Last year, Deezer introduced an AI detection tool that automatically tags fully AI-generated music for listeners and removes it from algorithmic and editorial recommendations. The company announced on Thursday that it’s now making the tool available to other streaming platforms in an effort to help address the rise of AI and fraudulent streams, as well as promote transparency within the music industry and make sure human artists still get the recognition they deserve. Alongside the move, Deezer reported that 85% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are deemed fraudulent. Notably, the service now receives 60,000 AI tracks per day, totaling…
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Apple has launched its next-generation AirTag for $29 and brought a slew of new features along with it. But, first, it’s important to get this out of the way: The new AirTag still doesn’t have a keyring hole, so you’ll still need accessories like a case, holder or secure pocket. Once you get over that, the new Apple AirTag does offer some nice improvements. For starters, it’s now powered by Apple’s second-generation Ultra Wideband chip — the same one used in the iPhone 17 lineup and for the Apple Watch Ultra 3. It also uses Precision Finding to reach items…
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paceX is reportedly lining up four major Wall Street banks for a 2026 IPO that could provide the reset the market needs. The company just completed a tender offer at an $800 billion valuation, and secondary market demand is through the roof. If SpaceX goes public anywhere near its rumored $1.5 trillion valuation, it could trigger an IPO cascade for other late-stage unicorns like OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks. Watch as Equity host Rebecca Bellan chats with Greg Martin, Managing Director at Rainmaker Securities, about why this IPO feels different, how tech employees are cashing out through secondary markets before companies go public, and what investors are actually looking for in pre-IPO shares. Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at…
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Windscribe isn’t a VPN for everybody, and it’s not trying to be. Despite its high-achieving free plan, it didn’t quite make my list of the best VPNs, largely due to alienating interface choices and swingy download speeds. Its iconoclastic approach to everything from design to pricing to its online knowledge base will likely win some customers for life and turn others off. For those in the latter camp, I’ve written up this guide for cancelling Windscribe. Follow the instructions below to stop Windscribe from auto-renewing, cancel third-party subscriptions, delete your account altogether and get a refund. The most important thing…
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Elon Musk’s X is the latest social network to roll out a feature to label edited images as “manipulated media,” if a post by Elon Musk is to be believed. But the company has not clarified how it will make this determination, or whether it includes images that have been edited using traditional tools, like Adobe’s Photoshop. So far, the only details on the new feature come from a cryptic X post from Elon Musk saying, “Edited visuals warning,” as he reshares an announcement of a new X feature made by the anonymous X account DogeDesigner. That account is often…
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A facelift for the Hyundai Kona SUV – the Korean brand’s best-selling model in Australia – has reportedly been cancelled, with the company skipping it in favour of bringing the next generation to showrooms sooner. Reports from The Korean Car Blog say the automaker won’t bring any further updates to the current ‘SX2’ Kona small SUV, which counts the Toyota Corolla Cross and Nissan Qashqai among its rivals. It was the best-selling model for Hyundai Australia in 2025, and the best-selling small SUV, beating the Chery Tiggo 4 and MG ZS. The current, second-generation Kona went on sale in Australia…
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When deciding which video game to buy, “Is it fun?” is no longer the only consideration. Given the state of the industry, “Do I want to support this company?” is arguably more important. Take, for example, Ubisoft, where things seem to unravel more each day. After the floundering publisher floated even more layoffs this week, workers at its Paris headquarters said, “Enough is enough.” They’re now calling for a three-day strike. Unions representing Ubisoft employees plan to strike from February 10 to 12. “With management being stubbornly entrenched in its authoritarian ways, we are calling Ubisoft employees across France to…
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Mark Zuckerberg spoke about his ambitions for Meta’s AI smart glasses business during Meta’s Q4 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. After pivoting its Reality Labs investments away from the metaverse, Meta is doubling down on its production of AI wearables, as well as its own AI models. “Billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction. And I think that we’re at a moment similar to when smartphones arrived, and it was clearly only a matter of time until all those flip phones became smartphones,” Zuckerberg said. “It’s hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses…
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The 2026 Ineos Grenadier 4×4 off-roader has been updated with an expanded lineup including a new Black Edition, as well as steering and cabin tweaks across the range. All Grenadiers receive a new variable-ratio steering box that the automaker says delivers improved precision and responsiveness. The update is also claimed to deliver a five per cent smaller turning circle, with revised lock-stops designed to improve slow-speed manoeuvrability both off-road and around town. The new Grenadier Black Edition costs an additional $2000 over the Fieldmaster model grade on which it’s based, and starts at $122,000 before on-road costs in either wagon…
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Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling out for the browser, with more to come over the next few months. The first of the new features is a sidebar. Available to all Gemini in Chrome users, the interface allows you to chat with Gemini and keep a conversation going across multiple tabs. Google suggests the sidebar is useful for multitaskers. “Our testers have been using it for all sorts of things: comparing options across too-many-tabs, summarizing product reviews across different sites, and helping find…