The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2022

Today, the rock legend has published another letter on his website, describing Spotify as a purveyor of “more songs and less sound.” Throughout the latest post, Young — a longtime advocate of hi-fi sound — heavily criticizes Spotify for its lossy audio quality. It sounded to me like he was really going to be getting into it.

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Digital Trends

APRIL 26, 2021

Portland, Oregon-based artist Ezra Cimino-Hurt has produced a visually stunning new stereo speaker system code-named Space of Bass.

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TechCrunch

MAY 27, 2021

The NFT world is all about reshaping the idea of digital ownership, but art hardware startup Infinite Objects sees a big opportunity in making physical copies of those assets as it looks to reshape digital art and collectibles. Sound familiar? TONIGHT 7PM EST @niftygateway [link] pic.twitter.com/JyGEEUahok.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2021

It’s expected to be sold for around the same price ($179) as the original product, which basically stuffed the sound quality of a Sonos Play:1 into the body of a lamp. Instead, the second product that Ikea and Sonos will announce in 2021 is completely new: a piece of wall art with an integrated speaker.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2023

Two companies behind popular AI art tools, Midjourney and Stability AI, are entangled in a legal case that alleges they infringed on the rights of millions of artists by training their tools on web-scraped images. Generative AI, particularly text-to-image AI, is attracting as many lawsuits as it is venture dollars.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 27, 2022

“Almost everyone knows the all-too-common pain of searching for that perfect icon, illustration, font or sound effect online, only to give up and settle for something imperfect. Direct competitors include Hotpot and Pixela.ai, which use similar algorithms to create custom backgrounds, sprites and other art content.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Now, finally, Nickelodeon has greenlit a sequel series and it sounds pretty awesome. The plot sounds pretty dark. Deadline reports that Avatar: Seven Havens will be a 2D animated 26-episode followup that chronicles the rise of the next Avatar after Korra.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2022

The fund plans to invest about half of the fund in so-called “blue-chip NFTs,” including popular projects like CryptoPunks, Art Blocks and Bored Apes, as well as works from popular artists selling singular NFT works.

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Engadget

APRIL 1, 2025

At the risk of sounding obvious, thats one hell of a lot of material for one company to put out in a year. And, at the risk of sounding uncharitable, its not as if Amazons movie slate has been a hit parade thus far. Especially when so many competitors with better track records are putting out far fewer films and seeing success.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Kid Pix, an iconic piece of kid-friendly desktop art software, has been ported to Javascript and HTML by Vikrum Nijjar. It has the expected tools like paint brushes, rubber stamps, shapes, and letters, all scored by Kid Pix’s highly memorable sound effects. The sounds and Kid Pix’s somewhat inscrutable interface are the real draw here.

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Engadget

MARCH 25, 2025

That sounds about right. Infinite Reality CEO John Acunto says itll be used for marketing in the metaverse. In other words, a platform from 1999 will be used as part of a technology that seemingly peaked in 2021.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A mood-setting novelty speaker that doesn’t slouch on sound Every so often, you get a reminder that Weird Sony is still alive and well. It’s fair to say that the $350 LSPX-S3 Glass Sound Speaker is exactly that kind of product. To me, this looks like a speaker that belongs in a lake cabin or an art studio.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

In the world of global business, it’s likely you’re going to have to learn how to master the art of digital leadership at some point — whether that’s to manage an entire team of displaced freelancers, to communicate with other offices, or to outsource specific roles. The word virtual sounds pretty scary.

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The Verge

JANUARY 2, 2022

For 2022, the company is hoping to take The Frame to the next level and make its wall art parlor trick more convincing than ever before. By introducing a new anti-reflective film and other anti-glare measures, Samsung hopes that oil pantings and other art will pop off the screen to a more impressive extent than before.

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TechSpot

JUNE 22, 2021

This reimagined version of Myst has been built from the ground up for modern platforms and is said to include new art, sound, interactions and even optional puzzle randomization. Cyan describes it as the definitive Myst experience.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Drag a blob up or down, and you’ll change what pitch they sing in; drag them from side to side, and you’ll change the vowel sound. The Blob Opera just sounds beautiful , with soaring harmonies ringing out from each blob. The blobs are singing what the algorithm “thinks” opera sounds like, based on what it learned through the training.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

Magenta is designed to use Google’s machine learning systems for the creation of art and music, and the Lo-Fi Player is a fun example of what it can do. where users can edit sounds and canvas live in their own browsers. Thio also emphasizes that Lo Fi Player isn’t designed to replace human producers or existing lo-fi hip hop streams.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 31, 2025

