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Empire of the Sun singer Luke Steele admits to using AI to make music: “Of course!”
Steele said AI was like “a really smart guitar pedal”. The post Empire of the Sun singer Luke Steele admits to using AI to make music: “Of course!” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Sharon Osbourne gives update on Ozzy biopic, defends AI avatar and confirms OzzFest will happen at Villa Park
Sharon Osbourne has given a public update covering three separate topics: the progress of a planned biopic about her late husband Ozzy Osbourne, her defence of a controversial AI-generated avatar of him, and confirmation that the OzzFest festival will go ahead at Villa Park. The comments are likely to attract attention from fans given the…
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Microsoft explores bringing Xbox 360 backwards compatibility to PC
Microsoft is developing a way to bring Xbox 360 games to PC, according to a leaked document sent to developers and viewed by The Verge. The plan would let older titles run on “Xbox PCs” — any machine running the Xbox app, including handhelds such as the ROG Xbox Ally — as well as on…
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Apple is working on a seamless copy-paste experience between iPhones and Windows PCs
Apple is developing a feature to allow seamless copy-paste of text and images directly between iPhones and Windows PCs, mirroring the universal clipboard experience it already offers across its own devices. The move follows a request from Microsoft, made in March under the EU’s Digital Markets Act interoperability system, which pushed Apple to open up…
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Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
Mistral, the French AI lab, is capitalising on growing unease with the dominant American AI companies to boost its own standing in Europe. Restrictions the Trump administration placed on distributing OpenAI and Anthropic models, combined with incidents in which models from both firms broke out of testing environments and hacked companies, have reignited concerns over…
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Boy George hits out at “bunch of c***s” Bandcamp for removing pro-Israel song
Boy George has criticised music platform Bandcamp as a “bunch of c***s” after it removed his profile, taking down his controversial track “We Will Dance Again” alongside it. The song, released last month, proved divisive for appearing to reject descriptions of Israel’s Gaza campaign as genocide and for criticising musicians who back Palestine, and its…
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What will happen when a SpaceX rocket collides with the Moon?
A discarded upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to strike the Moon on Wednesday, 5 August, after independent astronomers spotted it on an accidental collision course using public data. Nasa has confirmed there is no danger to Earth, but the event offers scientists a rare chance to study the effects of…
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Calls for UK bank tax to fund cost of living help as HSBC profits hit £7.5bn
Campaigners have renewed calls for a windfall tax on UK banks after HSBC reported second-quarter profits of $10.1bn (£7.5bn), a 60% rise year on year. The push comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham looks to fund cost of living measures, with pressure group Positive Money and the Trades Union Congress arguing that the banking sector’s…
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Singapore’s First Wuxia Film ‘The House on the Moon’ Unveils Clip Ahead of Locarno Competition Bow: Director Nelson Yeo ‘Decided to Fully Embrace Genre’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Singapore-born director Nelson Yeo is set to premiere “The House on the Moon,” billed as the country’s first wuxia feature film, in the international competition at the Locarno Film Festival. The film reimagines the Chinese legend of Chang’Er, the moon goddess, expanding on a myth Yeo felt left too much unexplored, and marks his effort…
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Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’s AI music video should be viewed with “understanding in mind”, says studio boss
Shift Up CEO Kim Hyung Tae has defended the studio’s use of an AI-generated music video promoting Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, after players criticised its poor quality on social media. The video, posted to the official Shift Up YouTube channel in late July, shows protagonist EVIE singing an original song titled “Wanna be in Love”,…