Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government
Windows 95 chime composer Brian Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to Israeli government Artist and musician Brian Eno — who also composed the iconic Windows 95 operating system startup chime — called on Microsoft today to “suspend all services that support any operations that contribute to violations of international law,” saying the company plays a […]
Miniot returns with a sleeker Wheel 3 vertical turntable
Miniot returns with a sleeker Wheel 3 vertical turntable Slimmed down and shiny. | Image: Miniot The original Wheel vertical turntable was a bust, the Wheel 2 redemption, and now the small mom and pop team at Miniot is back for a victory lap with the Wheel 3. It can play your record collection upright […]
SoundCloud changes its TOS again after an AI uproar
SoundCloud changes its TOS again after an AI uproar Music-sharing platform SoundCloud is saying it “has never used artist content to train AI models,” and that it’s “making a formal commitment that any use of AI on SoundCloud will be based on consent, transparency, and artist control.” The update comes several days after artists reported […]
Samsung’s Music Frame speaker is more of a bargain at 69 percent off
Samsung's Music Frame speaker is more of a bargain at 69 percent off Samsung’s Music Frame speaker is more of a bargain at 69 percent off Samsung may not be the first (or perhaps not even the fifth) company that springs to mind when you consider the major players in smart speakers, but it’s tough […]
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 […]