How blockchain will change major industriesTNW - George BeallWhile much of the discussion around blockchain has surrounded bitcoin and its ups and downs, corporations and businesses are quickly waking up to the possibility of using blockchain to secure and improve
Blockchain Technology Is Creating a Sharing Economy, Even Better Than the InternetInc Magazine - Brian D. EvansBack in the 90s, consider the thought of someone telling you, "If you sit in front of this screen beside a humming box, you can access other people all over the world that are sitting in front of screens
How Blockchain Could Revolutionize Music StreamingInvestopedia - By Rakesh Sharma It may be time for another disruption in the music industry. The industry, whose revenues plummeted due to disaggregation by technology services, is …
70 Percent of Musicians Say They Have Suffered From Anxiety or Depression. What's Next?billboard.com - Cherie Hu In the wake of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington’s suicide, more and more artists in the music industry have spoken out about the need to …
The Unlikely Story of How INXS Came to Rule the Late '80s With 'Kick'billboard.com - Eric Spitznagel As Chris Murphy, the longtime manager of INXS, remembers it, “I really thought I was fucked.” On an afternoon in 1987, Murphy, a wisecracking …
Blockchain & The Music Industrynesthq.com - By: Nathan Beer In our latest NEST HQ documentary, we explore the ever-growing world of blockchain, the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, and its …
Billboard shifting how it charts Apple Music and other streaming services next year9to5Mac - Michael PotuckBillboard has announced that it will adjust how it weights and calculates streaming music starting in 2018. Changes will include more weight given for paid music services like Apple Music than ad-supported
Showtime websites secretly mined user CPU for cryptocurrencyThe Verge - Shannon LiaoThis past weekend, Showtime websites were found to be running a script that allows the sites to mine visitors’ extra CPU power for cryptocurrency, as pointed out by users on Twitter. The afflicted sites
Try this trick to go straight to sleepLadders - Monica Torres Lack of sleep can take years off of your life. Here’s a breathing technique that might just help you get those years back — while staying more …
Trumpeter Herb Alpert: 'The guys that are in control are not honoring the arts'Los Angeles Times - By Randall RobertsWhile walking from his sculpture and painting studios to his recording studio on a typically Pacific-breezy afternoon, trumpeter, A&M Records co-founder and philanthropist Herb Alpert paused to describe
Cryptocurrency jobs are popping up like crazy — even for non-techiesTNW - Tristan GreeneA report released this month by Angel List indicates cryptocurrency jobs have risen by over 100 percent in the past six months. While Bitcoin value fluctuations may be testing investor confidence, the
3 companies that are shaking up traditional markets thanks to blockchainTNW - Josiah MotleyThe blockchain, and cryptocurrency as a whole, can feel a bit overwhelming. It’s obviously on the rise, but so much of it is a mystery to the average person. Usually the first questions will revolve around
The world's first blockchain smartphone is in developmentEngadget - Rachel EnglandSirin Labs, the company behind the $14,000 Solarin smartphone, is now developing an open-source model that runs on a fee-less blockchain. The Finney -- named in honor of bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney -- be
Keybase launches fully encrypted Slack-like communications tool — and it’s freeTechCrunch - Ron MillerKeybase added to its encrypted tool kit today when it launched Keybase Teams, an open source, Slack-like communications tool with end-to-end encryption. Desktop and mobile versions are available for download
Play button Watch this robot rock band destroy their instrumentsTechCrunch - Josh ConstineWhat happens when a mad scientist’s musicbots rebel against their own precision? You get “Automatica”, the latest video from Nigel Stanford, who scored 15 million views controlling water, fire, and lightning
'Making Creativity Work' - Free music industry course - Decoded Magazinedecodedmagazine.com The music industry is a diverse, fantastic and fun world to work in but for those who dream of entering it, breaking through can seem like a pretty …
Astronomers discover nearly pitch black planetNew York Post - By Mike Wehner When you imagine planets outside of our solar system you might dream up ocean worlds, thick plains of ice, or boiling seas of molten rock. Worlds …
11 things you did not know about 'Cheers,' unless you know a lot of things about 'Cheers'Fox News - Sean DalyCould you imagine Ed O’Neill as the proprietor of “Cheers?” The future star of “Modern Family” and “Married with Children” auditioned to be ladies man Sam Malone, back when the character was intended be
San Francisco is America's richest major metropolitan area, rising above Washington DC in the latest rankingsQuartz - Dan KopfThe thriving, technology-driven wealth of the Bay Area is the envy of the rest of America, with good reason. According to the latest data from the US Census Bureau, San Francisco tops the list of the largest
