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Too Little, Too Late? Sony Music Fires Off Blanket Warning Against the AI Mining of Its Catalog

May 17, 2024

Too little, too late? Sony Music has fired off a blanket warning against the unauthorized training of AI systems on its song catalog and other IP. The overarching Sony Music Group today made that clear-cut announcement on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment (SME) as well as its various subsidiaries and Sony Music Publishing (SMP). Spanning

Pandora Hits Back at MLC Lawsuit Over Streaming Royalties: ‘Legally Incoherent’

May 16, 2024

Music In a strongly-worded response, Pandora says the royalties group "thinks it knows better than the entire music publishing industry." Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket...

Huey Lewis Calls Musical Inspired by His Band’s Songs a ‘Creative Outlet’ After Losing His Hearing

May 16, 2024

Music You may not think of Buddhist philosophy and Huey Lewis as the same time very often, but it works for him when considering...

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Cash use rises for first time in 13 years as cost of living increases

January 17, 2023

Mediteraneo - stock.adobe.com The number of cash withdrawals increased last year, for the first time in 13 years, but remains below the pre-Covid-19 figure By Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA Published: 16 Jan 2023 15:45 The amount of cash withdrawn from ATMs increased 19% in 2022 as people attempted to avoid going

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Late Prof. Dora Akunyili’s first daughter named as Chief Medical Officer of Jersey City

January 16, 2023

The Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJ Barnabas Health facility, has announced the appointment of Ijeoma Akunyili, as the new Chief Medical Officer (CMO). In a statement released on the official website of the Medical Center on Wednesday, Dr. Ijeoma Akunyili is the first African American medical professional to serve in that role...

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Hong Kong’s First Crypto Futures EFTs Raise $73.6M Ahead of Launch

January 15, 2023

CSOP Asset Management, an investment advisor based in Hong Kong, will launch Bitcoin and Ether futures exchange-traded funds (ETS) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Friday. However, ahead of their debut, the ETFs have raised a combined $73.6 million, with the Bitcoin futures ETF alone accounting for $53.9 million...

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The Webb Telescope’s first confirmed exoplanet is 99 percent the diameter of Earth

January 12, 2023

Having already returned visually stunning and scientifically spectacular results from its first six months in operation, the James Webb Space Telescope has recorded another inaugural milestone: its first exoplanet discovery confirmation. It peered 41 light years into the cosmos and found a planet in the Octans constellation with a diameter 99 percent that of Earth

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Meta’s first Quest VR headset will no longer get any feature updates

January 11, 2023

In an email sent to users, Meta said it will continue supporting Quest 1 with a few — but pretty big — changes. While owners can still use the device and the apps available for it, the Quest 1 will no longer be receiving new features. In addition, Meta will only be rolling out critical

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The UK counts down to its first ever orbital satellite launch

January 10, 2023

Story by Ioanna Lykiardopoulou Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives. Ioanna is a writer at SHIFT. She likes the transition from old to modern, and she's all about shifting perspectives. The first ever orbital satellite launch from the UK — and Europe

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The first orbital launch attempt from the UK ends in failure

January 10, 2023

A load of tosh — This is likely to be a devastating launch failure for Virgin Orbit. Eric Berger - Jan 10, 2023 12:56 am UTC Enlarge / A screen capture from Virgin Orbit's webcast showing the rocket's main engine firing nominally.Virgin Orbit Everything went well during the initial phases of a historic launch attempt

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