Players of a certain age will no doubt have fond memories of the paper instruction manuals that once came with every video game. Dan Marshall, creator of The Swindle and Lair of the Clockwork God, […]
It’s no secret that the Polygon staff loves to read. We’re genre agnostic, with tastes spanning categories such as mystery, science fiction and fantasy, literary fiction, romance, and even nonfiction, and we love manga and […]
Want to know how much your friends are worth? Meet Flip, the shopping app that will put a price tag on every single person in your phone’s contact list. Cajole one of them into signing […]
Wham! have finally earned a Christmas No 1 for Last Christmas, 39 years after the song was denied the festive top spot by Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?. With the song’s pain and […]
iStockphoto Marketing company CMG Local Solutions claims it invades people’s privacy by using “voice data” by listening to their phones and smart devices to reach “the EXACT people” companies seek. 404 Media reports, “Cox Media […]
Spotify has confirmed there will be long-rumoured changes to their royalty payments from early 2024, which include a controversial policy requiring tracks to get a minimum of 1,000 listens every year to receive royalties. Certain […]
Valerie June’s work can feel like it’s being beamed in from somewhere both far off and strangely familiar. That might be because from a young age, she’s been channeling wisdom from the world around her, […]
Weddings and music go hand in hand, creating an enchanting atmosphere that perfectly aligns with the magic of love—or at least, by the end of the night, leads to some awkward dancing to pop songs […]
After many years of insisting that its platform would remain ad-free, Netflix’s ad tier launched a year ago. At the same time, Netflix also put significant efforts into its password-sharing crackdown, another long-time facet of […]
Flash is dead and has been for years. Every major web browser disabled the infamous plug-in back in 2020 (the main thing we all remember about that otherwise uneventful year). Most of us didn’t mourn […]
Classical music was slow to join the streaming revolution, but the range of recordings available on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music has grown steadily year on year and today a large proportion of […]
Members of the Houston hip-hop community said their goodbyes and celebrated the life of local hero Big Pokey at a memorial service over the weekend. The funeral took place Saturday at Fountain Praise church in […]
When a trio of “Boy Meets World” actors launched a rewatch podcast in 2022, listeners were baffled by the absence of the beloved sitcom’s star, Ben Savage. The aggrieved hosts have now dropped the bombshell […]
Legendary SoCal punk rock band THE OFFSPRING has launched a brand new podcast, “Time To Relax With The Offspring”. The podcast features guitarist Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman and singer Bryan “Dexter” Holland alongside their longtime friend […]
Nearly 100 concertgoers were injured by a hailstorm Wednesday evening before a show by former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson at Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado. As people waited for the concert to start at […]
Soon after ChatGPT was released, an artificial intelligence researcher from one of the big tech companies told me that I shouldn’t worry about how the technology would affect how students learn to write. In two […]
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Big Pokey, the pioneering Houston rapper who helped transform the city’s hip-hop scene, has died after collapsing onstage Saturday. He was 45. Big Pokey, whose real name was Milton Powell, died Sunday, a representative for […]
Photo Credit: Ashley King Google Pixel 2 and newer model phones can automatically identify the music you hear around you. Here’s how to set it up. Have you ever heard a song playing while you’re […]
Silicon Valley executive Lexi Reese, a Democrat, announced Thursday that she is considering running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “As a working mom, I’ve spent my career in nonprofits […]