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If you’re an up and coming producer looking to create some new sounds but don’t have all the equipment necessary to do to, Akai might have something you can add to your arsenal as they’re dropping a new production keyboard with all kinds of fixins.

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Engadget is reporting that Akai has just announced their new MPC Key 37 production keyboard which allows users to craft and cook beats from scratch without having to use an actual computer, laptop or DAW. Of course with that being the case it will have some limitations, but the keyboard seems like a dream come true for many would-be producers looking to get into the game.
Engadget reports:

There are 37 full-size keys, complete with aftertouch. There aren’t that many standalone devices out there with a full keybed, so this should excite musicians who lack experience with Akai-style pads. This device does have 16 velocity-sensitive pads for laying down drum parts and triggering samples, so it’s a “best of both worlds” type situation.
The Key 37 ships with 32GB of on-board storage, though 10GB is used up by the OS and included sound packs. Thankfully, there’s a slot for an SD card to expand the storage — these standalone devices fill up fast.
You get the same color 7-inch multi-touch display and four assignable Q-Link knobs as the company’s Key 61 workstation. This is great for making system adjustments and for controlling effects plugins and the like. As a matter of fact, the entire layout recalls the Key 61, though this new release is slightly less powerful.
Though the Key 37 understandably lacks some of the key aspects of it’s Key 61 predecessor (such as 2GB of RAM, compared to the 61’s 4GB and a few microphone inputs), the keyboard does feature Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity for wireless streaming on platforms such as Ableton Link. That’s gotta count for something, right?
The MPC Key 37 is currently available for a cool $900 on inMusic and authorized retailers around town. Would you be interested in copping one? Check out the video for the keyboard below and let us know in the comments section.

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Source: LISA O’CONNOR / Getty / Elon Musk
Elon Musk is once again showing his a** on his X platform. The Tesla chief is pushing conspiracy theories in response to a video of immigrants assaulting a New York City police officer.

The X owner is back on his bullsh*t. Spotted on Crooks and Liars, Musk decided to add his unwanted two cents into the “migrant crisis” after a video of migrants beating an NYPD officer went viral.

Dipping into the white supremacist bag, Musk used the great replacement theory, describing it as a tool the Biden Administration is using to influence the 2024 presidential election.
“This explains why there are so few deportations, as every deportation is a lost vote. As happened this week, you can literally assault police officers in broad daylight in New York, be released with no bail, give everyone the finger and *still* not be deported!! Outrageous,” Musk wrote in a quote post on X, formerly Twitter.

Elon Musk Is Also Helping MAGA Lover Gina Carano
Musk wasn’t done showing his a**. Actor and former professional MMA fighter Gina Carano, who got canned from The Mandalorian for her MAGA-influenced political views, announced she is suing Disney and that Musk and X will be backing her.
Per NBC News:
“A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, Defendants made it clear that only one orthodoxy in thought, speech, or action was acceptable in their empire, and that those who dared to question or failed to fully comply would not be tolerated,” the lawsuit says. “And so it was with Carano.”  
X is helping cover the costs of the lawsuit, Carano confirmed Tuesday in a post to the social media platform. 
“I would like to express my deepest gratitude & thank you to @ElonMusk & @X for giving me an opportunity to bring my case to light,” she wrote. 
Carano also claims that she was the victim of a “bullying smear campaign” and that Disney wanted to “make an example” out of her.
Okay girl.
Elon Musk continues to prove he has an allegiance to losers.

