Following days of criticism from the security community, Redmond dials back rhetoric, insists vulnerability hunters not in its legal crosshairs
Berlin-based startup Neural Frames has built a platform for creating music videos using AI, and its annual run rate (ARR – a projection of annual earnings from its current performance) has just crossed $5m. The milestone comes as Neural Frames adds a significant name to its team.
Earlier this year, we reported on music-education firm Roli’s launch of an ‘AI Music Coach’ to help people learn to play the company’s Airwave instrument. Now it’s branching out to more-traditional keyboards.
Record-recycling is all the rage at the moment: witness our recent report on a WMG-backed pilot turning unsold vinyl into new records while keeping the sound quality high.
The 35th-birthday-year festivities continue for UK talent-development organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors – and now it has some big financial muscle joining the party: Bank of America.
With labels grumbling off-record to Bloomberg about TikTok caring more about its SoundOn distribution arm and direct relationships with artists, what better time to, ahem, celebrate the latest SoundOn success story? There’s nuance here though.
Pride Month got underway yesterday, and as ever we expect to see plenty of musical activations and brand partnerships celebrating LGBTQ+ culture and communities. Starting with electronic-music brand Serato and Apple Music.
The new FestProtect platform will offer benefits to select fans who face issues at festivals, from weather cancellations to long lines.
Benson Boone, Zara Larsson and Weezer are also on the docket.
BTS, Benson Boone and Cardi B are among the acts slated to perform at the iHeartRadio Music Festival presented by Capital One, taking place on September 18-19 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena.
Chatbot has no respect for timing of its maker's financial announcement
Networking orders surged, AI demand showed little sign of slowing, and HPE used the occasion to take a victory lap over its $14 billion Juniper bet
Suno CTO Georg Kucsko argued that if rivals obtain access to Suno's model, this could allow them to benchmark their own systems against that of Suno. Source
Anthropic said the proposed IPO will depend on market conditions and other factors. Source
If you’re going to impersonate an officer, perhaps choose a more sophisticated way to nick cash than asking for gift cards…
The code strings were discovered in the beta version of the Apple Music app for Android by tech analyst Aaron Perris. Source
Merlin has also promoted four additional members of its Partnerships team: Shannon Bradley, Alice Moss, Daniele Yandel, and Simon Marcel. Source
The program will commit $10 million in capital to selected labels in its first round, alongside tailored strategic guidance and priority access to promotional tools. Source
Britain's former US ambassador founded lobbyist that represented spy-tech firm, saw it win big roles in UK defense, health tech
And then there was… one? Going into this past weekend, there were two out of nine artists booked for the “Freedom 250” concerts in Washington, D.C. that were still proclaiming an eagerness to do the gig: Vanilla Ice and Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan.
He will lead all domestic frontline activity across Warner Music Central Europe and its domestic labels in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. Source
Meanwhile, Intel and SambaNova's disaggregated inference blueprint lands its first customer
Eight years after it launched in India, Amazon Music is changing the way it does business in the country. The audio-streaming service, which was only available to subscribers of Amazon’s […] The post is from Music Ally.
Drew Fulk (aka WZRD BLD) on making his name in rock and metal, crossing over, creative inspiration, AI, and whether or not he might need therapy Source
Jorge Brea is CEO of Symphonic, one of the industry’s most successful independent distribution platforms, says the global music business must come together to enforce standardized policies around AI music… Source
Independent music-streaming service Nina Protocol is shutting down after five years after struggling to find “a path to sustainability”.
Nice technology, shame about the price and the indoor blackouts
The band's new album, I Built You a Tower, arrives on June 5
The addition brings the Australian run to five shows.
The tour wraps with five Australian and New Zealand dates in January 2027.
On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart poked fun at President Donald Trump’s Freedom 250 concert series after more than half the acts dropped out. “Man, I need good news. I need some relief. And I’ll tell you why,” Stewart said at the top of his monologue.
The sellout builds on a remarkable run of momentum for the Melbourne-born DJ.
“His pattern of stalking, trespassing, and surveillance has caused me severe and ongoing emotional distress," the pop star wrote in a declaration
'16% of my monthly Pro+ allowance. Gone. For basically nothing'
There’s strength in numbers. We’ve been waiting for a universal protest song. But after twenty five years can we admit that we’re never going to get one, just like we’re never going to get a new Beatles? The market is too fragmented. But when you band together, that’s where strength lies today.
One of the biggest differences between this season and the past three seasons is that this is now a global audition.
Kaur will oversee the company’s operations across the continent Source
After two years of dating, the couple tied the knot in one of London's most historic locations.
“In 1996, Jam Productions produced approximately 130 arena concerts, which was the most profitable segment of our company. By 2025, that number had fallen to just 4, a 97% decline.” Jerry Mickelson Congressional testimony:...
