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It looks like Fake Drake won’t be taking home a Grammy. Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. said this week that although the organization will consider music with limited AI-generated voices or instrumentation for award recognition, it will only honor songs written and performed “mostly by a human.” “At this point, we are going to allow AI music and content to be submitted, but the Grammys will only be allowed to go to human creators who have contributed creatively in the appropriate categories,” Mason said in an interview with Grammy.com. “If there’s an AI voice singing the song or AI instrumentation, we’ll consider it. But in a songwriting-based category, it has to have been written mostly by a human. Same goes for performance categories – only a human performer can be considered for...

Uninstall View is a great free tool that’s actually used to uninstall programs (hence the name). But since it first offers a complete list of all your installed software, complete with detailed information about its installation, it’s also a great information tool. After starting Uninstall View, press Ctrl + A to select all entries in the list. Then click on the disk symbol to save the information. Boom! You’re done. The freeware Uninstall View by Nirsofer lists all installed programs for you. This list can be saved, including information such as the version number and installation path. IDG The key advantage of using Uninstall View for this: The saved list also contains the exact program version as well as the file location of each program on your PC. If you’re moving or ...

Wireless headphones are essentially the standard now, with Bluetooth not only being convenient but Apple removing the audio jack on the iPhone range. For most people, the sound quality difference to wired isn’t noticeable anyway. The market is huge, but here are the best wireless headphones we’ve tested for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Macs. If you do want a wired connection some of these do offer it in addition to Bluetooth, but we also have a round up of the best wired headphones. And if you’re wondering why the AirPods Max don’t appear on this list, rest assured that we gave them due consideration – but while audio quality is exceptional, their very high price and ill-judged case design kept them out of this competitive chart. Read our in-depth AirPods Max review for a ful...

If you want to give your 2023 wellness goals a boost, the Fitbit Charge 5 is the fitness tracker to get. Not only is it our favorite Fitbit overall, but it holds top honors as our all-around favorite fitness tracker on the market. It's sleek and durable, and right now you can pick it up for $45 off at Amazon, dropping this top-rated fitness tracker to its all-time low of $100. That's just $5 more than its all-time low price, though there's no clear-cut expiration on this deal so the discount could disappear at any time.The Fitbit Charge 5 manages to pack many of the same features as the more advanced Fitbit Sense or Versa 3 into a more compact and affordable package. It won a CNET Editors' Choice Award with CNET reviewer Lexy Savvides calling it the best Fitbit for most people.It features...

Google Wallet was introduced in 2022 as a new and improved version of the previously known Google Pay feature. Now Google Wallet just got a few more great updates, and Android users will have a much easier time keeping all their essentials, like their payment cards, loyalty cards, concert tickets, and more on their phones from here on out.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK TIPS, TECH REVIEWS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTERWhat is Google Wallet?Google Wallet was formerly known as Google Pay, and Google Pay was originally known as Android Pay. It's pretty much the same idea as Apple Pay for iPhone users, where you can keep your payment cards on your phone and tap it at checkout to pay for contactless transactions anywhere Google Pay is accepted. M...

Research has not yet shown which sites, apps or features of social media have which effects on mental health. “We don’t have enough evidence to tell parents to get rid of a particular app, or cut it off after a particular number of hours,” said Sophia Choukas-Bradley, a psychologist and director of the Teen and Young Adult Lab at the University of Pittsburgh.It’s also hard to prove that social media causes poor mental health, versus being correlated with it. Most studies measure time spent on social media and mental health symptoms, and many, though not all, have found a correlation. But other researchers say measuring time spent isn’t enough: In these studies, it’s unclear if time on social media is the problem, or if it’s time away from other things like exercising or sleeping. And the ...

Comment on this storyCommentThe revolution in artificial intelligence has sparked an explosion of disturbingly lifelike images showing child sexual exploitation, fueling concerns among child-safety investigators that they will undermine efforts to find victims and combat real-world abuse.Generative-AI tools have set off what one analyst called a “predatory arms race” on pedophile forums because they can create within seconds realistic images of children performing sex acts, commonly known as child pornography.Thousands of AI-generated child-sex images have been found on forums across the dark web, a layer of the internet visible only with special browsers, with some participants sharing detailed guides for how other pedophiles can make their own creations.“Children’s images, including the...

Between all the trailers Netflix shared yesterday during its Tudum event for properties like and , you may have missed some of the more grounded dramas the company was promoting at the same time. One of those was its upcoming adaption of Anthony Doerr’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, All The Light We Cannot See. Netflix shared a new teaser for its four-part miniseries of the same name. If you haven’t read Doerr’s excellent 2014 novel, All The Light We Cannot See is set during the Second World War and follows Marie-Laure, a blind French girl, and Werner, a German orphan who is conscripted into the Nazi war machine at the start of the conflict. The two are connected to one another over the radio. Doerr’s lyrical prose is a highlight, but so is the novel’s attention to detail, with much of ...