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The Xbox community is in shambles after several leaks over the weekend, indicating a significant shift when it comes to the company’s “exclusive” titles is coming.
Multiple reports from The Verge, XboxEra, and Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb claim Xbox will put exclusive titles like Bethesda releases, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Starfield, and even Gears of Wars are coming to the PlayStation 5, adding a lot of fuel to those Xbox going multiplatform fires.
According to The Verge’s reporting, a source close to Bethesda told the outlet that MachineGames, which is owned by Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax Media, is “considering” releasing the upcoming Indiana Jones game on the PS5 console after its launch on PC and Xbox Series X/S in 2024.
We got our first look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle during the recent Developer_Direct presentation, and it met with some mixed reactions, with some excited about the game and others mum on the idea of the game being in first person.
Per XboxEra’s reporting, Starfield, the massive Xbox exclusive, is also coming to the PlayStation 5, allegedly sometime after the release of the Shattered Space DLC. The website also claims Microsoft has invested in more PlayStation 5 dev kits to make the interstellar RPG’s jump to the PS5 happen.
“The other one that I’ve heard that’s definitely under consideration—it doesn’t mean that it’s going to happen, but it’s in talks—is Gears of War,” Grubb said on a recent episode of Game Mess Mornings.
Other games like live service pirate adventure Sea of Thieves and Tango Gamework’s surprise hit Hi-Fi Rush are also rumored to jump from Xbox consoles to the PS5.
As you can imagine, the news sent the Xbox community spiraling on X, formerly Twitter, with Spaces titled, I’m not an Xbox fanboy anymore.”
We’re dead serious. Well-known Xbox enthusiast Tim Dogg started it, and we paid a visit to it, and it was A LOT, to say the least.

Phil Spencer Hears You
Hilariously, while all this was happening, Xbox Chief Phil Spencer was happily playing Diablo IV, according to Tim Dog, but he finally broke his silence on Monday, Feb 5.
In a very Spencer-like response, he wrote on X:
“We’re listening and we hear you. We’ve been planning a business update event for next week, where we look forward to sharing more details with you about our vision for the future of Xbox. Stay tuned.”
Oh boy.
He honestly needs to say something now, but we’re just going to have to be patient and wait on Phil.
Justified Anger or Just Overeacting?
Until that day comes, and Phil drops the news many Xbox fans are dreading, there are plenty of reactions, some hilarious, also quite delirious.

Are these reactions to this news warranted? We guess. Listen, we get it; some people buy these consoles due to brand loyalty and love the idea you can have certain titles on them.
Believe it or not, some gamers bought a PS4 or PS5 because they want to play exclusives like Marvel’s Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn, or God of War.
Xbox console owners were hoping to get the same thing, and hearing games they used in their arguments to prop up their consoles are now possibly heading to the competitor.
Then, some don’t care where they play their games; they want a machine that can run them flawlessly.
But if this news is accurate, it does seem that Xbox is waving the white flag, and understandably, the people who ran out and bought Xbox Series X and Series S consoles are now giving them the ultimate side-eye.
We shall see if there is any truth to these reports next week when Phil Spencer speaks on it; until then, you can see more reactions in the gallery below.

3. Howling

5. Did they?

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The greatest impact of Universal Music Group and TikTok’s licensing stalemate will likely not come from UMG’s superstar artists leaving the platform, it will come from the loss of its songwriters.

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Losing music from record label signees like Taylor Swift, Drake, Morgan Wallen, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo and more on TikTok is seismic on its own, but media coverage of the now-expired license that lapsed on Jan. 31 has largely ignored that the world’s largest music company’s songwriters are leaving, too. That means that any record that was touched by a Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) songwriter will also be subject to removal from the platform — even if it was released on a non-UMG label. Artist-songwriters like Harry Styles, Bad Bunny and SZA are three of many notable examples of UMPG writers that release music under non-UMG labels that will be affected. Artists who work with UMPG hitmakers like Metro Boomin, Jack Antonoff or Fred again.. could also face this.

In today’s pop and rap markets, writing rooms are considered to be bigger than ever, crediting anywhere from one to 30 contributors in extreme cases like cases like Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode.” A typical pop song on the radio likely has at least three or four people receiving publishing. This, mixed with the fact that UMPG is one of the largest music publishers in the world with 4 million copyrights to its name, means that removing all songs with UMPG interests will impact just about every other record label and music publisher in some way.

