SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools
SoundCloud says it isn't using your music to train generative AI tools SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools The music-sharing platform SoundCloud quietly updated its terms of use in February last year, adding language that lets it train AI models on its users’ content, as TechCrunch reported. And while […]
Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years
Janet Jackson's 'Rhythm Nation' crashed some Windows laptops for years Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years Janet Jackson was too much for some Windows laptops. Longtime Verge readers might recall the unusual story of how the music video for a Janet Jackson song, “Rhythm Nation,” could cause certain Windows laptops to […]
How these guitar modeling companies are recreating rare vintage sounds for the digital age
How these guitar modeling companies are recreating rare vintage sounds for the digital age Around 2009, Dweezil Zappa ran into a space problem. He was busy touring the US, performing some songs written by his father, Frank. Recreating those signature âpeculiar sounds,â as Zappa calls them, required lugging around a massive rig â roughly the […]
Ticketmaster may have violated consumer protection laws
Ticketmaster may have violated consumer protection laws The UK’s Consumer Markets Authority (CMA) has provided an update into its investigation of Ticketmaster after the sale of Oasis reunion tour tickets resulted in grossly inflated ticket prices and numerous consumer complaints. The CMA said that the results of the investigation warranted, “consulting with the ticketing platform […]
Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music
Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music Today, I’m talking with Kakul Srivastava, CEO of music creation platform Splice. I don’t think I need to really introduce Splice, actually — I just need to play this clip: If you exist on planet Earth, you know that as the […]
The beautiful, retro tech of two theatrical sound designers
The beautiful, retro tech of two theatrical sound designers When asked what they do for work, creative couple Jessie Char and Maxwell Neely-Cohen should probably just say âyes.â True professional multihyphenates, Charâs gig history includes stints as a UI/UX designer, conference organizer, concert cellist, and Apple Genius; Neely-Cohen is a novelist, ballet dancer, and coeditor […]
The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet
The Vision Pro Metallica concert video is the best Apple Immersive video yet Metallica puts on a great show in the Vision Pro. There’s a moment in Metallica, the new three-song concert video Apple released for the Vision Pro yesterday, where Metallica lead singer James Hetfield is kneeling on the edge of the stage, engaged […]
Our favorite apps for listening to music
Our favorite apps for listening to music Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 72, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youâre new here, welcome, hope you like gadgets, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, Iâve been reading about Hasan Piker […]
Spotify’s HiFi streaming could finally arrive this year
Spotify's HiFi streaming could finally arrive this year Spotify’s HiFi streaming could finally arrive this year It’s been nearly four years since Spotify announced a HiFi tier for its music streaming service that would support lossless audio. That wait could end this year, Bloomberg reports, as the company works to finalize details, including streaming rights. […]
Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch
Shopify pulls Kanye's website offline over swastika merch Shopify pulls Kanye’s website offline over swastika merch On Tuesday, Shopify shut down the Yeezy store run by Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) after it listed shirts with swastikas for sale as reported earlier by Bloomberg and NBC News. Ye advertised the site in a commercial […]