Will Dolby ATMOS usher in a new age in high fidelity for music lovers? Maybe.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] VAN NUYS, CALIFORNIA — Just off the freeway in the Valley
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 973: Connections!
Back in the late 1970s, the BBC debuted a science education show entitled Connections. The host was James Burke, an
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Not paranoid enough yet? Consider what data your smart speaker is actually collecting
Consider this scenario: Billions of people are duped into carrying an electronic tracking device wherever they go. The device is
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Will AI make musicians irrelevant? Some of them, anyway.
Developments in the area of artificial intelligence have been dominating discussion in the tech space for the last six months.
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Are Apple and Spotify working together to create better workouts at the gym?
I was at the gym yesterday and once again the music was awful. I have to remember to bring my
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Is this the electric guitar of the future?
A few years back when Muse played Saturday Night Live, bassist Chris Wolstenholme had a weirdo instrument that looked like
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We have entered the last days of iTunes as we know it
When Apple introduced iTunes on January 9, 2001, it was just a music manager for Mac users. Over time, the
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Behold the world’s smallest vinyl record. And I meant SMALL.
Some Danes had a little fun with the NANOMADE (Nanoscale Materials and Devices) section at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Amazon Music wants to improve the listening experience in the car
CES, the world’s biggest consumer electronics show in the world, has taken over Las Vegas again. New TVs seem to
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Here’s a trip through some rare and weird media formats
I’ve got a soft spot for failed media formats from the past. Most people know about 8-tracks, reel-to-reel tapes, and
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The Twitter sh*tshow, New Year’s Eve edition
I’m going to guess that if he could invent a time machine, Elon Musk would go back and NOT buy
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