Would you ever swap human artists for AI in your playlist

Psychedelic rock band The Velvet Sundown has over a million monthly listeners on Spotify and earns thousands of dollars every month. However, the catch is that it’s not a traditional band at all. It’s mostly made by artificial intelligence. Their Spotify bio confirms that the group is a synthetic music project, guided by human creative…

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Incoming NGA Chair ‘disappointed’ in Dem governors ‘playing politics’ in bipartisan group

Incoming chair of the National Governors Association (NGA), Gov. Kevin Stitt, R-Okla., is “disappointed” that some Democratic governors might stop paying their dues to the bipartisan group.  The Atlantic reported ahead of the NGA’s summer meeting in Colorado Springs, Colo., that at least two Democrats, Govs. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Laura Kelly of Kansas,…

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Wisconsin student Eliotte Heinz’s Mississippi River death reignites safety concerns in college town

The tragic discovery of Viterbo University graduate student Eliotte Heinz’s body in the Mississippi River this week left the La Crosse, Wisconsin, community in shock, remembering the 22-year-old for her sweet demeanor and reigniting calls for increased vigilance in the bustling college town. Heinz disappeared early Sunday while walking home after a night out at…

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How fake Microsoft alerts trick you into phishing scams

A phishing scam posing as a Microsoft security alert is targeting users with emails that claim an alert has been triggered on their account.  The link appears safe at first glance, often pointing to a Google Docs or SharePoint page. But that’s part of the trap.  Once clicked, it redirects to a fake Microsoft login…

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Will Rogers was Hollywood’s highest-paid actor but preferred cowboy life, great-granddaughter says

At the time of his death, ’30s star Will Rogers was the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, but all he really wanted was to be a cowboy, according to his great-granddaughter, Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry.  “I think the Hollywood scene paid the bills,” Rogers-Etcheverry, who lives in her great-grandfather’s native Oklahoma, where he is known as “Oklahoma’s favorite…

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