A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight; plus, Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live episode artwork

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A tech worker-backed PAC is bringing a $5M knife to Big Tech’s $100M gunfight; plus, Spotify’s reserved ticket sales to music superfans are now going live

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Guardrails positions itself as a populist political movement that runs on small donations from people in the trenches of the AI boom. Also, Spotify is launching "Reserved," a new system that will hold two concert tickets for an artist's superfans before they're on sale to the public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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