AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they’re hoping to join it

AI music platforms Suno and Udio were sued by major record labels in 2024 for allegedly exploiting the recorded works of professional musicians ...
NBC Los Angeles

AI song generator startups angered music industry. Now they're hoping to join it

Much like early experiences with ChatGPT or AI text-to-image generators, trying to make an AI-generated song can seem a little like magic.

At a mere 2 square micrometers in size, this is the world's smallest QR code and it's 'smaller than most bacteria'

The QR code is so small, in fact, that it can "only be recognised with an electron microscope". As a result, the research ...
USA Today

PlayStation's State of Play returns for 2026. Here's how to watch.

Calling all gamers: PlayStation's State of Play is back for another year, promising fans over 60 minutes of insider knowledge. Introduced in March 2019, the direct-to-consumer broadcasts, like ...
GameSpot

PlayStation State Of Play Confirmed For Feburary 12

After some rumors in the past couple of weeks that it was in the works, the first PlayStation State of Play of 2026 has been confirmed for February 12 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Official PlayStation social ...
PC World

This Arduino board is bigger than your head, and it works

PCWorld reports on YouTuber UncleStem’s impressive 7x scaled Arduino board that maintains full functionality despite its massive size. The oversized board cleverly integrates a hidden Arduino Nano for ...
Nature

Technology is changing how we write — and how we think about writing

Andrew Robinson is the author of Lost Languages (2002) and other books on scripts and decipherment. He is based in London. How the world’s largest language family spread — and why others go extinct ...
Fast Company

A play with no actors on stage? That’s the bet behind the world’s first play in mixed reality

The reason for this unusual social interaction is called An Ark, which bills itself as the first play to be created in mixed reality. Using Magic Leap glasses, the play blends the physical world with ...
Android Authority

Animations in the Play Store looking different? You might be seeing this M3E change

Some new Material 3 Expressive animations in the Google Play Store are rolling out now. The shape of the download progress ring around the app icons is changing, as is the loading icon when switching ...
The Verge

Arduino’s UNO Q is already getting some upgrades.

The original version of the UNO Q paired Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QRB2210 processor with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. A little over three months after it was announced alongside Qualcomm’s acquisition ...
Polygon

How to play online with friends in Hytale

If you want to play Hytale with friends, the process is quick and lets you join up with others for single sessions or even set up persistent servers that keep going even after you log off. You'll need ...
Engadget

Lego Smart Play hands-on: Using Smart Brick technology to get kids to play together

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker face off in one of Lego's new Smart Play sets (Nathan Ingraham for Engadget) Lego’s Smart Play system announced at CES 2026 earlier this week is a new embrace of digital ...