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Apple is raising prices on Apple Music and Apple One, citing rising licensing costs — the first hike in years. It's a familiar move in the streaming era, where content rights keep getting more expensive and subscribers quietly absorb the difference. Expect less quiet this time, given how many services are already competing for that same wallet.
Speaking of things people are quietly absorbing, Anthropic's AI companion Fable has disappeared from Claude's free tier ahead of its promised July nineteenth availability date, now requiring paid credits instead. Users on Hacker News noticed the change, with some expressing genuine frustration after expecting broader access following the recent Sol and Kimmi model releases. It's a reminder that in AI right now, what's promised and what ships can be very different things.
And on a more hopeful note, researchers have developed a new Alzheimer's drug that appears to repair DNA damage in brain cells while also reducing inflammation — two mechanisms that have long been considered central to the disease's progression. It's early-stage science, but the dual-action approach is drawing attention from the research community as a potentially meaningful step forward.
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