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I Subscribe to Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube Music, and Here’s Why
From left: Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Spotify. Credit: Lifehacker Each music streaming service varies in terms of its features and its interface, but unlike the video streaming apps, the actual content selection is broadly the same across them all: You get access to tens of millions of tunes, on demand, across all of your multiple devices. With that in…
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Apple Music Just Made Switching From Other Services Much Easier
Apple Music is introducing a new feature to jump ship from your current music streaming provider, and seamlessly transfer your music, artists, and playlists to Apple Music. This feature is demonstrated on this Apple support page, which discusses the steps to transfer your music. The option is available within the Apple Music app, and you can start the process from…
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SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools
The TOS explicitly prohibits the use of licensed content, such as music from major labels, for training any AI models, including generative AI. For other types of content uploaded to SoundCloud, the TOS allows for the possibility of AI-related use. Importantly, no such use has taken place to date, and SoundCloud will introduce robust internal permissioning controls to govern any…
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Music Lovers’ New Favorite Earbuds
Summary Technics AZ100 earbuds retail for $299, offering top-tier music playback with a focus on fit. The earbuds deliver superb sound and call quality, supporting various Bluetooth codecs and Dolby Atmos. The earbuds have customizable touch controls through the Technics Audio Connect App, solid battery life, and three-device multipoint Bluetooth support. While the brand doesn’t enjoy the same name recognition…
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YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos
YouTube is giving creators a new AI tool that can generate instrumental tracks to use in videos for free without worrying about copyright claims, TechCrunch reports. The new feature was demonstrated in a video posted on the company’s Creator Insider channel this week. In the video, the host, Lauren, shows a new tab in the Creator Music beta section on…
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Use This YouTube Music App for a More Spotify-Like Experience on Desktop
YouTube Music is a decent Spotify alternative, especially if you’re already paying for YouTube Premium to remove the ads. There’s a big downside, though: Google doesn’t offer a desktop app for YouTube Music, meaning you have to run the application in a browser. It also means you can’t really customize YouTube Music the way you can with Spotify. That’s why…
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Fortnite Festival Season 8 Music Pass: All Rewards, Sabrina Carpenter Skins and Price
Mark your calendars, music lovers! Fortnite Festival Season 8 kicked off today, April 8, headlined by the one and only Sabrina Carpenter. Dive into the new Music Pass to unlock her chart-topping hits ‘Juno’ and ‘Nonsense,’ plus two distinct Sabrina Carpenter skins and a treasure trove of other musical goodies. To help you out, here’s the full Fortnite Festival Season…
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You Can Get Discounted Bundles of Music, Movies, and Books at Amazon and Target
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Amazon’s spring sale is halfway done, and we’ve done some work to single out the best deals available, but many other retailers—like Target and Best Buy—have been going tit for tat, matching prices and spinning up aggressive deals of…
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iOS 18.4 Lets You Add Your Apple Music Playlists to the Lock Screen
As a big fan of background music, I was intrigued by iOS 18.4’s Control Center changes. It adds a new tab called Ambient Music to Control Center’s list of customizable controls. You can use this to add one of four pre-selected Apple Music playlists (or your own) to the Control Center, your lock screen, or the Action Button (provided your…
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PyPi package with 100K installs pirated music from Deezer for years
A malicious PyPi package named ‘automslc’ has been downloaded over 100,000 times from the Python Package Index since 2019, abusing hard-coded credentials to pirate music from the Deezer streaming service. Deezer is a music streaming service available in 180 countries that offers access to over 90 million tracks, playlists, and podcasts. It is offered via an ad-supported free tier or…
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