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Spotify users can now connect their accounts to ChatGPT so it can provide recommendations for tracks, artists, podcasts, and playlists (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/you-can-now-connect-your-spotify-ac…

You can now connect your Spotify account to ChatGPT: Here’s how to do it | TechCrunch
You can now connect your Spotify account in ChatGPT and it will perform tasks for you, such as creating personalized playlists.

'The threat was constant' — Russian drone flew over Angelina Jolie during her Ukraine trip: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/09/the-threat-was-constant-russian.html

Worth a read on the broad opposition to the CAQ's proposed Quebec constitution. It's great to see lengthy quotes from my colleague and friend Paul-Étienne Rainville, who works at the Ligue des droits et libertés.
“The government has not respected any of the criteria established by the United Nations for the adoption of a democratic and legitimate constitution.”

'Authoritarian and undemocratic': 300 groups unite against Legault's proposed Quebec constitution
Groups that focus on human rights, immigration issues and the environment join unions in calling the CAQ's plan deeply flawed.

budapest_connectome: Budapest Reference Connectome 3.0
A parameterizable consensus brain graph, derived from connectomes of 477 people, each computed from MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project. Nodes are brain regions, and edges are weighted by the number of "tracks" that run between two nodes, as well as fiber length, fractional anisotropy and the number of occurrences in each of the 477 individuals.
This network has 1015 nodes and 54480 edges.
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In a letter, the SIA urges the USPTO to drop a plan to impose annual patent fees of 1% to 5% based on government-assessed value, replacing the flat-fee model (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Chipmaking industry pushes back on U.S. Patent Office considering imposing annual fee based on assessed value — “tax on innovation” draws strong opposition from Semiconductor Industry Association
The federal government wants a bigger slice of the semiconductor pie through patents.

1 Coaching Option for the "Open-Minded" Raiders' Consideration https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-1-coaching-option-open-minded-consideration

Connect : Garmin erweitert Fitnessplattform um Ernährungsprotokoll
Garmin erweitert seine Fitness-Plattform Connect um ein Ernährungsprotokoll. Die Funktion wird in das kostenpflichtige Connect -Abo integriert.

Supreme Court Will Consider New Curbs on Human-Rights Suits (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/supreme-court-will-consider-new-curbs-on-human-rights-suits
http://www.memeorandum.com/260109/p117#a260109p117

Excelsior Sciences, which aims to use AI and robots for small-molecule drug discovery and development, raised a $70M Series A from Khosla Ventures and others (Aayushi Pratap/Chemical & Engineering News)
https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry

New York AI chemistry start-up raises $95 million 
Excelsior Sciences cofounders say the company will make new molecules using robots and artificial intelligence