In the third quarter of 2023, it was calculated that UMPG held a fifth of the market share on the Billboard’s Pop Airplay and Hot 100 charts. For Country Airplay, UMPG represented a tenth of the chart.

There’s also a chance of this standoff spreading to other publishers this spring. On Thursday (Feb. 1), at the Association of Independent Music Publishers event in Beverly Hills, National Music Publishers Association president and CEO David Israelite revealed during a speech that his organization’s TikTok model license is up for renewal in April. This license is negotiated by the trade association and adopted by a large number of the country’s independent publishers.

The NMPA has been known for its aggressive approach to licensing negotiations with other social media sites, games and apps in recent years, including a recent $250 million lawsuit against X (formerly Twitter) for alleged copyright infringement, and it would not be surprising if the trade organization considered following suit with UMG. If that happened, all indie publishers would be on their own to decide whether they wanted to negotiate with TikTok directly or leave the platform.

Already 21 of the 50 tracks on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart have been removed due to their UMG affiliation, but so far those take downs have focused on the company’s recordings, not publishing. Removing UMPG songs will be a far more arduous and complicated task than removing UMG records, given there are sometimes multiple recordings by multiple artists for the same underlying song. Publishing metadata — which keeps track of who wrote what song — is also notoriously incomplete or incorrect. In some cases, the metadata is often not even finalized and input until weeks or months after a song is released, making matters even more complicated.

It is widely believed that the process of taking down publishing interests will likely take a while and will be piecemeal and spotty, potentially forcing the UMPG team to police the platform and to issue takedown notices.

In the interim, UMG and TikTok are showing no signs of backing down. TikTok said the music company had “put their own greed above the interests of their artists and songwriters” after the letter was released. UMG fired back with another statement Thursday, calling TikTok’s view on compensating artists and songwriters “woefully outdated.” Amidst all the finger pointing, TikTok users are attempting to fill the gaps with non-UMG songs or covers of UMG records, while at least one UMPG writer, Metro Boomin, took to the internet to show his support: “It’s about damn time,” he posted to X.

Country star Lainey Wilson and Recording Academy president/CEO Harvey Mason voiced their support for federal regulation of AI technology at a hearing conducted by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet in Los Angeles on Friday (Feb. 2). 
“Our voices and likenesses are indelible parts of us that have enabled us to showcase our talents and grow our audiences, not mere digital kibble for a machine to duplicate without consent,” Wilson said during her comments. 

“The artists and creators I talk to are concerned that there’s very little protection for artists who see their own name or likeness or voice used to create AI-generated materials,” Mason added. “This misuse hurts artists and their fans alike.” 

“The problem of AI fakes is clear to everyone,” he continued later. “This is a problem that only Congress can address to protect all Americans. For this reason, the academy is grateful for the introduction of the No AI FRAUD Act,” a bill announced in January that aims to establish a federal framework for protecting voice and likeness. 

The star of the hearing was not from the music industry, though. Jennifer Rothman, a professor of law at University of Pennsylvania Law School, offered an eloquent challenge to a key provision of the No AI FRAUD act, which would allow artists to transfer the rights to their voice and likeness to a third party. 

It’s easy to imagine this provision is popular with labels, who historically built their large catalogs by taking control of artists’ recordings for perpetuity. However, Rothman argued that “any federal right to a person’s voice or likeness must not be transferable away from that person” and “there must be significant limits on licensing” as well.  

“Allowing another person or entity to own a living human being’s likeness or voice in perpetuity violates our fundamental and constitutional right to liberty,” she said.

Rothman cleverly invoked the music industry’s long history of perpetuity deals — a history that has upset many artists, including stars like Taylor Swift, over the years — as part of the reason for her objection. 

