Month: August 2025
AI music is fine until it starts pretending to be real people
AI-generated music is becoming more widespread but not necessarily popular. And that’s just the publicly acknowledged AI music. Now, artists are dealing with seeing their name and voice attached to music they never performed or approved of, even if they passed away decades ago. The most recent high-profile incident occurred…
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YouTube TV could lose Fox channels this week
With the start of the NFL season looming, it’s also a window where many TV contracts are up for renewal, and on Monday evening, YouTube TV and Fox sent out alerts indicating that their contract could come to an end as soon as August 27th, at 5PM ET. Google-owned YouTube…
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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1529, Tuesday, August 26
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Monday’s puzzle instead then click here. It’s time for your guide…
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I saw Samsung’s $30,000, 115-inch micro-RGB TV, and its vivid picture outshines mini-LED TVs
Samsung’s massive, in both price and size, micro-RGB TV is barely two weeks old, but it’s making waves for those two factors as well as the promised visual quality. The 115-inch Micro RGB Samsung Vision AI Smart TV – yes, a long formal product name for sure – is out…
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The new entry-level Kindle Colorsoft is $30 off for a limited time
Amazon’s 16GB Kindle Colorsoft is less than a month old, but it’s already on sale for $219.99 ($30 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Meanwhile, the new Colorsoft Kids — which includes a 12-month subscription to Amazon Kids Plus, a two-year extended warranty, and a cover-style case — has…
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Best Buy just announced an expanded online marketplace, and it’s great news for 4K Blu-ray fans
Best Buy Marketplace sells DVD and Blu-Ray discs Online only via third party sellers Available in-app and online from today We’ve been saying for ages that reports of the death of movie discs are premature, and it looks like Best Buy agrees with us: it’s launching a new online marketplace…
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