Patreon raises big round at ~$450M valuation to get artists paidTechCrunch - Josh ConstineIn an era where art is shared and streamed for free, Patreon offers new hope for turning content creation into a career. Illustrators, comedians, game makers, and musicians use Patreon to let fans pay
After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by IslandThe New York Times - By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOMSome of the most idyllic — and tourism-dependent — destinations in the Caribbean have been crippled in the wake of one of the most powerful Atlantic basin storms ever recorded. Ferocious storms are nothing
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Quantum Physicists Discover the Soul Doesn’t Die – It Goes Back to the Universecorespirit.com - CORE SPIRIT It turns out that the human brain could be similar to a “biological computer,” and that human consciousness may be like a program which is run by a …
How AWS Cloud is demolishing the cult of youthredmonk.com - By James Governor We live in a society obsessed with youth. Tech is no different from the wider culture. Startup culture in particular thrives on the idea that you’re …
Critter & Guitari Intro ETC 720p Video Synthesizersynthtopia.com - synthhead Critter & Guitari have introduced the ETC - a 720p generative video synthesizer. … Read More Critter & Guitari Intro ETC 720p Video Synthesizer
This new digital music store could change the way we pay artistsThe Verge - Nikki ErlickPaolo Fragomeni can play half a dozen instruments and owned around 4,500 LP records and a thousand 45s at the peak of his vinyl collection. When wanderlust took over, he digitized his entire library into
New YouTube Rules Restrict Ads to Vetted Channels as PewDiePie Declares The 'Adpocalypse'Ad Age - Garett Sloane. YouTube updated its policies on Thursday to get more control over which videos can make money from ads, requiring for the first time that channels …
Warner and YouTube sign new deal… ‘under very difficult circumstances’musicbusinessworldwide.com Warner Music Group has inked a new global licensing deal with YouTube – but not without some serious reservations. MBW has got hold of a leaked …
Decibel Insight scores $9M Series A for ‘digital experience analytics’ techTechCrunch - Steve O'HearDecibel Insight, a U.K. startup that has built “digital experience analytics” tech to help large companies understand how individual customers interact with its websites and apps, has raised $9 million
How blockchain will change major industriesTNW - George BeallWhile much of the discussion around blockchain has surrounded bitcoin and its ups and downs, corporations and businesses are quickly waking up to the possibility of using blockchain to secure and improve
Blockchain Technology Is Creating a Sharing Economy, Even Better Than the InternetInc Magazine - Brian D. EvansBack in the 90s, consider the thought of someone telling you, "If you sit in front of this screen beside a humming box, you can access other people all over the world that are sitting in front of screens
How Blockchain Could Revolutionize Music StreamingInvestopedia - By Rakesh Sharma It may be time for another disruption in the music industry. The industry, whose revenues plummeted due to disaggregation by technology services, is …
70 Percent of Musicians Say They Have Suffered From Anxiety or Depression. What's Next?billboard.com - Cherie Hu In the wake of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington’s suicide, more and more artists in the music industry have spoken out about the need to …
The Unlikely Story of How INXS Came to Rule the Late '80s With 'Kick'billboard.com - Eric Spitznagel As Chris Murphy, the longtime manager of INXS, remembers it, “I really thought I was fucked.” On an afternoon in 1987, Murphy, a wisecracking …
Blockchain & The Music Industrynesthq.com - By: Nathan Beer In our latest NEST HQ documentary, we explore the ever-growing world of blockchain, the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and Ethereum, and its …
Billboard shifting how it charts Apple Music and other streaming services next year9to5Mac - Michael PotuckBillboard has announced that it will adjust how it weights and calculates streaming music starting in 2018. Changes will include more weight given for paid music services like Apple Music than ad-supported
Showtime websites secretly mined user CPU for cryptocurrencyThe Verge - Shannon LiaoThis past weekend, Showtime websites were found to be running a script that allows the sites to mine visitors’ extra CPU power for cryptocurrency, as pointed out by users on Twitter. The afflicted sites
Try this trick to go straight to sleepLadders - Monica Torres Lack of sleep can take years off of your life. Here’s a breathing technique that might just help you get those years back — while staying more …
Trumpeter Herb Alpert: 'The guys that are in control are not honoring the arts'Los Angeles Times - By Randall RobertsWhile walking from his sculpture and painting studios to his recording studio on a typically Pacific-breezy afternoon, trumpeter, A&M Records co-founder and philanthropist Herb Alpert paused to describe
