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Sphere testing its giant LED video dome in Las Vegas
The Venetian Resort has started testing a massive 16K sphere that will define the most lavish concert venue in Las Vegas.
Jon Fingas07.04.2023
Tidal is increasing its HiFi plan to $11 per month
Starting on August 1st, an individual Tidal HiFi membership is going up by $1 to $11 per month in the US, while the family plan will run you $17 per month, an increase of $2.
Kris Holt07.04.2023
Spotify reportedly wants to add full-length music videos to its app
Spotify is considering adding full-length music videos to its streaming service.
Jon Fingas07.01.2023
Hulu is streaming Bonnaroo this weekend for the third year in a row
Bonnaroo takes place this weekend and, as with the last two years, you can watch the festival from the comfort of your home on Hulu. Through Sunday, the streaming service is offering two channels of live music coming to you from Manchester, Tennessee.
Kris Holt06.17.2023
Sennheiser SoundProtex Plus review: Concert earplugs that don't kill the vibe
Sennheiser's latest product is designed to protect your hearing without completely sacrificing sound quality, so we put them to the test at concert.
Billy Steele06.15.2023
Instagram adds music and translation to its Notes feature
Instagram's Notes feature, which lets you post a status update for your friends, is getting an upgrade. It now lets you share song clips and translate other users' notes.
Kris Holt06.13.2023
Paul McCartney is using AI to create a final song for The Beatles
Paul McCartney is using AI to turn a John Lennon demo into one last song for The Beatles.
Jon Fingas06.13.2023
Ubisoft's Rocksmith+ guitar-learning app is finally coming to iOS and Android on June 9th
Ubisoft is bringing its guitar-learning app to mobile devices later this week. Rocksmith+ will be available on iOS and Android on June 9th, nine months after the service landed on PC.
Kris Holt06.07.2023
Hitting the Books: How music chords hack your brain to elicit emotion
In their new book "Every Brain Needs Music," Dr. Larry S Sherman and Dr. Dennis Plies, a music professor at Warner Pacific University, explore the fascinating interplay between our brains, our instruments, our audiences, and the music they make together.
Andrew Tarantola05.21.2023
Apple now helps you discover concerts in Maps and Music
Apple now helps you find hot concert venues in Maps, and find upcoming shows in Music.
Jon Fingas05.16.2023
Sonos is ending support for local file playback on Android
Sonos will soon end support for a feature that allows users to stream files stored locally on their Android devices directly to its speakers.
Kris Holt05.16.2023
Google opens up access to its text-to-music AI
Google is offering anyone the chance to try its text-to-music AI, which is called MusicLM.
Kris Holt05.11.2023
A robot puppet rolled through San Francisco singing Vanessa Carlton hits
In 2002, pop star Vanessa Carlton and her piano "made their way downtown" through Newbury Park in Los Angeles. Twenty-one years later, a team of hobbyist roboticists have brought Carlton’s music to the streets of San Francisco.
Andrew Tarantola05.10.2023
Spotify reaches more than half a billion users for the first time
Spotify added 26 million users in the first three months of 2023, 15 million more than it had expected.
Kris Holt04.25.2023
Boss' Gigcaster mixers are designed for live music streaming
Boss has unveiled audio mixers that are tailor-made for livestreaming music.
Jon Fingas04.20.2023
AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song pulled from streaming platforms
Universal Music Group said the use of AI-generated voices mimicking Drake and The Weeknd on "Heart on My Sleeve" was a copyright violation, but things aren't so clear cut.
Igor Bonifacic04.20.2023
Spotify will shut down 'Heardle' on May 5th
Spotify has confirmed it will shut down 'Heardle' early next month.
Kris Holt04.14.2023
Lofi Girl is back and she made a synthwave friend
Lofi Girl is back with a new friend.
Igor Bonifacic04.14.2023
The Mario theme joins your old tweets in the Library of Congress
The Mario theme is one of 25 recordings joining the National Recording Registry this year.
Kris Holt04.13.2023
Apogee's latest Jam interface has a built-in analog compressor
The JamX has three three analog compression presets to help you shape your tone.
Kris Holt04.12.2023