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Aster: ‘I didn’t have a plan. I just wanted to be a part of this community’

Having finally published her first novel, Alex Aster was feeling disheartened. The book had tanked during the pandemic and she had been dropped by her literary agent. Then, on 13 March 2021, she decided to […]

China’s Internet Watchdog Receives Sensitive TikTok Algorithm Info

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Photo Credit: Mourizal Zativa China’s Internet watchdog organization has received recommendation algorithm details from ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published a list of 30 apps whose operators handed in details […]

What Major Label Lawsuits? HitPiece Relaunch with Audible Magic

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Photo Credit: HitPiece The HitPiece relaunch is here. The music artist NFT platform now has a partnership with Audible Magic. The relaunch comes after HitPiece took its website offline in February amid pending litigation from […]

For All Mankind season 3 showed how hard Star Trek’s utopia is to achieve

Dev Ayesa leaning over a desk with computers on it; his team around him is smiling and looking on

After two seasons of an extended Cold War, For All Mankind moved into the technology boom of the ’90s. If the real ’90s were driven by a techno-optimism, For All Mankind explores an idea of […]

YouTube is reportedly working on a channel store — and so is everyone else

YouTube is reportedly working on a channel store — and so is everyone else

YouTube is building a system that would allow users to subscribe to streaming services through the YouTube app, The Wall Street Journal reported, and could launch the so-called “channel store” as early as this fall. […]

FN Meka Signs to Capitol Records, Drops “Florida Water” f/ Gunna and Clix

FN Meka Signs to Capitol Records, Drops “Florida Water” f/ Gunna and Clix

Virtual rapper FN Meka, who already has over 10 million followers on TikTok, has signed with Capitol Records and dropped a new single to celebrate. After making waves online with a series of independently-released singles […]

SLIPKNOT’s Bassist ALESSANDRO ‘VMAN’ VENTURELLA: ‘The End, So Far’ Album Is ‘A Journey’ That ‘Takes You Places’

SLIPKNOT Announces 'The End, So Far' Album; 'The Dying Song (Time To Sing)' Music Video Released

SLIPKNOT bassist Alessandro “VMan” Venturella spoke to Sophie K of Knotfest about the band’s upcoming album, “The End, So Far”. Due on September 30 via Roadrunner, the LP was produced by SLIPKNOT and Joe Barresi […]