Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safetyRoblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety.

Retrotechtacular: Computers in Schools? 1979 Says YesThe BBC wanted to show everyone how a computer might be used in schools. A program aired in 1979 asks, “Will Computers Revolutionise Education?” There’s vintage hardware and an appearance of PILOT, made for computer instructions.
Using PILOT looks suspiciously like working with a modern chatbot without as much AI noise. The French teacher in the video likes that schoolboys were practicing their French verb conjugation on the computer instead of playing football.
If you want a better look at hardware, around the five-minute mark, you see schoolkids making printed circuit boards, and some truly vintage oscilloscope close-ups. There are plenty of tiny monitors and large, noisy printing terminals.
You have to wonder where the eight-year-olds who learned about computers in the video are today, and what kind of computer they have. They learned binary and the Towers of Hanoi. Their teacher said the kids now knew more about computers than their parents did.
As a future prediction, [James Bellini] did pretty well. Like many forecasters, he almost didn’t go far enough, as we look back almost 50 years. Sure, Prestel didn’t work out as well as they thought, dying in 1994. But he shouldn’t feel bad. Predicting the future is tough. Unless, of course,  you are [Arthur C. Clarke].

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GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Alternative Music PerformanceThe 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best Alternative Music Performance category.

Take a listen to the nominated performances below--who do you think will win?

See the full list of nominees in every category here.

Everything Is Peaceful LoveBon Iver

AloneThe Cure

SEEIN' STARSTurnstile

mangetoutWet Leg

ParachuteHayley Williams

Wet Leg photo by Megan Perry Moore

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Sonarworks Black Friday Sale For this year’s Black Friday season, Sonarworks are launching one their biggest sales of the year, giving music creators unprecedented access to their range of world-class audio tools at unbeatable prices.

Ample Sound AGWFAmple Guitar WF aim to bring a Gretsch Vintage 1959 White Falcon hollow body guitar sound to your studio. Finger, Pick two sample libraries. Sampling: Sustain, Palm Mute, Natural Harmonic, Hammer On & Pull Off, Legato Slide, Slide In, Slide Out, Pop, Pinch Harmonic, Dead Note, Mordent, Tap 12 articulations. Size: 6.9 GB. Polyphonic Legato and Slide Smoother: Enables realistic legato across any interval and speed. Drop tuning supported, with lowest note down to D1. Authentic left-hand performance noises. Riffer 4: A MIDI editor tailored for plucked string instruments: All-new Strumming and Chord System: The innovative "Strum Note" treats multiple sub-notes within a chord as a single editable object, allowing unified control over strum time, velocity gradient, and legato parameters. Combined with authentic guitar fingering settings, this makes strum creation more intuitive and efficient, delivering results that are closer to real performance. Dual View Modes: Seamless real-time switching between Piano Roll and Guitar Tab views ?? a first of its kind, offering two perspectives for reviewing and editing the compositions. String Visualization System: Strings are now visualized within the Piano Roll, enabling MIDI writing that adheres to authentic plucked instrument techniques ?? automatically preventing polyphony on the same string and intelligently assigning fingering. The result is MIDI that sounds closer to real performance. Full MIDI Import/Export Compatibility: Whether import external MIDI files or export from Riffer to DAW's MIDI or instrument track, the playback result remains identical and accurate. Intuitive Technique Editing: Easily program fingering, articulation, legato, and expression ?? no need for cumbersome key switches or complicated MIDI CC programming. New MIDI CC and Velocity Editors: View and edit multiple MIDI CC lanes simultaneously with different colors and transparency. One-click CC curve presets allow fast and expressive automation. Extensive Riff Library:Hundreds of brand-new riffs to spark creativity and accelerate the workflow. Strummer: Select and detect two chord modes, with the ability to define any custom chord. Strum SEQ allows strumming in any rhythm and at any speed. Includes an extensive rhythm library with MIDI drag-and-drop support. Tab Reader 4: Supports Guitar Pro files from GP3 to Guitar Pro 8. Files created using third-party tab editing software (not officially from Guitar Pro) are not supported. Capable of importing entire bass tracks into Riffer with full retention of fingering, articulations, and performance data. AMP and FX system: AMP Simulator: Includes 7 classic amp heads — Metal Double, Metal Treble, Lead 800, Jazz 120, 65 Twang, 65 Delight, and 57 Delight — paired with 8 guitar cabinets, each captured with 8 microphones. Built-in effects: 8-band EQ, Compressor, Delay, and Convolution Reverb. Read More

Convex Audio introduce Atrium Atrium is the debut release from recently established developer Convex Audio, and has been designed to provide an “innovative and holistic solution to reverberation, stereo positioning and depth perception”.

