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Spotify’s new track mixing tool adds DJ features to your playlists

Spotify’s new track mixing tool adds DJ features to your playlists

Spotify is testing a new audio mixing feature that allows you to customize track transitions for your playlists. Now rolling out in beta for “eligible Premium users,” the Mix feature provides an option to automatically blend transitions between tracks, or manually adjust aspects like volume, EQ, and effect curves while looking at waveform and beat data to create unique transitions. …

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AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ • The Register

AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ • The Register

AWS has introduced new pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven coding tool, but unlike the pricing originally announced, the latest plans are “a wallet-wrecking tragedy,” according to many of its users. “Kiro’s spec-driven AI IDE is a gem,” said open source PHP and Laravel engineer Antonio Ribeiro on GitHub, “until I saw your new pricing.” AWS introduced Kiro last month as …

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The AI-powered study tool I wish I had in college

The AI-powered study tool I wish I had in college

When we talk about AI projects from Google, the conversation usually revolves around Gemini. As Google’s most widespread and accessible AI feature, it’s hard to use any of the tech giant’s products and services without running into the generative AI chatbot. However, Gemini isn’t just a chatbot. It powers other AI tools, including NotebookLM. NotebookLM is one of the best …

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Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool – here’s how to access it

Your Windows PC has a secretly useful backup tool – here’s how to access it

Lance Whitney / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways Windows has a hidden backup tool in Windows 10 and 11. It can save files to discs, drives, or network locations. Deprecated by Microsoft, so expect occasional errors. Regularly backing up your files is always a good idea, just in case any important or irreplaceable ones go missing. For …

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Will China’s new chromosome editing tool unlock new wave of genetic advances?

Will China’s new chromosome editing tool unlock new wave of genetic advances?

A group of Chinese scientists has overcome a challenge that stumped biologists for decades by developing a new gene-editing tool that can precisely manipulate millions of base pairs – the building blocks of DNA. The innovation has been hailed as “very significant progress” by Professor Yin Hao, a gene editing specialist at Wuhan University’s medical research institute, who was not …

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Google Keep’s long-awaited sorting tool is finally starting to arrive

Google Keep’s long-awaited sorting tool is finally starting to arrive

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google Keep is starting to roll out a new sort feature in its Android app. You can now sort notes by custom order, date created, or date modified. The update appears to be rolling out in version 5.25.302.02.90, but it may not be widely available just yet. Google Keep is one of those apps …

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Stone tool discovery offers new clue in mystery of ancient humans living on Indonesian island

Stone tool discovery offers new clue in mystery of ancient humans living on Indonesian island

Facebook Tweet Email Link Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a region known as Wallacea. Located beyond mainland Southeast Asia, Wallacea includes a group of islands between Asia and Australia, among which Sulawesi is the largest. Previously, researchers have …

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‘Tinder For Games’ Video Game Discovery Tool Ludocene Is Now Live

‘Tinder For Games’ Video Game Discovery Tool Ludocene Is Now Live

Back in February we told you about Ludocene, a forthcoming project that was setting out to become the perfect game recommendation machine. And crucially, it was aiming to do this via human curation, rather than any ghastly AI. Well, following a successful Kickstarter and the gathering of a wide selection of gaming experts, it’s out today. Combining a dating app …

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