. “Now, if two families are shopping for the same items, at the same time, from the same store location on Instacart, they see the same prices — period,” Instacart writes …

A Russian general has been killed by a car bomb – the third such killing of a senior military officer in a year. Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died after the blast in southern Moscow. Svetlana Petrenko, a …

A fatberg believed to weigh about 100 tonnes has been discovered blocking the sewers of east London. The mass of congealed fat, oil and grease has been found under Whitechapel and measures around 100m long. Thames Water said the extraction of the blockage could take “weeks to complete” and “it …

Money taken from criminals will help pay the remaining bill for Jersey’s new police firearms range. Treasury Minister Elaine Millar has signed off an extra £280,000 for the project, using cash from the Criminal Offences Confiscation Fund (COCF). The fund holds money seized from crime and can be used to …

A new row over the future of Greenland has erupted between Denmark and the US after Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to the territory. The US President announced that he had appointed Louisiana’s governor Jeff Landry to the position on Sunday, saying “Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to …

Petrol and diesel profit margins remain at “persistently high levels” despite prices at the pump having fallen, according to the UK’s competition watchdog. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) also challenged retailers’ claims that this was a result of higher operating costs. In its first annual road fuel monitoring report, …

The gold price has hit another record high, trading above $4,400 an ounce for the first time. The price of the precious metal has risen on expectations the US central bank will cut interest rates further next year, analysts said. Gold started the year worth $2,600 an ounce, but geopolitical …

Former Rangers manager Steven Gerrard, who turned down the chance of returning to Ibrox earlier this season, insists he could make the club “good again”. (Daily Record, external) However, Gerrard has also said that he didn’t have the “right tools”, and that he “isn’t a magician”. (Scottish Sun, external) Celtic …

Coming off the back of their worst season as a top-flight club, where Exeter finished second-from-bottom, the Chiefs have been impressive this season. They have won five and drawn one of their seven league games and are just one point off their total of 29 they managed last season. Baxter …

An 81-year-old barber who has been cutting the hair of generations of families for nearly 60 years says he does not plan to hang up his scissors anytime soon. Paul Robinson started working at his Lark Lane salon in the Aigburth area of south Liverpool in January 1968, when the …

US and Ukrainian envoys say “productive and constructive” talks have taken place in Miami, but there still appears to be no major breakthrough in efforts to end Ukraine’s war with Russia. Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, issued a joint statement with the top Ukrainian negotiator, Rustem Umerov, after three …

Manchester United Manager Ruben Amorim says that Manchester United performed better despite losing 2-1 to Aston Villa. BBC News

The chair of the King’s Foundation Dame Ann Limb has admitted being “misleading” about her doctorate qualification. The education specialist, who was recently nominated for a life peerage by Labour, told the Sunday Times that she had not completed a PhD at the University of Liverpool, despite this appearing on …

Joe Cullen says opponent Mensur Suljovic’s slow style of play is akin to cheating after the 32nd seed was knocked out of the PDC World Darts Championship. Austrian Suljovic denied using any specific tactics in his second-round success. “I never ever do this as a provocation,” said the 53-year-old. “I …

Dom Taylor says he is “sincerely sorry” after a failed drugs test meant he was excluded from the PDC World Darts Championship. Englishman Taylor, who beat Oskar Lukasiak in the first round at Alexandra Palace, was tested in line with “ongoing anti-doping procedures”, the Darts Regulation Authority said on Friday. …

Trail hunting is set to be banned in England and Wales as part of a new animal welfare strategy to be published by the government on Monday. The practice sees an animal-based scent trail laid for dogs to follow rather than a real animal, while a group of hunters follows …

Right now, that leaves managing director Rob Key looking the most vulnerable, simply because he is the easiest for the bosses – ultimately ECB chief executive Richard Gould and chair Richard Thompson – to get rid of. I do think as a trio they are far too similar. When England …