Metallica’s James Hetfield performing live. Photo Credit: Mark Wainwright A YouTube user has created a new Metallica-inspired song, “Deliverance Rides,” that features lyrics written entirely by a bot. One “Funk Turkey” recently uploaded the three-and-a-half-minute Metallica track to YouTube, and at the time of this writing, the song had garnered more than 226,000 views. According […]
A leading Chinese podcasting and audio content app called Lizhi has gone public on Nasdaq. Trading under the ticker symbol LIZI, Lizhi is a competitor of Ximalaya and Dragonfly. They are currently offering investors more than 4 million shares at an $11 IPO price. Lizhi provides not only podcasts but also audiobooks and livestreasms. Unlike […]
iHeartRadio Denver (photo: Jeffrey Beall CC by 4.0) Yesterday, we first reported on iHeartMedia’s mass layoff of employees nationwide. Now, the company has explained why those people were let go. We certainly hear a lot about machines replacing humans in the workforce. And there are certainly some in-your-face examples, like self-checkout aisles at supermarkets. But most of […]