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My therapist thinks I should chuck the Amazon Bee Frontier out a window

  • Bee records conversations and uses AI to interpret them.
  • Song says its mistakes have made her doubt her own memories.
  • Her therapist advised her to stop using the device.

An always-on recording device that Victoria Song initially hoped would help her check her memories has instead made her doubt them. The Amazon Bee Frontier transcribes conversations and uses AI to summarise them, but Song says its errors and confident interpretations can make her feel “perpetually gaslit”; after…

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Bob Dylan Meets Pope Leo

  • Pope Leo XIV met Bob Dylan at the Vatican.
  • Dylan gave the Pope his memoir and received a rosary.
  • The Pope had recently quoted Dylan’s anti-war song.

Pope Leo XIV met Bob Dylan at the Vatican on Wednesday, where they exchanged greetings and gifts. Their meeting follows the Pope’s use of Dylan’s unreleased song “Go Away You Bomb” to warn about global rearmament and the threat of nuclear weapons. Dylan gave the Pope a copy…

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Cardi B reveals her and Stefon Diggs’ baby boy’s name

  • Cardi B has revealed her son’s name is Grey.
  • Grey is her fourth child and first with Stefon Diggs.
  • She shared the news alongside photos for his first birthday.

Cardi B has revealed that her fourth child, a boy and her first with former partner Stefon Diggs, is named Grey. She announced the name on Instagram while sharing photos for his first birthday, describing how his presence gave her strength during an uncertain period in her life.…

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Bob Dylan, Wearing Hoodie, Meets Pope

  • Pope Leo XIV held a private audience with Bob Dylan at the Vatican.
  • Dylan wore a black hoodie and signed a book for the Pope.
  • Leo has quoted a little-known Dylan lyric about nuclear weapons.

Pope Leo XIV met Bob Dylan in a private audience at the Vatican on 4 November, bringing together the famously private musician and a pontiff who has shown interest in his work. The meeting drew attention partly because Dylan arrived in a black hoodie with the hood up,…

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Bob Dylan enjoys a private audience with Pope Leo

  • Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on 4 November.
  • They exchanged a rosary and Dylan’s autobiography.
  • The meeting came between tour dates in Milan and Rome.

Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican on 4 November, between tour dates in Milan and Rome. The meeting brought together the singer-songwriter and a pontiff who has previously shown appreciation for Dylan’s work, including quoting his lyrics in a book preface.…

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METALLICA Shares Pro-Shot Video Of ‘Sad But True’ Performance From Fifth Show Of Las Vegas Sphere Residency

  • Metallica released “Sad But True” footage from its fifth Sphere show.
  • The 24-show residency runs through 13 March 2027.
  • Paired Thursday and Saturday concerts feature different setlists.

Metallica has released professionally filmed footage of “Sad But True” from the fifth show of its “Life Burns Faster” residency at the Las Vegas Sphere, held on 15 October. The video offers a look at the band’s performance in a venue designed around immersive visuals and sound. The…

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The 1967 album that David Gilmour and Roger Waters agreed was better than everything: “Changed the face of the record industry”

  • Gilmour said *Sgt Pepper* changed the record industry.
  • The album outsold singles and helped bands gain studio freedom.
  • Waters and his bandmates recognised its impact in 1967.

David Gilmour and Roger Waters both praised The Beatles’ 1967 album *Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band*, which they saw as a landmark in recorded music. Gilmour said it changed the record industry by showing that albums could outsell singles, giving bands such as Pink Floyd more studio…

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Suno Seeks to Dismiss Jason Isbell Lawsuit, Argues There’s ‘Nothing Unlawful’ About Invoking Artist Names to Describe Genres

  • Suno has asked a federal court to dismiss Jason Isbell’s lawsuit.
  • The case concerns artists’ identities, rather than copyright.
  • Suno says artist names can describe musical styles.

Suno has asked a federal court to dismiss Jason Isbell and three other musicians’ class-action lawsuit, arguing that using artists’ names to describe musical styles is lawful. The case matters because it challenges AI-generated music through artists’ rights to control the use of their identities, rather than through…

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Nicki Minaj Makes Election Day Appearance at New Hampshire Polling Site

  • Nicki Minaj visited a New Hampshire polling station on Election Day.
  • She greeted voters and took photographs.
  • New Hampshire voters elected Democrats to Congress and re-elected Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte.

Nicki Minaj visited a polling station at Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, on Election Day, where she greeted voters and posed for photographs. Her appearance drew attention amid her public support for President Donald Trump and Republican candidates. Minaj arrived at about 5.30pm ET and left in…

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CoSign: Hudson Freeman Turns the Rapture Inside Out on Doom Country

  • Hudson Freeman’s new album revisits his evangelical upbringing.
  • Doom Country imagines the Rapture as a descent.
  • Its folk sound pairs beauty with grit and dissonance.

Hudson Freeman has released Doom Country, an album that reworks the apocalyptic beliefs he grew up with into a darkly humorous vision of a country after the Rapture. The New York-based songwriter, raised in Texas by evangelical missionary parents, says making the record helped him take apart a…

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