Kristin Robinson / Variety: As Spotify turns 15, a look at the ways in which it changed how people listen to music, like breaking down boundaries between genres through “mood playlists”  —  Ask any executive what the music business was like in the ´00s and their face may take on an expression more commonly associated …

Jem Aswad / Variety: Looking at payment per stream metrics for music streaming services can be misleading when considering artist pay, as many factors determine streaming royalties  —  Early Friday, Apple Music sent a carefully worded letter to artists, music labels and publishers that briefly explained …

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started out as a joke in 2013, now has a market cap of $40B after growing nearly 400% in the past seven days  —  - Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency based on the “Doge” meme, which rose to popularity in late 2013.  It started out as a joke.

David Folkenflik / NPR: Officials say USAGM CEO Michael Pack and others pushed to subsidize software built by Falun Gong adherents, diverting OTF money from other tech for dissidents  —  Of all the disruptions unleashed by the Trump White House on how the federal government typically works, the saga of one small project …

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: For the first time, NATO wargames include scenarios exploring the impact of widespread cyberattacks on financial infrastructure  —  Financial industry helped plan scenarios in which widespread disruption would hit banks and other firms  —  One of the world´s largest cyber wargames is …

Naaman Zhou / The Guardian: Australian Federal Court rules Google misled Android users into thinking it would not collect their location data when they turned location history off  —  Google collected data on some Android and Pixel phones even when customers ticked ‘No’ or ‘Do not collect’

Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: Oculus says developers can now sell recurring subscriptions to their Quest apps, and each subscription will have a free trial period  —  Each subscription will have a free trial period  —  Developers who have apps or games on the Oculus Store can now sell recurring subscriptions to their titles …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Facebook says it is testing a News Feed feature in the US to let users tap on topics underneath posts and ads to explore content from related businesses  —  Facebook announced this morning it will begin testing a new experience for discovering businesses in its News Feed in the U.S. When live …

Terry Nguyen / Vox: Some Instagram accounts, such as NextShark, increasingly document incidents of anti-Asian violence that some say spurs a relentless cycle of aggregated trauma  —  Asian news sites like NextShark brought attention to anti-Asian racism — at the cost of circulating graphic imagery.  —  SHARE All sharing options

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Seeq, a data analytics startup focused on the manufacturing industry, raises $50M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raise to ~$115M  —  New funding: Seattle startup Seeq raised $50 million in a Series C round.  —  Seeq´s software: Founded in 2012, Seeq´s analytics software …