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Universal Music Group Opens Its Catalog to Hook’s AI-Powered Remixing & Social Tools
Universal Music Group has struck a deal with AI-powered social app Hook, allowing fans to remix and mash up songs from UMG’s catalogue and share them on the app or directly to platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and SoundCloud. The partnership significantly expands Hook’s pool of fully cleared and licensed music, following existing agreements…
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‘You Don’t Get XP, But Zones Do’ — How Control Resonant Is Rewriting the Action RPG Rule Book
In Control Resonant, taking down Manhattan’s monsters comes with consequences. We take a deep dive into Remedy’s new approach to boss design and how killing them changes the world around you.
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“I didn’t kill anybody, I didn’t bully anybody. I just made some stupid mistakes – and I am not a Nazi.” Alex Terrible addresses the controversies surrounding Slaughter To Prevail
Slaughter To Prevail frontman Alex Terrible has addressed the controversies that have long surrounded the Russian metalcore band, saying he believes the criticism will never fully go away. He made the comments during a ‘People Vs’ feature with Metal Hammer ahead of the group’s headline set at Bloodstock Festival in the UK, in which musicians…
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The Pixel 11 Pro is a great phone, no thanks to its flashiest new features
Google’s new Pixel 11 Pro and 11 Pro XL flagship phones arrive with an emphasis on software features designed to reduce screen time, including proactive assistance for tasks like restaurant bookings and improved voice-to-text. However, The Verge’s review finds the underlying hardware only modestly upgraded from last year’s Pixel 10 Pro line, meaning these headline…
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Cardi B Jokes to Her Kids They Need Fight for Her When She’s an ‘Old B—h’: ‘You Got Me?’
Cardi B has amused fans after joking on Instagram Live that her young children will need to learn to fight so they can protect her once she is too old to defend herself. Speaking during a late-night dinner with her eldest two children, Kulture, 8, and Wave, 4, the rapper explained she has enrolled them…
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Rivian spinout Also raises another $150 million
Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has raised a further $150 million as it pushes beyond its electric pedal-assist bikes and cargo quads into autonomous delivery vehicles. The Series D round underscores growing investor confidence in the company’s strategy of applying Rivian’s vertically integrated, design-led approach to smaller electric vehicles, and comes as…
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Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial
A landmark federal trial against Meta concluded its opening phase with damaging testimony from whistleblower Arturo Béjar, a former Facebook safety engineer, who told jurors the company operated a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach to child safety despite being repeatedly warned about harm to young users. Béjar said Mark Zuckerberg created a “false and misleading…
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Angine de Poitrine Conquered the Internet. Now They’re Coming for America
The Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine, performing as costumed “333-year-old aliens” playing microtonal math rock, has become an unexpectedly huge live draw in the US, with fans queuing for hours outside a Los Angeles venue and resorting to desperate measures to see them. Their rapid rise, fuelled largely by a viral video, illustrates how a…
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DOWN Announces New Album ‘Volume V’, Shares ‘Blood Oath’ Single
American heavy metal icons DOWN will unleash their long-awaited new studio album, “Volume V”, on November 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. DOWN was never just a band. It’s a brotherhood rooted in childhood friendships that have endured for decades. It’s an homage to the city of New Orleans, Louisiana….
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Ted Cruz takes victory lap as iconic American brand’s stock plunges to 12-year low
Ted Cruz revived his Nike boycott on social media, saying the Betsy Ross shoe cancellation proved the brand's “marketing plan was America-hate.”