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Sony Music has identified over 135,000 AI‑generated deepfake songs impersonating artists on its roster and is urging streaming platforms to remove them. The deepfakes, which include tracks attributed to Beyoncé, Queen and Harry Styles, represent only a fraction of the fraudulent content flooding services. Sony flagged 60,000 such songs since March 2025, while the IFPI estimates that up to 10% of all streamed music may be fake. The surge coincides with record industry revenue growth of 6.4% in 2025, highlighting the tension between AI innovation and copyright protection.
The $500K-$1M range is where most brands stall out. Too big to keep running on gut calls. Too small to justify a $15K/month retainer. Every dollar has to work and you don't have the infrastructure to know if it is. That's the...
ECU Health in Greenville, North Carolina, received conditional state approval for a $138 million expansion of its medical center. The project will add five new operating rooms—four dedicated to C‑sections and one trauma suite—and renovate existing surgical spaces. The expansion is...
The Pentagon is launching an Economic Defense Unit, dubbed “Deal Team Six,” staffed by Wall Street bankers from firms like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. The unit will make strategic equity investments in defense suppliers to address chronic production bottlenecks, such...
Miley Cyrus announced a Hannah Montana 20th‑anniversary special that will debut on Disney+ next week. She publicly promoted the idea before Disney approved it, citing advice from godmother Dolly Parton to “manifest” projects. Disney executives confirmed they began planning the special in...
Chase Travel has begun beta‑testing a Price Match Guarantee for Sapphire Reserve for Business cardmembers, allowing refunds when a lower prepaid hotel rate is found. Eligible members must submit a claim within 24 hours to receive the price difference. Early...
Vallarta Supermarkets opened its sixth Inland Empire location on April 1, 2026, a 60,000‑sq‑ft store in Rancho Cucamonga. The new outlet introduces the chain’s Costa de Oro seafood restaurant concept and adds 219 jobs to the local economy. Grand‑opening festivities include...
I'd say a 6.50% 30-year fixed seems like a foregone conclusion at this point. When not if... That'd be the first time rates were that high since last summer. Pretty sure the housing market can't handle a return to 7%, not...
A coalition of 24 states, joined by dozens of cities and counties, filed a lawsuit in the D.C. Court of Appeals challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding. The suit argues the EPA acted illegally by...
iPhones have massively democratised video production. Also, every 'podcast' is now a TV show with a felt-lined room and $20k of gear.
Windows Central Replay invites gamers to submit short clips showcasing the best of Xbox, PC, and handheld gameplay, from clutch Halo victories to indie ID@Xbox creations. Submissions are reviewed under clear terms, and top highlights are featured across Windows Central’s...
NBC has confirmed Noah Eagle, Zora Stephenson, and Michael Grady as its primary play‑by‑play talent for the 2026 WNBA season. The league’s new collective bargaining agreement clears the way for broadcasters, including NBC, ESPN and Prime Video, to lock in...
Scott Wiggins has been appointed General Manager of Golden Isles Broadcasting, overseeing four stations in the Brunswick, Georgia market, including WRJY‑FM, WSSI‑FM, WXMK‑FM and WBQO‑FM. He joins the company after a stint as revenue‑strategy lead at Nexstar Media Group and...
Telkom’s prepaid WhatsApp bundles now include unlimited voice and video calling, priced at R15 daily, R35 weekly and R100 monthly, attracting price‑sensitive users from larger rivals. The offering has contributed to a 2.3% drop in MTN’s prepaid revenue and a...
DogByte Games announced Off the Road 2, a mobile open‑world off‑road racing simulator launching on Android and iOS in spring 2026. The sequel features a seamless map thirty times larger than the original, multi‑vehicle support—including cars, jets, and boats—and next‑gen physics...
UrbanToronto’s UTPro dashboard for March 18, 2026 shows a modest rise in both pre‑construction and under‑construction activity across the Greater Toronto‑Hamilton Area. The number of projects in pre‑construction climbed to 3,609, representing about 1.435 billion square feet of gross floor area,...
A University of Pennsylvania study links higher hospital advertising spend to increased emergency‑department visits and Medicare costs. A 10 percent rise in ad impressions—about 150 extra spots—adds nine admissions per 100,000 beneficiaries, indicating a 6 percent advertising elasticity. The research combines traditional...
Netflix hosted a star‑studded launch at The Alex in Alexandria for the third and final season of the revived teen drama Heartbreak High. Cast members including James Majoos, Chloe Hayden and Ayesha Madon, along with creator Hannah Carroll Chapman and...
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) overhaul, launched last year, saw the GSA and OMB issue nearly 50 master deviations and strip more than 2,700 pages from the rulebook. However, the promised final rules have not materialized by the September 30...
The Royal Air Force has unveiled Rapid Sentry, a short‑range air‑defence system built to counter hostile drones. It fires Thales‑manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM/Martlet) capable of reaching Mach 1.5 and engaging targets up to 8 km away. The system is expected to...
The European Space Agency has re‑established communication with the Proba‑3 coronagraph satellite after it lost contact in February. The spacecraft entered survival mode when its solar panels turned away from the Sun, draining its batteries. ESA engineers used a brief...
On December 2025 the FDA officially qualified dual‑energy X‑ray absorptiometry (DXA) bone density scans as the first surrogate endpoint for fracture outcomes in osteoporosis trials involving post‑menopausal women. The qualification, achieved through a request from the Foundation for the National...
The Alberta Court of Appeal granted Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation permission to intervene in the appeal concerning Summit Coal’s Mine 14 project. The intervention focuses on whether the Alberta Energy Regulator’s CEO lawfully cancelled a public hearing under section 42 of the...
The FDA has added a new warning to the Gilenya (fingolimod) label after identifying 35 cases where patients experienced severe disability following drug discontinuation. The worsening, which can occur 2 to 24 weeks after stopping treatment, often exceeds typical MS...