“Imagine a world in which Taylor Swift‘s first record label obtained rights in perpetuity to young Swift’s voice and likeness,” Rothman explained. “The label could then replicate Swift’s voice over and over in new songs that she never wrote and have AI renditions of her perform and endorse the songs and videos and even have holograms perform them on tour. In fact, under the proposed No AI Fraud Act, the label would be able to sue Swift herself for violating her own right of publicity if she used her voice and likeness to write and record new songs and publicly perform them. This is the topsy-turvy world that the draft bills would create.”

(Rothman’s reference to Swift was just one of several at the hearing. Rep. Kevin Kiley [R – CA] alluded to the debate over whether or not the singer would be able to make it to the Super Bowl from her performance in Tokyo, while Rep. Nathaniel Moran [R – TX] joked, “I have not mentioned Travis Kelce’s girlfriend once during this testimony.”)

Rothman pointed out that the ability to transfer voice or likeness rights in perpetuity potentially “threatens ordinary people” as well: They “may unwittingly sign over those rights as part of online Terms of Service” that exist on so many platforms and are barely ever read. In the music industry, there is a similar problem already causing problems for a number of young artists who sign up to distribute their music through an online service, agree to Terms of Service without reading them, and later discover that they have unknowingly locked their music into some sort of agreement. In an AI world, this problem could be magnified. 

Rothman’s comments put her at odds with the Recording Academy. “In this particular bill, there are certain safeguards, there’s language that says there have to be attorneys present and involved,” Mason said during questioning. (Though many young artists can’t afford counsel or can’t find good counsel.) “But we also believe that families should have the freedom to enter into different business arrangements.” 

Mason’s view was shared by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R – FL). “If tomorrow I wanted to sell my voice to a robot and let that robot say whatever in the world that it wanted to say, and I wanted to take the money from that sale and go buy a sailboat and never turn on the internet again, why should I not have the right to do that?” he asked.

In addition to Rothman, Mason and Wilson, there was one other witness at the hearing: Christopher Mohr, who serves as president of the Software & Information Industry Association. He spoke little and mostly reiterated that his members wanted the courts to answer key questions around AI. “It’s really important that these cases get thoroughly litigated,” Mohr said.

This answer did not satisfy Rep. Glenn Ivey (D – MD), a former litigator. “It could take years before all of that gets solved and you might have conflicting decisions from different courts in jury trials,” Ivey noted. “What should we be doing to try and fix it now?”

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With the Super Bowl just around the corner, it might be a good time to upgrade your old TV to watch the Big Game matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 11.

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Retailers, like Walmart, are dropping prices, and the the winner of Super Bowl Sunday is you because you saved so much money on a big screen 4K TV. We rounded up the best deals on massive 4K TVs from top brands, like Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL and others.

And since it’s from Walmart, you can order now and pick up the 4K TV yourself from your local retail location, or you’ll get it shipped to you for free if you’re a Walmart+ member.

Not a member? You can sign up for a 30-day free trial to take advantage of everything the retailer’s rewards program has to offer, including free delivery; fuel savings at Exxon, Mobil, Walmart or Murphy gas stations; streaming access to Paramount+ — the streaming home of Super Bowl LVIII — to watch hit originals such as Halo, Fatal Attraction and Star Trek: Lower Decks; early deals access and much more. Learn more about Walmart+ here.

Additionally, if you’re planning on getting a new 4K TV for the Big Game, Super Bowl LVIII is streaming exclusively on Paramount+ for subscribers only. Moreover, all of the 4K TVs listed below can access Paramount+.

Not a subscriber? Paramount+ has a seven-day free trial, so you can try out the service yourself. After the trial is up, you can cancel the streaming service altogether, or you can keep watching.

Paramount+ starts at $5.99/month for the ad-supported basic plan. If you want to go ad-free, Paramount+ with Showtime goes for $11.99/month.