On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are discussing everything we know about "I Knew It, I Knew You" so far.
TeamPCP? Or copycat malware dev?
Everybody’s dead except Jaimoe. Who actually comes alive in this flick in a way we’ve never seen before. Now the funny thing is I lived through the ascent and continuation of the Allman Brothers, but now they’re in the rearview mirror, and without a champion, without songs that get endless repeats...
Drake still dominates the top 10 of the Hot 100, but can Olivia Rodrigo’s debut entry, “The Cure,” or Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” sweep Drake from his No. 1 spot this week? Tetris Kelly: Does Olivia Rodrigo have what it takes to overcome the Drake takeover?
The festival will take place Nov. 28 and 29 in Mexico City, also featuring Grupo Frontera, Justin Quiles, Lenny Tavárez & others.
Fresh off his tour stop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Lestat de Lioncourt opens up—reluctantly—about music, fame, and fandom
Hacking voting machines is so 2017. Phishing, impersonation pose the real election risks
The track has surpassed 150m streams on Spotify and has been used to soundtrack more than 6.4m videos on TikTok Source
First it tops OpenAI's valuation, then it beats Altman to the IPO punch
“I’ve always dreamed of getting to write for these characters who I’ve adored since I was a 5 year old kid watching the first Toy Story movie,” Swift says
The countdown is over, although there is surely further suspense to come. Following the ticking down of a countdown clock, Taylor Swift revealed news that fans have been waiting for — an original song in “Toy Story 5, titled “I Knew It, I Knew You,” coming out this Friday.
The darkly comedic Christian Breslauer clip finds the supposedly dead-and-buried singer everywhere Long goes
China's support is greater relative to semiconductor industry revenue
Ariana Grande has released the video for her latest single “Hate That I Made You Love Me,” a horror-inspired visual co-starring actor Justin Long. The video was directed by Christian Breslauer, who shot last year’s short film “Brighter Days Ahead,” from the singer’s 2024 album “Eternal Sunshine.”...
Kai is an extension for RAD Studio (Delphi and C++ Builder) that integrates with external AI providers
Buckeye State found it had inadvertently joined the billion dollar losers' club
The album cover features a photo of Martin Scorsese, Marc Jacobs, and the Velvet Underground’s John Cale
A database containing 64,000 user records was published to GitHub after an attacker claimed to have compromised all Atlas systems
Max Busin, founder and CEO of Gotobeat, is one of the nominees for our 2026 International Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Last-hour amendments aim to allay privacy concerns, but broad scepticism about feasibility remains
Charli xcx’s new era is officially upon us. The “Brat” singer revealed on Monday that her seventh studio album is titled “Music, Fashion, Film” and releases July 24.
Another year, another Roots Picnic on the books. This year, the legendary Roots crew staged the almost decades-old festival at Philadelphia’s Belmont Plateau, assembling a lineup that offered the best of both hip-hop and R&B across a seamless two days.
The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution prohibits the federal government from taking private property for public use without just compensation, embracing a principle at least as old as Cicero, who wrote in his 44 BCE book On Duties, “he who will administer a commonwealth must especially see to...
System relies on a proprietary storage layer as AWS moves to separate storage and compute to fit mega AI demands
Last week we reported on LyricFind filing an updated complaint in its lawsuit against rival Musixmatch. Now the latter company has responded. LyricFind published its new filing in a ‘redlined’ version to highlight some of the new accusations of anticompetitive behaviour that it is making against...
It’s SXSW London this week, with all manner of talks and events focusing on music and tech in the UK’s capital. But a report released as it kicks off has some warnings about funding for the UK’s music-tech scene.
Veteran singer Brenda Lee has 1.6 million monthly listeners on Spotify, although that figure spikes enormously in December – to more than 60m according to Chartmetric – thanks to a certain Christmas-tree classic.
If you had ‘The actual White House publishes a mysterious but firmly military-themed Instagram reel soundtracked by Boards of Canada, with added side-eye emoji’ on your 2026 bingo card… well, you’re a winner. We’re just not sure if you’ll feel celebratory about it.
“Is AI music the next Snapchat filter?” wonders the latest thinkpiece from Rolling Stone, focusing on a burgeoning ‘text to song’ trend on TikTok. What’s that?
Rapid7: Attackers exploit authentication bypass flaw in the wild, meaning more emergency patching for PAN-OS users
Forget Wintel, we're living in a Winvidia world now
Well, that didn’t take long then. A couple of days after UMG shareholder the Bolloré Group firmly rejected hedge-fund Pershing Square’s acquisition bid for the major label, now UMG itself has followed suit.
