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Making human music in an AI world

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Ge Wang doesn’t use computers to make music the way most people use computers make music....
Ge Wang doesn’t use computers to make music the way most people use computers make music. He uses computers to make... computer music. Wang works at Stanford, as an associate professor in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. He also conducts the school’s famed Laptop Orchestra, was a co-founder o...
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Sometimes you just need a straightforward, old-school RPG

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We’re in a pretty good moment for sprawling, complex role-playing games. New releases like Metaphor: ReFantazio...
We’re in a pretty good moment for sprawling, complex role-playing games. New releases like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Dragon Age Absolution, along with older titles like Elden Ring (including this year’s expansion), Cyberpunk 2077, and Baldur’s Gate 3 have sucked millions of people into their expansive worlds. They ca...
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Netflix served the Tyson vs. Paul fight to 60 million households

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Netflix peaked at “65 million concurrent streams” during the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake...
Netflix peaked at “65 million concurrent streams” during the boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul last night, according to Most Valuable Promotions, the promoter for the fight. Those streams went out to 60 million households globally, the group said in a press release shared with The Verge via email. That’s...
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The FTC says spam call complaints are way down since 2021

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Complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight year, the Federal Trade Commission...
Complaints about unwanted telemarketing calls have dropped for the third straight year, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. Reports of such calls have fallen by over 50 percent versus 2021, according to the FTC — a decline that could be thanks in no small part to stepped-up government efforts to fight ...
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Which MagSafe and Qi2 chargers are the best for your iPhone?

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Wireless charging is less efficient than plugging in a wire, but it’s certainly convenient — especially...
Wireless charging is less efficient than plugging in a wire, but it’s certainly convenient — especially when you add magnets. Most people who have an iPhone 12 or later and want a magnetic charger should get a Qi2 charger. Any Qi2-certified charger will charge a MagSafe iPhone at up to 15W — just as fast as MagSafe ...
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Narwal’s Freo X Ultra, the best mopping robot available, is on sale for a new low price

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Hosting Thanksgiving dinner is fun and all, but the amount of cleaning you have to do...
Hosting Thanksgiving dinner is fun and all, but the amount of cleaning you have to do afterward can be exhausting. The Narwal Freo X Ultra robot vacuum / mop hybrid can help speed things up, though, and it’s currently down to an all-time low of $849.99 (about $690 off) at Best Buy and Amazon (when you apply the on-p...
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Gabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didn’t happen because he was ‘stumped’

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Unsurprisingly, yesterday’s big Half-Life release wasn’t the sequel to Half-Life 2 or even the third Half-Life...
Unsurprisingly, yesterday’s big Half-Life release wasn’t the sequel to Half-Life 2 or even the third Half-Life 2: Episode entry, but a 20th-anniversary update to Valve’s legendary 2004 game. And given what studio co-founder Gabe Newell has to say on the subject in a 2-hour documentary that the company released in ta...
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NFL fans worry Netflix’s bad Tyson vs. Paul stream means it can’t handle football

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Netflix’s livestream of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match was a mess. I’m not...
Netflix’s livestream of the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul boxing match was a mess. I’m not talking about the bout itself — although people had their qualms with that, too — it’s the livestream, which people across the internet complained was plagued by buffering, unstable, and unwatchable muddiness. That doesn’t bode wel...
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Google will let you make AI clip art for your documents

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Google Workspace is rolling out a Gemini-powered AI image generator directly in Google Docs that lets...
Google Workspace is rolling out a Gemini-powered AI image generator directly in Google Docs that lets you quickly whip up visuals for your writeups. Essentially, it's a clip art maker that follows in the footsteps of Microsoft’s AI-generated art feature in its Office products.Google’s image generator in Docs is avai...
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Disney has reportedly pulled a Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode for telling a trans-inclusive story

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Though the remainder of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s final season is set to hit the...
Though the remainder of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s final season is set to hit the Disney Channel and Disney Plus some time next year, the studio is reportedly keeping one episode from airing because of its focus on a transgender character.Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur has often touched on ideas about race, class,...
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Here are the best Black Friday deals you can already get

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Can’t wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shop or score a killer deal on...
Can’t wait until Black Friday to start your holiday shop or score a killer deal on a gadget you’ve been eyeing? You may not have to. Although Black Friday isn’t until November 29th, Best Buy, Walmart, and Target have begun rolling out their holiday discounts, many of which are available elsewhere. Some retailers wil...
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The M4 MacBook Pro features a quantum dot display

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Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts

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Social network Bluesky, in a post on Friday, says that it has “no intention” of taking...
Social network Bluesky, in a post on Friday, says that it has “no intention” of taking user content to train generative AI tools. It made the statement the same day X’s new terms of service that spell out how it can analyze user text and other information to train its generative AI tools go into effect.“A number of ...
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Senator to Valve: what’s with all the Nazis on Steam?

