Spotify made £56m profit, but has decided not to pay smaller artists like me. We need you to make some noise

What its Wrapped campaign doesn’t say is that indie musicians and labels are treated terribly, and deserve a better deal, says Damon Krukowski

Can Elon Musk stop X going to the wall after tirade at advertisers?

Ad revenue used to service debt unlikely to return soon, meaning deal with lenders or cash injection may be needed

New Yorkers feel betrayed as police radio dispatches end: ‘You’d hear about nine shootings a day’

The NYPD has communicated via public channels for nearly a century. Now the system is being encrypted

Best podcasts of the week: Marina Hyde and Richard Osman take on pop culture

In this week’s newsletter: The Guardian columnist and the presenter turned author unite for The Rest Is Entertainment. Plus: five of the best podcasts with unlikely host pairings

Tech giants should face new watchdog, Australian Senate inquiry finds

Committee recommends standalone agency that would give consumers and digital platforms a central place to direct complaints

Elon Musk hurls defiant, profanity-laced retort at fleeing advertisers

At New York event on Wednesday, X owner had choice words for Walt Disney and others who pulled ads over antisemitic content

Google to pay Canada news publishers $73m a year to keep news in search

Deal resolves tech giant’s concerns over Online News Act, which makes big companies share advertising revenue with publishers

‘Almost like election night’: behind the scenes of Spotify Wrapped

The internet is abuzz with the results of this year’s rundown, with Taylor Swift coming out on top as 2023’s most streamed artist

Australian privacy watchdog refuses to investigate employer that allegedly accessed worker’s personal emails

Legal expert says court ruling in case where information accessed on Mecrus work laptop confirms ‘Australians still don’t have a right to privacy’

Elliot Ulm: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

The graphic designer and comedian (AKA elliotisacoolguy) lives online. His list includes several human-sounding animals – and one animal-sounding human

‘We can’t trust them’: workers decry alleged union busting at Amazon air hub

Employees at facility in Kentucky allege Amazon is retaliating against them as they push for union representation

Medical test company’s ‘serious and systemic failures’ led to cyber-attack, watchdog says

Australian Clinical Labs hack alleged to have resulted in more than 200,000 health records and credit card details being published on dark web

Minister attacks ‘despicable’ failure of social media firms on harmful content

Criticism comes after UK report shows ‘clear and persistent problem’ six years after death of Molly Russell

Hamas invites Elon Musk to Gaza to see ‘extent of destruction’ by Israeli strikes

Invitation comes after tech billionaire accompanied Benjamin Netanyahu to inspect a kibbutz attacked by Hamas

The Guardian view on the NHS and Palantir: the case for this data deal looks weak

Editorial: Hiring a controversial US technology company to build an NHS data platform risks undermining public trust