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Mr Eazi, Black Coffee and Ajebutter22: The African music artists backing startups

TechCrunch

Some of them — including Grammy Award-winning artists such as Jay-Z , The Chainsmokers , Nas , and others like Snoop Dogg — have launched various funds to invest in startups in the U.S., What’s pulling African music artists to tech investment? Europe and globally. . Mr. Eazi (founder of Empawa Africa and investor in PawaPay).

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ChatGPT Starts Blocking Studio Ghibli-Style Images After Trend Goes Viral

Futurism

With its latest GPT-4o powered image generator, OpenAI has emphasized its robust guardrails around depicting real people. We continue to prevent generations in the style of individual living artists, but we do permit broader studio styles." In regards to style, however, it takes a more laissez-faire stance.

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Spotify will test letting artists promote songs that are going viral

The Verge

Spotify’s going to test letting artists and labels influence more of what its algorithm promotes. The company announced today a new test for all artists and labels on the platform where they can decide to promote any music that’s important to them.

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How artists and scientists see tree branches similarly

Fast Company Tech

Do artists and scientists see the same thing in the shape of trees? Piet Mondrian was an early 20th-century abstract artist and art theorist obsessed with simplicity and essence of form. Even people who have never heard of Mondrian will likely recognize his iconic irregular grids of rectangles.

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Tennessee just made an invisible update to its tourism site—and it’s brilliant

Fast Company Tech

them stepping into those mountains, walking a trail where they can have a beautiful scenic vista, or sitting in front of a stage hearing an artist play their favorite song, he says. If theres a group of people who excel at working in those tight borders, its songwriters. Our tagline for the state is Sounds Perfect.

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5 Social Media Templates for Nonprofit Fundraising Events

Nonprofit Tech for Good

We’d be honored to host your partner, friends, and family at [YOUR EVENT] because our goal is to grow our community and share our mission of [YOUR MISSION] with as many supportive, caring, and creative people as possible. This year, we hope to help even more [PEOPLE/PETS/ETC.] Tickets are available here: [LINK].

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Golden State Warriors release an album from their own record label featuring Bay Area artists

Fast Company Tech

The projectfeaturing more than a dozen Bay Area music artists, including E-40 , Too $hort, Saweetie , G-Eazy, Goapele, LaRussell, and Larry Junearrives just in time for the league’s All-Star Game weekend in San Francisco. P-Lo played a key role in bringing together the Bay Areas top artists, contributing to all nine tracks on the album.

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