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US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has sent a letter to Valve CEO Gabe Newell asking if...
US Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has sent a letter to Valve CEO Gabe Newell asking if the company intends to take measures to curtail extremist content on Steam. The letter references a report by the Anti-Defamation League that identified a large number of user accounts and user-created groups “that glorified antisemit...
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The new Mac Mini is great — now do the iPhone SE

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We could argue all day about the merits of iOS versus Android, but there’s one thing...
We could argue all day about the merits of iOS versus Android, but there’s one thing the Android ecosystem offers that you definitely won’t find from Apple right now: a decent midrange phone. By “decent,” I mean something I can enthusiastically recommend. Not “Eh, if it’s literally your only option, then it’s fine,”...
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Casio’s first smart ring has innovative features like a stopwatch and flashing alarm

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Not to be outdone by its longtime rival, Casio has announced its own digital ring watch...
Not to be outdone by its longtime rival, Casio has announced its own digital ring watch that brings more functionality than Timex’s wearable that debuted last month. Created to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Casio getting into the digital watch business, the CRW-001-1JR will be available in Japan starting ...
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Cruise fined $500K for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash

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GM’s Cruise will pay a criminal fine of $500,000 to resolve a federal investigation and accept...
GM’s Cruise will pay a criminal fine of $500,000 to resolve a federal investigation and accept a deferred prosecution agreement after the company admitted to falsifying a report to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) “with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation” of a cr...
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Pixel phones will be able to detect and report malicious apps in real time

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Google is beefing up its malware detection with new protections designed to suss out ever-sneakier bad...
Google is beefing up its malware detection with new protections designed to suss out ever-sneakier bad actors. Android’s Google Play Protect service is getting an update called live threat detection which seeks out potentially harmful apps on your phone by analyzing app behavior and alerts you in realtime if somethi...
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The Wall Street Journal is testing AI article summaries

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The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of...
The Wall Street Journal is experimenting with AI-generated article summaries that appear at the top of its news stories. The summaries appear as a “Key Points” box with bullets summarizing the piece. The Verge spotted the test on a story about Trump’s plans for the Department of Education, and the Journal confirmed ...
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Mark Zuckerberg just dropped a single with T-Pain

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GOG’s new preservation program intends to keep classic games playable ‘forever’

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PC game platform GOG has launched a new preservation program dedicated to keeping beloved older games...
PC game platform GOG has launched a new preservation program dedicated to keeping beloved older games playable, “now and in the future.”“If a game is part of the Preservation Program, it means that we commit our own resources to maintaining its compatibility with modern and future systems,” the announcement blog rea...
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GM offers free nighttime charging to Chevy EV owners in Texas

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General Motors is teaming up with Reliant Energy to offer free nighttime charging to some Chevy...
General Motors is teaming up with Reliant Energy to offer free nighttime charging to some Chevy electric vehicle owners in Texas. Chevy owners who enroll in Reliant’s EV charging plan will receive free nighttime charging through monthly bill credits that offset charges incurred between 11PM. and 6AM, the companies s...
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Spotify will start paying creators for popular videos

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Spotify is going all in on video.The company will soon begin paying creators based on how...
Spotify is going all in on video.The company will soon begin paying creators based on how much engagement their videos receive from paid subscribers. Automated ad breaks in videos will also be turned off for paid Spotify subscribers to encourage more consumption. Both of these changes go into effect starting January...
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Warcraft I and II get a new remaster that’s available now

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Blizzard just released Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest, which collects remasters of realtime strategy classics Warcraft I...
Blizzard just released Warcraft Remastered Battle Chest, which collects remasters of realtime strategy classics Warcraft I and II, as well as a 2.0 update for Warcraft III: Reforged. The company announced the collection, which is $39.99 on Battle.net, during today’s Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct livestream.The fi...
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