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Facebook made an AI that convincingly turns one style of music into another
Researchers from Facebook's AI Research team just unveiled an neural network capable of processing and translating music ...
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Google rolls out early access to new YouTube Music subscription service
Google today announced early access to its all new YouTube Music subscription service. The Mountain View company intends ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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Google's Song Maker lets you easily compose music within your browser
Skrillex, eat your heart out.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Respect will.i.am
He's the tech visionary we deserve.
