AI is blowing up music. How should the Grammys handle it?

Today I’m talking with Harvey Mason Jr., who is CEO of the Recording Academy — that’s the outfit that puts on the Grammy Awards. I last talked to Harvey in 2024, when it was obvious that generative AI would upend the music industry, but still not exactly clea…

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I went looking for the AI weed vape that gives you Bitcoin for smoking

The crypto weed vape found me on 4/20, the high holiday of cannabis enthusiasts everywhere. It arrived over Slack with the thumbnail of a man exhaling a plume of vapor, the words "every hit delivers Bitcoin" emblazoned across it. It claimed to be advertising …

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User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about gadgets and smartphones, follow Dominic Preston. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How…

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This extravagant gaming laptop could ruin other screens for you

My eyes have seen the PC gaming promised land, and it's a beautifully bright world without a shred of blurriness. It's warm, it looks lovely, and it's impeccably sharp. Also, it's expensive as hell. I've dipped my toe in this world by testing a pre-production…

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Listen to the new Steam Controller buzz to the tune of Doom

You may have heard that Valve's new Steam Controller can ring like a telephone or do the Wilhelm scream. But did you know it can sing songs, too? Let me show you. Here's the new Steam Controller performing the "Ground Theme" from Super Mario Bros. 2: Here is …

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Nicholas Galitzine finds footing as He-Man in 'Masters of the Universe' movie

He-Man originated in the early 1980s as a Mattel action figure, with the 2026 “Masters of the Universe” film emerging from a collaboration between Mattel Studios and Amazon MGM Studios

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Italy allocates special quota for 10,500 Pakistani workers over next three years

Outgoing Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Marilina Armellin said while speaking at a ceremony to mark the Italian National Day and Republic Day in Islamabad

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Gold prices lose thousands in value in Pakistan

Per tola price reaches Rs467,762 after a decline of Rs8,600

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Iran drone and missile attack hits Kuwait airport, state news agency says

The attack caused “severe damage” to the airport’s T1 building, the report said, citing the General Civil Aviation Authority

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Can there ever really be “one China?”

For decades, Taiwan’s passport didn’t say “Taiwan” at all. It said something else: the Republic of China. But if Taiwan has called itself China, who gets to be the “real” China? This video traces the evolution of Taiwan’s identity through one simple object: i…

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New college grads are doing better than the vibes suggest

There are many ways to bomb a college commencement speech.  You can tell everyone you composed the talk while high on ayahuasca, like Chris Pan at Ohio State. You can deliver the entirety of your speech in the voices of your incredibly annoying cartoon charac…

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What twins can teach us about friendship

Ricky and Royce Marnell, 28-year-old fraternal twins from Orlando, Florida, have seldom done anything apart. Together, they competed on the wrestling team throughout their childhood and adolescence. On weekends, they’d venture to the nearby park to play footb…

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Millions of Americans are losing their health insurance

One of the clearest success stories in US healthcare over the past 20 years has been the dramatic decline in the number of Americans without health insurance. In 2010, the year the Affordable Care Act was enacted, 16 percent of the population lacked coverage.…

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Serena Williams announces comeback to professional tennis...

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Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access

The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's features now need to pay for a flat $11.99 /…

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