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“The day the music died” are lyrics musician Don McLean dedicated to Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens after a 1959 plane crash took their lives. Now, it can be applied to the fatal use of artificial intelligence in music.  In early November, Xania Monet, an R&B artist who solely uses AI, became the first of her genre  to land on Billboard’s Radio Chart. Although there is technically a person behind the avatar, 31-year-old Telisha Jones, all of Monet’s music is artificial, devoid of real human connection or feeling.  Jones told CBS News, “I wanted to reveal myself because I wanted people to know there was a real person behind Xania. That there’s real emotion and soul put into those lyrics.” But, if there was truly any “emo...

Refresh 2025-11-20T17:13:44.060Z Sage advice time... I hate to be 'that guy' but this Black Friday sales period could well be our last chance for a while to get some PC gaming hardware for a decent price. We've only just recovered from the GPU pricing madness and now AI data centers have come for our memory.So yes, RAM prices have shot up in recent weeks, to the extent that the doubling of the price of a pretty standard memory kit is not at all uncommon. And soon won't be as bad as it gets. But that's having a knock on effect on other kinds of memory, too, with SSDs soon to get that bit more expensive, and also we're hearing reports that graphics cards are only set to get more expensive once the current stock on the shelves sells through.They are, after all, filled with VRAM. That's no...

Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news.His Roses bandmate Ian Brown posted on X: “Rest in peace Mani X”. Tim Burgess of the Charlatans called him “one of the absolute best in every way – such a beautiful friend”. Rowetta of the Happy Mondays was also among those to pay tribute.Liam Gallagher wrote on X: “In total shock and absolutely devastated on hearing the news about Mani my hero”. Rough Trade Records also called him “the perfect example of how a bassist can be the beating heart of a band”.Mani had recently ...

Life as an Engineer in Battlefield 6 can be unforgiving, especially if you're on defense. Spending all your time, energy, and resources on killing a gaggle of tanks with a whole squad of Engineers behind them can, at times, feel like a worse fate than Sisyphus rolling his boulder up a hill; at least he doesn't get headshot by a sniper from halfway across the map when he's at the top of the mountain.But life goes on, and you have to make do with what you have, and every so often, it does get better. I had one of these moments recently when I hopped into a Rush match and found that my Anti-Armour field spec perk now spawned me in with five RPG rockets straight away; yes, you heard me, FIVE. (Image credit: EA)We were on defence at Liberation Peak, and thanks to the extra rockets, I was abl...

With the spooky frights of Halloween now in our rearview, it’s time to shed the shadows and embrace the warmth that only the twinkling holiday season can provide. From Thanksgiving to Christmas, from parades to charades and sweet treats to savory eats, the only thing better than leaning into your Yuletide cheer this year – other than beaning your “favorite” in-law with a timely snow ball – is doing so with Peacock. Within its colossal library, the streamer boasts a superb lineup of feature films, including a category dedicated solely to seasonal cinema. Those looking to jumpstart their holiday spirit need not look any further, because Peacock’s holiday library has something for everyone. Traditional favorites? Check. Modern classics? Absolutely. RELATED: Everything To Know About Christmas ...

Apple Music has just launched a diverse lineup of new ‘Best of 2025’ playlists, and also named Tyler, The Creator as its Artist of the Year. Here are the details. New ‘Best of 2025’ playlists available on Apple Music 2025 is fast coming to a close, and Apple Music’s editorial team has assembled a great lineup of ‘Best of 2025’ playlists to revisit the year’s new music. Here’s a selection of the new playlists with direct links: Apple’s full array of playlists can be found inside the ‘New’ tab in the Music app. You can enjoy all of these playlists with an active Apple Music subscription or with Apple One. Tyler, The Creator is Apple Music Artist of the Year 2025 Apple Music has also named Tyler, The Creator its Artist of the Year 2025. Per the press releas...

When Nvidia reported its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday afternoon, the company’s once golden goose gaming division posted sales growth of 30% year over year. That still wasn’t enough to beat Wall Street’s expectations.Q3 gaming revenue reached $4.27 billion, missing analyst estimates by about 4% and coming in comically below the company’s data center revenue of $51.2 billion. But just three years ago, the two divisions were much closer.Nvidia didn’t have much to say about gaming in its earnings call. Its Blackwell chip momentum continued, inventories are normal heading into the holidays, and Steam recently broke its concurrent user record. The company didn’t update user numbers for GeForce Now, its cloud gaming business. (The subscription service had 25 million members in early 2023.)...

After watching Rebecca Miller’s riveting five-part documentary on Martin Scorsese, Mr. Scorsese, I found myself feeling sorry for Scorsese’s eldest daughters, both born when he was still a striving young man. Their father was an obsessive artist, sometimes fueled by cocaine, always fueled by an all-consuming passion for cinema and filmmaking. He was, essentially, an absentee father. His films were his real children. (He’s now long sober and a doting dad to his youngest daughter, Francesca.) This trajectory tracks in Sentimental Value, the brilliant new film from Joachim Trier (The Worst Person In the World), about a filmmaker who chose moviemaking, and its attendant glory, over his own family. Stellan Skarsgård plays Gustav Borg, a director of some renown (if not quite Scorsese-level ren...

Tyler, The Creator was announced today as Apple Music’s Artist of the Year, recognizing the hip-hop visionary’s outstanding impact on both music and culture in 2025. Tyler’s output through the end of 2025 reinforced his position as one of the most gifted creatives of his era. Across Apple Music, Tyler had his best year ever in terms of worldwide plays, listeners, and hours listened, with fans around the world logging more than 4.5 billion minutes of listening time between November 2024 and October 2025. Tyler began the year with his most ambitious and successful tour in support of his most personal album to date — the just-released CHROMAKOPIA. That extraordinary feat in world-building and c...

Netflix, as part of its offer to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming biz, has pledged to continue releasing WB’s movies in theaters.That’s according to a report by Bloomberg, which cited anonymous sources as saying Netflix would honor Warner Bros.’ “contractual agreements” to release movies in theaters. Reps for Wbd and Netflix did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.Warner Bros. Discovery’s board is in the process of evaluating in-bound acquisition offers, with initial bids due Nov. 20. The media conglomerate said it will consider proposals in which the Warner Bros. entity (HBO Max and studios) is sold separately from Discovery Global, the TV-centric company. The bidders include David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance (which wants to acquire the entire c...