Engineers' weekends ruined as Dashlane's automatic protections kicked in
The musician confirmed a tour won’t happen in 2026, but will be “as soon as possible”
Sarah Wynn-Williams’ Careless People won the Freedom to Publish Award while Meta and Mark Zuckerberg personally are defendants in multiple copyright lawsuits alleging Zuckerberg directed Facebook/Meta employees to use pirated books via BitTorrent to train AI systems.
M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for $2.8 million after the British rapper was kicked off his Rebel Ragers Tour for “making offensive remarks” during her opening act.
Veteran R&B singer Peabo Bryson, best known for his duets from the Disney films “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast,” has suffered a stroke and is undergoing treatment, according to a statement from his rep to Variety on Sunday.
Singer claims it breached her contract with Live Nation which guaranteed her “full creative control” of her performance
The rapper delivered a surprise a cappella freestyle on Saturday
The wedding took place May 31 at Old Marylebone Town Hall
Even the cover revels in a low-bit digital aesthetic. | Image: Saddle Creek / Feeble Little Horse From the opening moments of bitknot, it's obvious that Feeble Little Horse has found an entirely new gear.
We have released Picard 3 beta 4. The recently released beta 3 did crash on macOS and when running the picard-plugins command line tool, both has been fixed in this. In addition beta 4 fixes display issues in the new log view.
Italian authorities have canceled upcoming concerts by Kanye West and Travis Scott that had been scheduled to take place in July in the northern city of Reggio Emilia, citing security concerns.
Bill Ackman said he wanted to "unlock value" at UMG. Then UMG unlocked part of that value itself. Why Bolloré was right, why artists deserve more than buybacks, and why AI infrastructure may be the better investment.
Tune in Saturday May 30th to Faction Talk, channel 103, at 4 PM East, 1 PM West. Phone #: 844-686-5863 If you miss the episode, you can hear it on demand on the SiriusXM app. Search: Lefsetz
Today, we’re making available another pre-release version for the upcoming MusicBrainz Picard 3. This beta release offers various bugfixes and improvements over the last beta.
CNN Sues AI Firm Perplexity, Alleging It Engaged in ‘Massive Copyright Infringement’ — “In the 54-page federal complaint, CNN points to Perplexity’s former ads claiming that it helps users skip the ‘extra steps and clicks’ they’d normally take to access news content.
The days are getting longer, the temperatures are rising, and playlists are filling up for the season. With summer around the corner, Spotify’s global editors have been keeping a close eye on the musical landscape and are ready to unveil the songs they think could shape this year’s soundtrack.
The Podcast Show 2026 reflected an industry entering a more mature and commercially sophisticated phase. While previous years of often focused on podcasting proving its value within entertainment and media , this year’s conversations centred far more on sustainability, audience growth, and...
Since early last year, our quarterly Creator Milestone Awards have celebrated podcasts from around the world that hit major streaming milestones on Spotify. Today, we’re announcing the first round of 2026 recipients.
A little refresh can go a long way. We’ve been making behind-the-scenes updates to make Spotify easier to use and more reliable. Based on your feedback, we’re rolling out a series of improvements focused on the everyday features that help keep listening smooth.
Music streaming, like most other digital entertainment types, has never been more personal. Every listener is now super-served their own algorithmically-generated world of personalised playlists, AI DJs, and hyper-specific recommendations. Source
On May 8, 1,500 of Olivia Rodrigo’s top fans gathered in Barcelona’s Teatre Grec for the pop star’s first live concert of her you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love era. Now, fans who couldn’t be there—and those who want to relive it—can watch Billions Club Live with Olivia Rodrigo: A Concert...
On Purpose is one of the most popular podcasts in the world, known for conversations with influential voices across culture, wellness, and personal growth. Now, Spotify, Netflix, and host Jay Shetty are teaming up to bring the show to video across both platforms beginning July 13.
In early May 2026, New York Magazine and The Verge published articles outing the secret sauce of marketing in the social video era: clipping campaigns. In summary, thousands of accounts across social media are mobilised – through formal companies like Floodify or through informal networks on...
ElevenLabs' new model will let users regenerate a section of a song without affecting the rest of the track.
The best podcast moments deserve more than just a mental note. That’s why today, we’re making those moments easier to save and share with clips. Whether it’s a piece of advice that reframes how you think, a conversation that makes you laugh, or a segment you know a friend needs to hear, those...
Social video platforms are often portrayed as the home of modern entertainment fandom. There is no question that YouTube and TikTok have enabled audiences to deepen their relationships with entertainment IP compared to the pre-digital era. Source
The Memorymoog is legendary for being an absolutely massive-sounding synth and being incredibly unreliable. But now you can enjoy its classic Moog sound without the headaches or the sky-high vintage price, thanks to Arturia's Memory V emulator.