Cryptocurrency jobs are popping up like crazy — even for non-techiesTNW - Tristan GreeneA report released this month by Angel List indicates cryptocurrency jobs have risen by over 100 percent in the past six months. While Bitcoin value fluctuations may be testing investor confidence, the
3 companies that are shaking up traditional markets thanks to blockchainTNW - Josiah MotleyThe blockchain, and cryptocurrency as a whole, can feel a bit overwhelming. It’s obviously on the rise, but so much of it is a mystery to the average person. Usually the first questions will revolve around
The world's first blockchain smartphone is in developmentEngadget - Rachel EnglandSirin Labs, the company behind the $14,000 Solarin smartphone, is now developing an open-source model that runs on a fee-less blockchain. The Finney -- named in honor of bitcoin pioneer Hal Finney -- be
Keybase launches fully encrypted Slack-like communications tool — and it’s freeTechCrunch - Ron MillerKeybase added to its encrypted tool kit today when it launched Keybase Teams, an open source, Slack-like communications tool with end-to-end encryption. Desktop and mobile versions are available for download
Play button Watch this robot rock band destroy their instrumentsTechCrunch - Josh ConstineWhat happens when a mad scientist’s musicbots rebel against their own precision? You get “Automatica”, the latest video from Nigel Stanford, who scored 15 million views controlling water, fire, and lightning
'Making Creativity Work' - Free music industry course - Decoded Magazinedecodedmagazine.com The music industry is a diverse, fantastic and fun world to work in but for those who dream of entering it, breaking through can seem like a pretty …
Astronomers discover nearly pitch black planetNew York Post - By Mike Wehner When you imagine planets outside of our solar system you might dream up ocean worlds, thick plains of ice, or boiling seas of molten rock. Worlds …
11 things you did not know about 'Cheers,' unless you know a lot of things about 'Cheers'Fox News - Sean DalyCould you imagine Ed O’Neill as the proprietor of “Cheers?” The future star of “Modern Family” and “Married with Children” auditioned to be ladies man Sam Malone, back when the character was intended be
San Francisco is America's richest major metropolitan area, rising above Washington DC in the latest rankingsQuartz - Dan KopfThe thriving, technology-driven wealth of the Bay Area is the envy of the rest of America, with good reason. According to the latest data from the US Census Bureau, San Francisco tops the list of the largest
Patreon raises big round at ~$450M valuation to get artists paidTechCrunch - Josh ConstineIn an era where art is shared and streamed for free, Patreon offers new hope for turning content creation into a career. Illustrators, comedians, game makers, and musicians use Patreon to let fans pay
After Irma: Caribbean Tourism, Island by IslandThe New York Times - By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOMSome of the most idyllic — and tourism-dependent — destinations in the Caribbean have been crippled in the wake of one of the most powerful Atlantic basin storms ever recorded. Ferocious storms are nothing
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Quantum Physicists Discover the Soul Doesn’t Die – It Goes Back to the Universecorespirit.com - CORE SPIRIT It turns out that the human brain could be similar to a “biological computer,” and that human consciousness may be like a program which is run by a …
How AWS Cloud is demolishing the cult of youthredmonk.com - By James Governor We live in a society obsessed with youth. Tech is no different from the wider culture. Startup culture in particular thrives on the idea that you’re …
Critter & Guitari Intro ETC 720p Video Synthesizersynthtopia.com - synthhead Critter & Guitari have introduced the ETC - a 720p generative video synthesizer. … Read More Critter & Guitari Intro ETC 720p Video Synthesizer
This new digital music store could change the way we pay artistsThe Verge - Nikki ErlickPaolo Fragomeni can play half a dozen instruments and owned around 4,500 LP records and a thousand 45s at the peak of his vinyl collection. When wanderlust took over, he digitized his entire library into
New YouTube Rules Restrict Ads to Vetted Channels as PewDiePie Declares The 'Adpocalypse'Ad Age - Garett Sloane. YouTube updated its policies on Thursday to get more control over which videos can make money from ads, requiring for the first time that channels …
Warner and YouTube sign new deal… ‘under very difficult circumstances’musicbusinessworldwide.com Warner Music Group has inked a new global licensing deal with YouTube – but not without some serious reservations. MBW has got hold of a leaked …
Decibel Insight scores $9M Series A for ‘digital experience analytics’ techTechCrunch - Steve O'HearDecibel Insight, a U.K. startup that has built “digital experience analytics” tech to help large companies understand how individual customers interact with its websites and apps, has raised $9 million
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