So this one time, at Bandcamp, half the staff were laid off Epic redundancies all round SaaS17 Oct 2023 | 45
Brainwaves rock! Scientists decode Pink Floyd tune straight from the noggin First up: Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 Science17 Aug 2023 | 38
Internet Archive sued by record labels as battle with book publishers intensifies Music copyright bomb hits just as other court conflict leads to lending limits Personal Tech14 Aug 2023 | 55
Man who nearly killed physical media returns with $60,000 vinyl turntable Ive got a bad feeling about this Offbeat10 Jul 2023 | 241
Important note: Humans can use AI to make music and still bag a Grammy Organizers change rules as generative ML takes over everything AI + ML05 Jul 2023 | 17
Music bosses go after Twitter's unlicensed soundtrack to the tune of $250M Just what the Muskified platform needs right now – another lawsuit Legal15 Jun 2023 | 23
Hong Kong tries to outlaw uploads of unofficial and anti-Beijing anthem State-sponsored SEO effort to send people to properly patriotic tune has its limits Legal07 Jun 2023 | 23
Musicians threaten to make Oasis 'Live Forever' with AI Comment Some things should remain dead Offbeat21 Apr 2023 | 59
India's IT minister denies targeting Chinese apps for bans Asia In Brief PLUS: Toshiba acknowledges buyout bid; BTS member Jungkook's hat lands online seller in strife; and more Software13 Feb 2023 |
Hundreds of Spotify staff stream out the door in latest layoffs CEO Ek admits he never stopped to consider whether pandemic boom was temporary Personal Tech23 Jan 2023 | 19
In praise of MIDI, tech's hidden gift to humanity Opinion One version to bind them all, and in the darkness rock them Personal Tech19 Dec 2022 | 117
Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit Another reason not to play 1989's Rhythm Nation – it may mess with some hard disk drives Security18 Aug 2022 | 133
Sony responds to inflation with $3,700 gold-plated 'Walkman' In truth, a non-tape media player for Gen Xers with more money than sense Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 47
The end of the iPod – last model available 'while supplies last' The day the music died … was probably 2007, when the iPhone made standalone music players redundant Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 57
Feds charge two men with claiming ownership of others' songs to steal YouTube royalty payments Alleged scheme said to have netted $20m since 2017 Security03 Dec 2021 | 30
Want to feel old? Aussie cyclist draws Nirvana baby in Strava on streets of Adelaide because Nevermind is 30 Meanwhile, Nirvana baby unchuffed about being Nirvana baby Bootnotes27 Sep 2021 | 38
AI recommendations fail fans who like hard rock and hip hop – official science Welcome to the new bland AI + ML31 Mar 2021 | 42
GitHub warns devs face ban if they fork DMCA'd YouTube download tool... while hinting how to beat the RIAA No, no, no, you hit it like this *whack* Software03 Nov 2020 | 63
Prank warning: You do know your smart speaker's paired with Spotify over the internet, don't you? I can't stop people playing music at me, says Reg reader Bootnotes30 Apr 2020 | 72
Buy Amazon's tiny $99 keyboard so you can make terrible AI music for all your friends re:Invent DeepComposer is certainly no maestro AI + ML02 Dec 2019 | 35
The Register taps a foot with boffins under the Lovell Telescope at Bluedot Festival Ad Astra Tabernamque... but no, we can't dance Science26 Jul 2019 | 16
Prodigy dancer and vocalist Keith Flint found dead aged 49 Bez of the chemical generation made an indelible mark on British music Bootnotes04 Mar 2019 | 110
Turn on, tune in, drop out: Apple's whizz-bang T2 security chips hit a bum note for Mac audio Sm... ck m... glitch up: Coprocess... has nasty... USB ...oun... outp... rruption... roblem Personal Tech19 Feb 2019 | 26
Amazon Prime Music turns the volume down a little too much Users face hours without tunes as streaming service trips up mid-dance move SaaS16 Oct 2018 | 21
Oomm-tsss, oomm-tsss, Oomm-tsss, oomm-tsss... it's an AI beatbox Vid Press record, make some noise into your mic, press play, voila – all in your browser AI + ML09 Aug 2018 | 2
Here's why AI can't make a catchier tune than the worst pop song in the charts right now DeepMind tries to train a neural network on classical piano AI + ML24 Jul 2018 | 61
Audiophiles have really taken to the warm digital tone of streaming music Revenues up 41 per cent, industry in 'recovery mode' Personal Tech24 Apr 2018 | 96
Amazon warns you have 30 days before Music Storage files bloodbath Jeff Bezos will do to your MP3s what he did to your bookstore Personal Tech30 Mar 2018 | 76
