Randy Pekar

After switching 97% of its long-time Premium subscribers to its bundled offering, Spotify now launches a music-only subscription—putting the onus on customers to switch. Spotify is facing a lawsuit from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) for underpaying royalties to publishers and songwriters because of its bundling scheme…Read More

A New York federal court has officially dismissed with prejudice a copyright infringement complaint filed against Megan Thee Stallion, Warner Music, and others over “Savage.” District Judge Katherine Failla just recently granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the pro se action, acknowledging in a footnote the “substantial assistance” provided by one of her interns in

Spotify announces a first-of-its-kind partnership with Sabrina Carpenter and AEG to offer presale tickets to her upcoming tour for ‘Spotify top listeners.’ It’s the Summer of Sabrina, and the weather’s heating up. Sabrina Carpenter, whose hits “Please Please Please” and “Espresso” sit atop Spotify’s Top 50 Global Songs chart…Read More

Paramount+ documentary promises ‘the uncensored story of ‘80s hair metal,’ with interviews with bands like Poison, Skid Row, Ratt, and Guns N’ Roses. Paramount+ has announced a new documentary series, “Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored Story of ‘80s Hair Metal,” which will premiere on the service later this year…Read More

Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team has revealed several new generative AI models focused on audio generation, text-to-vision, and watermarking. The audio generation model JASCO is capable of accepting not just text inputs, but also chords and beats for additional customization of the generated audio. “By publicly sharing our early research work…Read More

What would you think of a device that promised to cure cancer, soothe arthritis, and even irradiate your baby’s milk? Interesting, right? OK, how about if I added that this miracle gadget could do all these things with the power of radioactive gas? Sold! Sorry to say…Read More

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. When Sydney hosted the 2000 Summer Olympics, an unlikely hero emerged: an unofficial mascot known as Fatso the Fat-Arsed Wombat. Introduced by comedians, it helped to kick off a wave of love for a critter not always adored by human Australians…Read More

I love trying to figure out the age of old maps. If there’s a globe in someone’s house, or if I find an old map in a thrift store, I look for clues—the existence of the Soviet Union, if Germany is divided into East and West…Read More

Slithering through the muck at the off-road driving course for the Gleneagles resort in Dunblane, Scotland, the 2025 Aston Martin DBX707 applied just the right amount of its 697 horsepower and 664 lb.-ft. of torque through its computer-controlled all-wheel drive system to confidently traverse the hilly fields and slippery stream crossings…Read More

Learn more about this refurbished 9.7″ Apple iPad 6th Gen + Accessories Bundle, now available in limited quantities for only $159.99 (reg. $249). What is included in the bundle? The bundle includes a refurbished Apple iPad 6th Gen 9.7″ (2018) in Space Gray with 32GB of storage…Read More