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The world's most popular streaming service Spotify on Wednesday recorded wider losses on rising costs even though subscriber numbers beat expectations in the second quarter. Between April and June, the Swedish giant suffered a net loss of 125 million euros ($126 million), compared to 20 million euros in the second quarter of 2021. In the same period, the number of paying subscribers rose by 14 percent to 188 million out of a total of 433 million including non-paying users. The 19 percent increase in overall users is the largest ever in the second quarter, the company said. Analysts had expecte...
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A unique two-story villa located on a mountain top in eastern South Korea will be available for one night only in August. But this isn't just any luxury villa, as it happens to be the house used to film the second season of the famous K-Pop band BTS's reality show. The vacation rental website Airbnb has announced that it is renting out the villa where the K-Pop band BTS filmed the second season of their "IN THE SOOP" reality show. The villa will be available for booking Tuesday, August 2 from 11 a.m. KST (Monday, August 1 at 10 p.m. ET), and only one person and their companion will have the ch...
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No, this isn't another Netflix production. In Edinburgh, a new stage musical with the same name as the true-crime series "Making a Murderer" -- one of the streaming giant's flagship documentaries -- will be making its debut in August. The show offers another way to highlight the tragedy behind this miscarriage of justice in the US. Netflix does not own the title "Making a Murderer." And that, writer Phil Mealey understands. The award-winning screenwriter has admitted that he was inspired by the Netflix documentary to develop the stage show, titled "Making a Murderer: The Musical." The producti...
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The more a driver is interested in what they listen to while driving, the better their alertness and ability to stay awake may be, suggest the findings of a study that recommends listening to the shows and music that you personally enjoy when at the wheel. The research, published by France's Assurance Prévention association, suggests that listening to music or a podcast has a beneficial effect on alertness while driving. Better still, the fact of choosing what you listen to could delay the appearance of extreme drowsiness when at the wheel. To reach this conclusion, a small scientific study wa...
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It's been a few years since TikTok made it its mission to springboard the music world's new hits. And the Chinese platform has already strongly influenced the careers of artists like Lil Nas X, Lizzo and Doja Cat. But now, the social network seems to have competition from... Twitch. In fact, the live video streaming giant is taking an increasingly important place in the world of music. Twitch takes music very seriously. However, the Amazon subsidiary has long been the bane of the music industry. In 2020, the platform drew the wrath of the influential Recording Industry Association of America, ...
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Many chefs -- both professionals and amateurs -- love to blast some music when they're cooking in the kitchen. But music could even be used for providing instructions for a recipe. Some creative users are making playlists whose titles, when put together, double as a recipe. A concept that is both wacky and ingenious! A photo, a list of ingredients, a set of instructions, and possibly some preparation tips... Recipes nearly always follow the same format to provide home cooks with the best way to proceed in order to create the dish in question successfully. You probably never imagined that this ...
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The technological advances allowing music to thrive in virtual worlds seem to offer infinite possibilities. So much so that artists and entrepreneurs are doubling down on initiatives to reimagine music in the metaverse. The latest hails from David Guetta and Stage11. New technologies have brought much to modern music, especially to electronic genres. So it's not surprising that DJs are particularly enthusiastic about the metaverse, that digital double of the physical world where you can shop, do life admin or attend a concert. Electro star David Guetta recently partnered with the Stage11 start...
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Music plays a major role in the fourth season of "Stranger Things": while Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" continues to enjoy a boost in popularity, now it's hard rock group Metallica's turn to win over some new fans thanks to the Netflix series. Their song "Master of Puppets" has seen an impressive rise on Spotify's charts. "Stranger Things" is offering a new lease on life to '80s hits. After the unexpected success of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill (Deal With God)," the Netflix series has revived cult band Metallica's "Master of Puppets" song released in 1986, the same year in which the...
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Young musicians, dancers, actors and comedians from across the Arab world took to the stage in Tunisia to express their visions of freedom, more than a decade after the Arab Spring uprisings. The show, performed under the stars at a seaside theatre in the resort of Hammamet and broadcast across the region, featured winners of an online video competition to complete the phrase: "I will only be free when..." It was the latest in a string of talent and debate programmes organised by media action group Munathara ("debate"), which aims "to spark much-needed conversations about rights, freedoms and ...
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania, USA, have developed a camera system that can "see" a sound by filming its vibrations. These vibrations can then be used to reconstruct sound with purity and fidelity, enabling the capture of isolated audio with no interference, and no microphone. Beyond the system's technical prowess, it opens up a world of potential possibilities. To be able to "see" sound, the scientists have developed a camera system capable of capturing the slightest sound vibration with high precision. Composed of two cameras and a laser, the imaging device allo...
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