Here’s what happened in crypto todayNeed to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.

Trump administration might not fight state AI regulations after allA Trump administration order targeting state-level AI regulation is reportedly on hold.

Building an Acoustic Radiometer
A Crookes radiometer, despite what many explanations claim, does not work because of radiation pressure. When light strikes the vanes inside the near-vacuum chamber, it heats the vanes, which then impart some extra energy to gas molecules bouncing off of them, causing the vanes to be pushed in the opposite direction. On the other hand, however, it is possible to build a radiometer that spins because of radiation pressure differences, but it’s easier to use acoustic radiation than light.
[Ben Krasnow] built two sets of vanes out of laser-cut aluminium with sound-absorbing foam attached to one side, and mounted the vanes around a jewel bearing taken from an analog voltmeter. He positioned the rotor above four speakers in an acoustically well-sealed chamber, then played 130-decibel white noise on the speakers. The aluminium side of the vanes, which reflected more sound, experienced more pressure than the foam side, causing them to spin. [Ben] tested both sets of vanes, which had the foam mounted on opposite sides, and they spun in opposite directions, which suggests that the pressure difference really was causing them to spin, and not some acoustic streaming effect.
The process of creating such loud sounds burned out a number of speakers, so to prevent this, [Ben] monitored the temperature of a speaker coil at varying amounts of power. He realized that the resistance of the coil increased as it heated up, so by measuring its resistance, he could calculate the coil’s temperature and keep it from getting too hot. [Ben] also tested the radiometer’s performance when the chamber contained other gasses, including hydrogen, helium, carbon dioxide, and sulfur hexafluoride, but none worked as well as air did. It’s a bit counterintuitive that none of these widely-varying gasses worked better than air did, but it makes sense when one considers that speakers are designed to efficiently transfer energy to air.
It’s far from an efficient way to convert electrical power into motion, but we’ve also seen several engines powered by acoustic resonance. If you’d like to hear more about the original Crookes radiometers, [Ben]’s also explained those before.

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GRAMMY Nominations 2025: Best Rock AlbumThe 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing with the Best Rock Album category.

Take a listen to the nominated albums below--who do you think will win?

See the full list of nominees in every category here.

private musicDeftones

I quitHAIM

From ZeroLinkin Park

NEVER ENOUGHTurnstile

IdolsYUNGBLUD

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Music Expo 25 Round-Up With over 25 sessions, more than 40 speakers and 30 brand showcases, Music Expo 25 marked the organisation's most ambitious and best-attended event in years, cementing its role as a vital hub for the Bay Area’s creative music scene.

Crocus Soundware Motiif: Expedition BrassIntroducing MOTIIF: EXPEDITION BRASS, a powerful creative instrument built from intimately recorded Trumpet, Trombone, and Euphonium performances, designed for the full version of Kontakt 6.7+. At its core is our novel Polyrhythms Engine, which leverages Kontakt's Time Machine Pro feature and allows you to generate endlessly evolving, tempo-synced musical motifs simply by layering MIDI notes. Whether performed live on a keyboard or composed in your DAW, each MIDI note can trigger its own unique tempo-synced pattern. The result combines the immediacy and flexibility of a traditional multi-sampled Kontakt instrument with the beauty and compositional complexity of a phrase library. MOTIIF is an effortless engine for crafting infinite ostinatos. The source audio was captured with large-diaphragm condenser microphones positioned just centimeters from each instrument's bell, revealing hyper-intimate detail and nuance. Every pattern is uniquely recorded performance, rich with humanistic variation baked directly into the samples. The user interface enables deep layering and mixing of the motifs. A dedicated crossfade control provides intuitive, color-coded blending between sound layers, while LFO modulation syncs to your DAW's tempo to animate each layer's volume for evolving texture. MOTIIF also introduces new randomization tools, offering instant idea generation and expanding your creative possibilities. Features: Made for the full version of Kontakt 6.7 or higher (Not intended for Kontakt Player). VST3, VST2, AU and AAX compatible host. 7.1 GB samples Uncompressed (5.3 GB Compressed. Over 9 hours of combined audio). 2,790 Samples. 90 Selectable Patterns (45 Solo and 45 Ensemble). Dozens of Snapshot Presets. https://youtu.be/STsTKR06A-c Read More

Top Music Business News Last WeekTop music business news last week include TIDAL adding artists tools, Spotify spotlighting creators, UK banning tickets resale, Live Nation moved to dismiss the DOJ lawsuit and much more.
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