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Study: Hand clapping is akin to a Helmholtz resonator

Ars Technica

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Read full article Comments Acousticians often use a hand clap as a cheap substitute for pricey equipment to make acoustic measurements in architecture.

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Google’s cheaper YouTube Premium Lite subscription will drop Music

Ars Technica

Google seems to have gotten the messagea cheaper streaming subscription is on the way that drops YouTube Music from the plan. You may have to give up more than music to get the cheaper rate, though. The Lite plan drops YouTube Music but keeps ad-free YouTube, which is all most people want anyway. Read full article Comments

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YouTube is forcing the popular Groovy Discord music bot offline

The Verge

Google-owned YouTube is starting to crack down on Discord music bots. The search giant has sent a cease and desist to the owners of the popular Groovy Bot, which lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos and is installed on more than 16 million Discord servers. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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YouTube is also forcing the popular Rythm Discord music bot offline

The Verge

Just weeks after forcing the Groovy Discord music bot offline , Google-owned YouTube is now turning its attention to Rythm, the most popular music bot on Discord. The search giant has sent a cease and desist to the owners of Rythm, a bot that lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos and is used by more than 560 million people.

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Apple TV+ crosses enemy lines, will be available as an Android app starting today

Ars Technica

Apples streaming and media services have been an exception to this, going all the way back to iTunes for Windows the company offers Apple Music on Android devices , for example, and Apple TV+ (the service) works on Roku devices, game consoles, and most other smart TVs. Read full article Comments

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Apple outage affected App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, iCloud, Photos and more

The Verge

Many Apple services were hit by outages Tuesday evening, including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, and Apple Arcade, according to Apple’s system status page. Apple Music. Apple Music radio. Apple hasn’t replied to a request for comment. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Game Center. iCloud Backup.

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Snap acquired Voisey, an app to create music tracks overlaying your own vocals

TechCrunch

startup that features instrumentals that you overlay with your own voice to create short music tracks (and videos), and also lets musicians upload instrumentals that become the basis for those tracks. Snap’s London spokesperson Tanya Ridd said Snap declined to comment for this story. Voisey did not respond to our email.

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