This guy made a bot write a song in the style of AC/DC. It did not turn out well.
Sure, it’s possible to get a bot or an AI program to ape writing a song, but until scientists can
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Bots
Random music news for Tuesday, November 12, 2019
On this day in 1990. Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for something he called the “world wide web.” Twenty-nine years
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The BC government becomes the latest to take on bots and scalpers
It’s become fashionable for governments to take a stand against ticket-buy-bots, secondary sellers, and scalpers. British Columbia is the latest
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Ticketmaster using new anti-bot images
We’re all sick of Ticketmaster’s verification images, the little boxes that need to be clicked as part of the process
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Could this Ticketmaster experiment kill ticket-buying bots for good?
Concert ticket-buying bots are evil things. With their ability to hammer Ticketmaster’s systems thousands of times a second, there’s no
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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 173: Who’s Buying? Who’s Selling?
Are you frustrated by the concert ticket buying experience? You’re not alone. Let’s see if we can sort through it
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Guns, Russians and regulations, oh my! Last week in net neutrality
Ajit Pai received a gun from the NRA last week in appreciation for his efforts to overturn Obama-era net neutrality
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Angry at ticket-buying bots? You’re not alone.
The latest round of concert ticket outrage came when Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour went on sale to
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Why It Is So Hard to Buy Concert Ticket, Part 1: The Bots
[This is the first of a series of articles I’m writing for Global News. The goal is to explain all
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Another Proposal for Protecting Consumers When It Comes to Concert Tickets
I’ve had some conversations with Alan Geland, the founder of Fair Ticket Solutions, a company based out of Vancouver that’s
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The Bots Strike Again: Eagles Fans and Swifties Thwarted
Eagles fans in BC are not happy. Within seconds of going on sale–yes, seconds–all the tickets for the band’s May
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