For example, one consultant may primarily serve arts and culture organizations in a single state, while another may specialize in working with national advocacy organizations with budgets over $5 million. Project-based billing is exactly what it sounds like: charging by a project or scope of work vs by the hour.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The first channel will be an Amazon-branded one called Luna Plus, which sounds a bit like Stadia Pro in that it offers 4K streaming and “unlimited hours of play,” but it goes further by offering access to dozens of games all for $5.99 It sounds just like paying for a basic cable package with HBO and Showtime add-ons.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Obviously Duolingo is a very gamified language learning app,” says Duolingo art director Greg Hartman. “We They needed names that sounded the same across languages, so that ruled out some early ideas, including “Jun” for one character because in Spanish it would be pronounced “Hoon.” Fan Art Fridays.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Snap doesn’t mention when sounds might be available on Android devices. The company also says today that it’ll test allowing people to make their own sounds, and that feature will roll out globally in the coming months. If a person receives a snap with sounds, they can swipe up to view the album art, song title, and name of the artist.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Art of Timing Because AI can analyze vast amounts of data very quickly, it excels at identifying patterns that people might miss. If you recite the script—cringe alert—you will sound unnatural, even robotic. For example, Momentum’s free Chat-GPT is geared specifically toward major gift fundraisers.

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In short, master the art and science of finding the right words to ask for money. Pick one that sounds like fun to you, because the planning and execution will be easier if youre enjoying the work. Thats how youll get people to donate. Which Fundraising Events Bring in the Most Money for Nonprofits?

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Candid

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Is it statistically sound? Generating content : Suppose you’re writing a grant proposal for an arts organization and want to explain why the arts are essential for youth development. Giving ChatGPT the prompt “Tell me why arts are important for youth development” generates two pages of text. Is it grammatically correct?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Since Monday, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have darted between talks, galleries, hangouts, parties, and other events assembled for and by the usually all-online NFT community to talk about the future of art, hype the space, and discover new and potentially soon-to-be-explosive projects. Some were animated; some were still.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The new space was phenomenal—from outdoor climbing and obstacle courses, interactive exhibits that spanned life-size light-up games, to aeronautics with flying balls, to roller coaster physics, to water play with sound bowls. If you’re a museum, arts, or culture organization, you may be in this same dilemma.

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Singularity Hub

APRIL 11, 2025

Learning from mistakes and wins sounds easy. To evaluate Dreamer, the team challenged it against several state-of-the-art singular use algorithms in over 150 tasks. OpenAI previously developed reinforcement learning algorithms that learned to play the fast-paced multiplayer Dota 2 video game with minimal training.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 3, 2022

Thanks to a blend of atmospheric sound design, picturesque art style, and charming characters, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko is a rewarding coming-of-age story.

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Google Research AI blog

MAY 16, 2023

While large language models (LLMs) are now beating state-of-the-art approaches in many natural language processing benchmarks, they are typically trained to output the next best response, rather than planning ahead, which is required for multi-turn interactions. To begin, the assistant steers the conversation to sharks via a sound quiz.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 14, 2023

ChatGPT is a state-of-the-art NLP model that can comprehend text and generate coherent responses. It can sometimes produce plausible-sounding but incorrect responses, especially when dealing with ambiguous queries or topics it hasn’t been extensively trained on. In contrast, ChatGPT sounds precise and diplomatic.

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

That includes: Junko Kawano, the lead artist on Suikoden 1 and 4 ; Junichi Murakami, art director on Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow ; Suikoden Tactics director Osamu Komuta; and composers Motoi Sakuraba and Michiko Naruke. That said, it doesn’t sound like the studio has a backup plan in case crowdfunding falls through.

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The Verge

APRIL 14, 2022

Things like the interface being the same, things like pixel art, etc. Despite the history of it being Monkey Island , it was nice to be able to explore more openly about things like the art style and things like what the interface was. Grossman: That sounds about right. Should it not be a pixel art game?” Is that right?

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The Verge

JANUARY 28, 2021

If the name Cook and Becker sounds familiar, it’s probably because of the company’s work releasing high-end art prints for games like The Last of Us and Ghost of Tsushima , along with art books like a giant tome on Final Fantasy XV’ s creation. The new Pac-Man book is expected to release this summer.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Imagine a universe where acquiring novel expertise is merely a tap away, irrespective of your location or the hour. Ensuring Accessibility and Inclusivity The art of creating e-learning content goes beyond merely sharing knowledge.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content GyrusAim LMS GyrusAim LMS - Imagine a universe where acquiring novel expertise is merely a tap away, irrespective of your location or the hour. Ensuring Accessibility and Inclusivity The art of creating e-learning content goes beyond merely sharing knowledge.

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Gyrus

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Art of Creating High-Quality e-Learning Content Gyrus Systems Gyrus Systems - Best Online Learning Management Systems Imagine a universe where acquiring novel expertise is merely a tap away, irrespective of your location or the hour. The art of content promotion and content marketing lies in strategizing how best to engage your audience.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2021

Image: Electronic Arts. Electronic Arts is pledging to open the patents for some of its accessibility-related tech, including the much-celebrated Apex Legends ping system, the company announced today. Image: Electronic Arts. A player uses the Ping System in Apex Legends to alert their team of the presence of a “Shield Battery”.

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