Home taping revisited: A mic in each hand, pointing at speakers Something for the Weekend, Sir? A blinga, a blanga, a bippety bop, I'm going down to the record shop YEAH! Bootnotes09 Feb 2018 | 177
As the singularity approaches, neural network pens black metal album RotM Reeeyeeeeeese... of tha maaassssshyyyyyyunaahhhhh AI + ML04 Dec 2017 | 22
More are paying to stream music, but YouTube still holds the value gap Demand's there; compensating artists is another issue Software20 Sep 2017 | 14
Spotify just can't wash those songwriters out of its hair Out of the way, I've got an IPO On-Prem14 Sep 2017 | 16
Facebook's music plans mean you'll never leave Facebook Analysis Roach motel Personal Tech06 Sep 2017 | 42
Apple exits music player biz by killing iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle The iPod Touch is all that remains now and it's had two models axed Personal Tech28 Jul 2017 | 63
DIY music veteran SoundCloud flounders, lays off 40% of staff Closes London and San Fran offices in pursuit of profits On-Prem07 Jul 2017 | 15
I still haven't found what I'm malloc()ing for: U2 tops poll of music today's devs code to 🎶 Where the streets have no hostname 🎶 Devops13 Jun 2017 | 125
MP3 'died' and nobody noticed: Key patents expire on golden oldie tech And Fraunhofer won't renew 'em Bootnotes16 May 2017 | 163
Yet another job menaced by AI! Uh, wait, it says here... Dance Dance Revolution designers Is this the last waltz for bonkers music game's level makers? AI + ML24 Mar 2017 | 10
Google agrees to break pirates' domination over music searches UK.gov tells search engines to demote dodgy websites or face legislation Legal20 Feb 2017 | 75
Top of the bots: This AI isn't a cold, cruel killing machine – it's a pop music hit machine Feature Cyber-crooner tries to prove code can be creative too AI + ML11 Nov 2016 | 46
Is this the worst Blockchain idea you've ever heard? Poll Peak Blockchain. Just stop Legal20 Oct 2016 | 58
Google had Obama's ear during antitrust probe Updated Wait, whaaat? This isn't supposed to happen Legal18 Aug 2016 | 36
Church organist nabbed for playing glory hole in excelsis One gift from God (a) man did not want to see Bootnotes27 Jul 2016 | 45
Spotify, YouTube pay musicians with ever-shrinking buttons With CD and downloads crashing, is this the end? Legal12 Jul 2016 | 39
Wealthy youngsters more likely to be freetards than anyone else – study Middle class self-entitled whingers also Remainians? Yarr. Legal05 Jul 2016 | 57
Peter Gabriel-backed music startup goes titsup, takes £500k of your money with it CueSongs hits the run-off groove Legal29 Jun 2016 | 23
Astroboffins create music from SPAAAAAAAAAAACE Milky Way muso might just unlock secrets to galaxy's youthful years Science07 Jun 2016 | 11
Hey, YouTube: Pay your 'workers' properly and get with the times Analysis BPI takes pop at UGC loophole Legal06 May 2016 | 40
'Apple ate my music!' Streaming jukebox wipes 122GB – including muso's original tracks Alert after heavy-handed sync nukes files Legal05 May 2016 | 107
Vinyl LPs to top 3 million sales in Blighty this year But can you get Bouncing Babies by the Teardrop Explodes? Legal15 Apr 2016 | 63
Brit uni rattles tin for ultra-low latency audio board 'Bela' BeagleBone Black cape, ideal for impatient musos Personal Tech01 Mar 2016 | 28
Subscription music download service drip.fm closes They won't be giants, despite being They Might Be Giant's music-as-a-service provider Legal19 Feb 2016 | 5
Foetuses offered vaginal music streaming service Direct stimulation coming soon to a womb near you Bootnotes07 Jan 2016 | 86
Rdio's collapse another nail in the coffin of the 'digital economy' Analysis Money for *distributing* (nearly free) jam is a terrible idea On-Prem20 Nov 2015 | 96
An Internet of Things music thingy? What, you’ve already got one? What’s Lewis’s shtick? A daft stick it seems Legal14 Oct 2015 | 10
Spotify updates hated privacy policy ... with exact same policy We're sorry, says CEO, that we didn't better explain how we're slurping all your info Legal04 Sep 2015 | 25
Government embarks on futile mission to censor teen music vid viewing Think of the children? They can think perfectly well for themselves, thanks Legal18 Aug 2015 | 42
Dead Steve Jobs' life and times are being turned into an OPERA No. No. No. So much no for this. Just no. Nada, nyet, no Bootnotes10 Aug 2015 | 45
'Apple lures labels from free streams – and why is no one doing anything about it' shrieks group Rabble rousers demand FTC, DoJ probe Music service Legal22 Jul 2015 | 42