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• This creepy thought experiment about a serpent king brought Grimes and Elon Musk together

    A reptile of legend recently reared its head. The basilisk is a fabled serpent king who, according to European bestiaries, can cause death with a single glance. Its most recent incarnation, however, looks to the technological future rather than the mythological past. Roko’s ...

  • The Conversation

• Spotify is expanding in the Middle East, with its UAE launch this year

  Spotify, the world’s leading music streaming service is expanding to MENA with its UAE launch planned for Q4 this year, a source close to the development told MENAbytes. The Swedish company that recently went public on the New York Stock Exchange in a direct listing, which is different ...

  • MENAbytes

• Tidal accused of manipulating streaming numbers for Beyoncé and Kanye West

  In February 2016, Kanye West released his album Life of Pablo exclusively for six weeks on the music streaming service, Tidal. ...

  • Guðrun í Jákupsstovu

• In these dark times, Yeezy Dating is what every Kanye fan needs

  On April 13th, for better or worse, someone gave Kanye West his Twitter password back. What followed was a tweet storm of epic proportions, consisting of cryptic rants interrupted by the occasional fashion photo. It included him backing conservative, and accused far-right, figures ...

  • Georgina Ustik

• Google's Song Maker lets you easily compose music within your browser

  Skrillex, eat your heart out.

  • Matthew Hughes

• IBM's Watson is AI's greatest ambassador

  IBM's Watson is going to the Grammys this year to provide new fan experiences and help humans work better. They couldn't ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Native Instruments new Sounds.com is a music-maker's wet dream

  Native Instruments is launching Sounds.com today as a one-stop resource for samples, loops, and instruments sounds designed ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How musicians can benefit from blockchain

  Let’s face it: these days, there is a blockchain solution to pretty much anything. Did anyone seriously expect that the music industry, which is worth an estimated $45 billion globally, was going to be immune to the distributed ledger disruption? No, I didn’t think so. There ...

  • ArcticStartup

• Resurface your best tunes of 2017 with Spotify's yearly Wrapped

  Spotify's Wrapped feature is back again and it's just in time for the holidays. Check out how you can relive your best music ...

  • Camille Charluet

• Respect will.i.am

  He's the tech visionary we deserve.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Spotify pivots from music streaming service to... makeup retailer?

  Today, Spotify announced a new partnership with beauty brand Pat McGrath Labs, allowing listeners to purchase makeup through ...

  • Matthew Hughes

• Can AI predict hit songs before they've blown up? This startup thinks so

  HitWizard graced the stage of the Amsterdam Dance Event Tech conference to tell us how we can use AI and neural networks ...

  • Mix