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Echo Dot vs. Echo Pop: Which Amazon device should you buy during the Big Spring Sale?

Mashable Tech

The Pop can serve as a more discreet Alexa assistant than the Echo Dot (which is fairly universally recognized as a smart home gadget). In my side-by-side comparisons of the Echo Dot and the Echo Pop, I couldn’t detect a difference in sound quality between the two devices.

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Snapchat finally lets all iOS users put music in their snaps

The Verge

Snap is making good on its word to bring music to Snapchat and setting itself up to compete even more so with TikTok and Instagram. The company announced today that iOS users around the world will be able to include popular music in their snaps. Snap doesn’t mention when sounds might be available on Android devices.

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How Japanese rock star Miyavi performs in a world without live music

The Verge

The only live music I’ve managed to see all year came from an unexpected place. Born Takamasa Ishihara in Osaka in 1981, Miyavi is best known for his fast-paced, catchy electro-rock music and frenetic guitar playing. So we heard lots of ‘it’s not the time to shoot a music video.”’ Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge. “I

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South Korean startup Cochlear.ai raises $2 million Series A to detect the sounds missed by speech recognition

TechCrunch

Sit quietly for a moment and pay attention to the different sounds around you. These are all noises Cochlear.ai , a Seoul-based sound recognition startup, is training its SaaS platform to identify. will use its Series A on hiring over the next 18 months and to increase the dataset of sounds used to train its deep learning algorithms.

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Tencent's Light of Motiram is such a Horizon Zero Dawn rip-off, they're hard to tell apart

TechSpot

Light of Motiram's lengthy new trailer certainly gives the impression that it is set in the Horizon universe. There's the wild jungle, mountain, and desert environments dotted with dilapidated modern buildings, a young, red-haired female protagonist, the post-apocalyptic vibe, and even the music sounds similar.

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Mark Mothersbaugh on composing music you won’t tire of in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

The Verge

One key aspect, he says, is that music in a game has to be “something you want to listen to for God knows how many hours.”. Because if a piece of music is inferior or not great, and you listen to it long enough, you can get really pissed off at everything, including the game that you were hearing it in.”.

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Snap’s deal with Sony Music means it now partners with all three major music labels

The Verge

Snapchat is adding audio from Sony Music Entertainment to its Sounds library, according to a report by Variety. This means that Snap has now inked deals with all three major music labels: Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group , and Warner Music Group. Photo by Snap.

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