Quecon, an 8(a) service‑disabled veteran‑owned firm, secured a potential $295 million, seven‑year Second Level Engineering Support contract for the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center. The award, selected from three proposals, covers a broad portfolio including engineering studies, system assurance, safety...
Qatar Airways Cargo operated two Boeing 777F flights from Riyadh to Liège, Belgium, carrying 147 horses (mostly Arabians and competition horses) after they were trucked out of Qatar due to the ongoing airspace closure... when even the horses are getting...
Tomorrow on The Grill Room: Beehiv founder @denk_tweets This, imho, is a must-listen for creators and would-be creators thinking about building their own publishing businesses... Follow here: https://t.co/OUrgd2dr7a https://t.co/7uSZkENSc8
The New Brunswick government introduced Bill No. 25 to amend the 2008 Midwifery Act, broadening midwives’ scope to cover the full child‑bearing continuum and permitting student midwives to gain supervised clinical experience. The legislation also restructures the Midwifery Council by adding...
MELANIA generated 747,157 views on Prime Video in its debut week, big for a documentary but only 4th place on the Luminate streaming movies chart.
Webheads on the move: The SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY trailer sets a record for most views in 24 hours with 718 million (!) views. Via @AaronCouch https://t.co/h2lCExppLb
University of Missouri System has appointed Jody Mitori as its chief marketing and communications officer. Mitori, who most recently served as executive director of strategic communications at Washington University School of Medicine and previously held five years of marketing leadership...
New @ScienceMagazine Discovery of a circuit that connects stress and skin inflammation https://t.co/Dkmmcs96JT https://t.co/chrXyKrG2N https://t.co/7nOPn9fCoU
#CIOChat Q1: AI has tremendously compressed delivery cycles to weeks while decision cycles can still take months. Where are your biggest decision bottlenecks today: Architecture, risk, funding, uncertainty, or stakeholder alignment? What’s really slowing them down most? https://t.co/36VxyMlKVk
ABC News issued a correction after its March 3 story overstated suppression order figures in New South Wales and mischaracterized Victoria’s share of national orders. The original numbers – 133 orders in NSW and 47 percent for Victoria – were based on...
From @WIAorg -By the end of 2025, the U.S. had 198,100 outdoor small cells supporting 462,750 small-cell nodes. -At the end of 2025, there were 830,350 indoor small-cell nodes in operation across the U.S. https://t.co/AXlEEH3quS
From scrap heaps to cash flow—that’s how JV describes @HeliostarMetals 2025 results. 2026 will be MUCH bigger, plus $27M is earmarked for exploration. See "What the market hasn't figured out" and why this #gold stock is a Buy: https://t.co/UN3Gky1oUZ
Arcane producer Thomas Vu, through Initiate Entertainment, has teamed up with iwot Studios—owner of the Wheel of Time IP—to develop a suite of new adaptations, including a PC/mobile video game, an animated feature film, and an animated TV series. The...
You think being landlord is easy? This is trivial way to make a LOT more
Honestly it’s beautiful to see tech and media come together in shared disgust for the Vanity Fair fake reporting gimmick.
A Somali doctor warns that the UK’s hostile‑environment policies and NHS‑Home Office data‑sharing are eroding trust among Somali migrants, prompting avoidance of primary, mental health and vaccination services. The letter cites stark disparities: only 14% of Somali respondents accessed needed...
Google Play’s Thursday roundup featured over seventy Android games and apps discounted up to 80%, including titles like FrogBoy, Mystic Vale, and Full Pipe at $1. The list also highlighted deep discounts on board‑game adaptations and a range of free...
Making up fake interview answers and attributing them to a real person, even with a disclaimer buried in the fine print, should be illegal as hell
Sand bathing, an ancient therapeutic practice that involves lying in heated sand, is experiencing a resurgence across luxury spas and wellness retreats worldwide. Modern practitioners cite benefits such as improved circulation, muscle relaxation, and stress reduction, while recent studies highlight...
Throne and Liberty’s April 2 update introduces a new accessory slot—brooches—tailored for PvE and PvP, two co‑op dungeons (Hellfire Crucible and Deathless Queen’s Lair), and a fresh Battleground map featuring bridge‑building mechanics. Brooches will be earned through the new dungeons or...
North Dakota regulators are watching a rapidly widening Brent‑WTI price spread, now $11.92 per barrel, after it nearly doubled since early March. State oil output slipped to 1.16 million barrels per day in January, down 13,000 b/d year‑over‑year, as cold weather and...
A new ICD-10 diagnosis code, T50.B25x, has been introduced to capture injuries linked to COVID‑19 vaccinations. The code is not yet reflected on the official ICD‑10 database, suggesting a brief rollout lag. Advocacy group React19 is credited with prompting the...
The OpenSAFELY cohort study examined Pfizer vaccination in English children aged 5‑15, finding virtually no COVID‑related deaths and fewer than seven critical‑care admissions during an early‑pandemic window. Vaccine impact was limited to modest, short‑term reductions in infection and a slight...
New drill results from @princesilverco at Pioche and a pattern is now starting to show: multiple horizons, consistent widths and a mix of #silver, #gold and base metals all showing up together. 2 drill rigs turning in the 9k meter...
Very positive development for $SRRK - Genentech ceases drug development to spinal muscular atrophy - puts SRRK clearly in the lead Cantor on it now https://t.co/IjCyBm2Kcv
Explore Worldwide has opened applications for its inaugural North American familiarization (FAM) trip to Morocco, a seven‑day, small‑group tour scheduled for June 7‑13, 2026. The program will host up to ten travel‑industry professionals, offering hands‑on exposure to the operator’s responsible‑travel...
