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TODAY'S NUGGETS

📍 Are we there yet? Apple Maps could introduce advertisements as soon as next year, Bloomberg reports, adding a new layer to the pervasive enshittification and profit-mining that has come to define the 21st-century user experience. The feature would allow businesses like restaurants and stores to pay for a higher ranking in Apple Maps search results. This reporting came just a day after Samsung announced a software update for its artificial intelligence-enabled touch-screen refrigerators that includes new “curated advertisements.”