Electronics New Android 12-powered Sony Walkmans: cool looks and high prices Retro tech with a very modern update By Rob Thubron, January 16, 2023, 5:18 AM 35 comments
Software The Web Riffusion, AI-based music generation where Beethoven meets Radiohead Stable Diffusion machine learning applied to fusion sonograms By Alfonso Maruccia, December 19, 2022, 2:30 PM
Electronics Tech Culture Audio-Technica resurrects iconic Sound Burger portable record player Part of Audio-Technica's 60th anniversary celebration By Shawn Knight, November 2, 2022, 12:17 PM 7 comments
The Web Amazon Prime members can now shuffle play entire 100 million song catalog From two million to 100 million tracks By Shawn Knight, November 1, 2022, 12:04 PM 9 comments
Industry The Web Spotify subscriber growth continues as 2023 price hike looms Spotify finished Q3 with 456 million monthly active users By Shawn Knight, October 26, 2022, 2:53 PM
Apple Tech Culture Bono says to blame him for the infamous free U2 album on iTunes And Steve Jobs refused to give the band any Apple stock for appearing in a commercial By Rob Thubron, October 24, 2022, 8:16 AM
Software Download of the Week Winamp 5.9 final is available for download Winamp is back after a four-year hiatus. Version 5.9 improves Windows 11 support, adds https and high resolution playback among many other underlying changes. By Ivan Franco, September 12, 2022, 10:37 AM
Hardware Security Janet Jackson song from 1989 declared a cybersecurity vulnerability for crashing hard drives Rhythm Nation doesn't send out good vibrations By Rob Thubron, August 18, 2022, 9:55 AM 16 comments
The Web Tech Deals Spotify is offering three months of free Premium service to new subscribers A $30 value By Shawn Knight, August 16, 2022, 3:03 PM
Industry The Web Spotify adds a record number of Q2 users, still loses money User numbers are the company's priority By Rob Thubron, July 27, 2022, 8:20 AM
Gaming Spotify acquires Wordle's song-based cousin 'Heardle' But it will remain free for everyone By Cohen Coberly, July 14, 2022, 7:23 AM
Tech Culture Spotify's Upside Down Playlist reveals your own anti-Vecna song Find out your own 'Running Up That Hill' By Rob Thubron, June 30, 2022, 8:13 AM
Tech Culture The Floppotron 3.0 is a computer hardware orchestra on steroids 512 floppy drives can make beautiful music By Shawn Knight, June 14, 2022, 1:59 PM
Industry Google Epic Games is trying to stop Google from taking Bandcamp off the Play Store Epic and Bandcamp say Google's sales cut would hurt artists and customers By Daniel Sims, April 29, 2022, 4:04 PM
Industry Tech Culture Spotify gained 2 million subscribers this year despite Joe Rogan controversy and Russia exit But its stock still took a dive By Tudor Cibean, April 27, 2022, 2:42 PM 17 comments
Industry Spotify paid out a record-breaking $7 billion+ to music rights holders in 2021 Streaming is making music more viable to artists worldwide By Shawn Knight, March 24, 2022, 3:33 PM
Tech Culture Industry Music CD sales increased last year for the first time since 2004 It's like the 90s all over again By Rob Thubron, March 14, 2022, 9:07 AM 17 comments
Industry Gaming Epic Games is acquiring music service Bandcamp Bandcamp promises its policies won't change By Daniel Sims, March 2, 2022, 4:39 PM 7 comments
Tech Culture The Web Neil Young demands Spotify remove his music over Joe Rogan's vaccine 'disinformation' "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both" By Rob Thubron, January 25, 2022, 6:45 AM 97 comments
Industry The Web Spotify maintains a comfortable lead in the streaming music subscriber market Spotify will enjoy a comfortable lead over the competition for a while longer By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2022, 10:48 AM 11 comments
Industry Spotify HiFi still doesn't have a launch date after nearly five years Spotify HiFi is still MIA By Shawn Knight, January 10, 2022, 10:49 AM
Apple Software Apple Music's Siri-only "Voice Plan" is now available for $5 a month No-frills music streaming at a discount By Cohen Coberly, December 13, 2021, 7:11 PM
The Web Mobile Spotify stops shuffling album tracks by default after Adele requests the change Shuffle is hidden but not gone By Rob Thubron, November 22, 2021, 1:10 PM 45 comments
Tech Culture Gaming Kojima Productions branches into music, television, and movies with new division LA offices will handle transitioning game IPs into other areas of pop culture By Cal Jeffrey, November 22, 2021, 12:29 PM
Tech Culture Gaming Former Bungie audio director asks fans to delete music shared without legal permission Marty O'Donnell fulfills his court-ordered destiny, requests shared audio be deleted By Jimmy Pezzone, November 21, 2021, 8:35 AM 11 comments