In the meantime, scroll down for our picks of the best deals on big 4K TVs, below:

Samsung

Samsung 65-inch S90C 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

$1,539

$3,299

53% off

On sale for $1,539 (regularly $3,299), the Samsung 65-inch S90C 4K Ultra HD Smart TV features an impressive OLED display for rich and vibrant colors, as well as deep and dark black levels. It has a 144Hz refresh rate for buttery smooth motion when watching live sports, like Super Bowl LVIII on Paramount+.

Sony

Sony 75-inch X80K 4K Ultra HD Smart Google TV

$898

$998

10% off

Want to go bigger? Sony 75-inch X80K 4K Ultra HD Smart Google TV has a massive LED display with a smooth and clear picture quality, thanks to Sony’s Processor X1 chipset inside. It runs Google TV for video and music streaming with access to Paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, Spotify, Disney+ and much more. The 4K TV is on sale for $898, or $100 off its list price, at Walmart.

LG

LG 70-inch 4K Ultra HD webOS Smart TV

$498

$648

23% off

Priced at $498 — or $150 off — at Walmart, the LG 70-inch 4K Ultra HD webOS Smart TV features enhanced 4K video and audio powered by LG’s α5 Gen5 AI Processor built in. This means picture quality is smooth and vivid, while it uses AI to adjust images and sound on-the-fly. It runs LG’s webOS for streaming access to Paramount+, Max, Hulu, Netflix and other services.

TCL

TCL 65-inch 4-Series 4K Ultra HD Smart Roku TV

$579.99

$679.95

15% off

If you’re a fan of Roku, the TCL 65-inch 4-Series 4K Ultra HD Smart Roku TV runs the popular streaming operating system with more than 40,000 apps available, including Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ and much more. The 4K TV also has a big 65-inch display with impressive picture quality and stellar audio.

Hisense

Hisense 75-inch R6 Series 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart TV

$498

$578

14% off

For just under $500, you can pick up the Hisense 75-inch R6 Series 4K Ultra HD Roku Smart TV at Walmart. It has a massive 75-inch display with 4K picture quality with Dolby Vision support and impressive DTS Studio Sound audio. The 4K TV also has Roku inside for easy access to popular streaming apps, including Paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, Peacock and much more.

Vizio

Vizio 65-inch V-Series 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

$398

$528

25% off

Looking for a wallet-friendly 4K TV? The Vizio 65-inch V-Series 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is on sale for $398 — or $130 off its list price — at Walmart. That’s a 25% savings. It has Dolby Vision support for premium 4K picture quality with bright and accurate colors, as well as darker black levels. It also has Dolby Atmos support for high-end audio quality with sound clarity that’s rich, robust and booming.Meanwhile, the 4K TV runs Vizio’s SmartCast streaming platform with access to Paramount+, Hulu, Netflix, Disney+, YouTube and more. Not bad for just under $400.

Samsung

Samsung 85-inch LS03B ‘The Frame’ QLED 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

$2,897

$4,297

33% off

Walmart also has one of the most stylish 4K TV on sale too. Right now, the Samsung 85-inch LS03B “The Frame” QLED 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is on sale for $2,897, or $1,400 off its list price. That’s a 33% savings.The 4K TV is designed to blend in your home decor, while it resembles a framed painting. In fact, it has an “Art Mode” where you can cycle through famous works of art — like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl With a Pearl Earring,” Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and others — as dynamic screensavers when you’re not watching TV. It also has access to popular streaming apps, like Paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Max, Disney+ and others.

Check out more great deals on big 4K TVs at Walmart, below:

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It’s Black History Month, which means companies are doing their best to show how inclusive and down for the Black cause they truly are. Halo Infinite studio 343 Industries’ attempt to celebrate BHM is getting clowned on social media.
Don’t get it twisted; we know there was goodwill in 343 Industries’ attempt to celebrate Black History Month by introducing armor shaders to commemorate the annual celebration of Black excellence.
But, man, we understand why the jokes are flying across the timeline.
Gamers can now add bold green, gold, and maroon colors, typically associated with African country flags, plus kente cloth, the West African traditional textile as a pattern on their Spartan armor.
To announce the new Black History Month-inspired shaders, the Halo account on X, formerly Twitter, dropped a photo of a Spartan with all the custom shaders, which did not land well.

Immediately, comparisons to A-Train, the only Black superhero on The Seven in the hit Amazon Prime series, The Boys, hit timelines.
In that particular episode, Jessie T. Usher’s character got an African-themed super suit to gain the approval of Black people, but 343 Industries’ attempt was nowhere near as egregious in terms of pandering. However, you still can’t unsee it, especially when you compare A-Train’s costume.
The Verge’s Ash Parrish confirmed that with her well-timed response to the Halo account tweet.

Xbox’s Other BLM-Inspired Initiatives
The announcement of the Black History Month-inspired Halo Infinite shaders was just a small part of a more significant initiative that Xbox announced to celebrate BHM.
The Microsoft-owned company announced a partnership with the Gameheads development program and other amazing Black History Month initiatives.

Announcing a partnership with Gameheads to showcase games created by students (ages 11-25) who have gone through Gameheads’ game development program. Gameheads is a California-based non-profit that uses game design and development to engage, prepare and train low-income youth and youth of color for careers in the video games and technology industry. Check out the games, and how you can play them here.

As part of the partnership, Xbox also donated to Gameheads to support their commitment to diversifying the pipeline in the gaming industry & empowering the next generation of game developers.

Sharing a collection of games available on Xbox, made for and by the Black community, including spotlighting Black game developers from the ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program who, with Xbox’s support, are increasing Black representation and elevating underrepresented voices in the games they create.  
Encouraging players to donate Microsoft Rewards points to both Gameheads and/or Cxmmunity.
Sharing Xbox Ambassador stories, including tips they have for how to stay safe when gaming, and more!

By heading here, you can learn more about how Xbox and Gamesheads are working together to amplify Black voices in the gaming industry.
Still, Xbox, you are going to get these jokes. You can see more reactions to the Blackety, Black Spartan armor in the gallery below.

2. Won’t be shocked to see this at New York Comic Con

3. Howling

5. Someone likes it

6. Intriguing

7. Wait a minute

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The internet has become a constant in our lives through offering answers to practically any question we have as well as giving access to streaming platforms to watch content on. Unless you’re using data on your smartphone, hopping on the internet requires a reliable wifi router, but not every model can be considered a good one.

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Slow speeds, dead spots and having to reset the router are just a few of the common issues that come with owning a wifi router. And while you can invest in a wifi extender, it doesn’t always fix the issue. Amazon is helping you get onto the internet faster, easier and for a lower cost with a major deal on its Eero Pro 6 Wifi Router. At 40% off, the device gets slashed to under $150, making it a worthy investment — especially if you’re looking for quality work-from-home items.

Whether you’re surfing the web on your laptop, streaming Paramount+, Hulu or even Prime Video on your tablet, this router aims to cover up to 2,000 square feet to ensure your connection is stable and you don’t have to constantly sit and wait for your videos to buffer. Plus, it can connect to more than 75 devices, which should cover all your tech gadgets as well as your family and guests’.

Keep reading to shop the deal.

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Amazon Eero Pro 6 mesh Wi-Fi 6 router (2020 Release)

$119.99

$199.99

40% off

Amazon’s Eero Pro 6 wifi router aims to support wifi speeds up to a gigabit, and function as a Zigbee smart-home hub that’ll connect to compatible smart home devices and Alexa. It’s also small and compact, which means you can display it on your side tables, TV stands and more without creating an eye sore.

Amazon shoppers have described the device as “reliable,” claiming it makes a noticeable difference to their wifi speeds.

“This router is the bomb,” one verified reviewer wrote. “It gives me consistent 900+mb speed and has the range to connect at the speed throughout my home and yard! I couldn’t be happier with my fiber service and eero router!”

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