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Meta Open Sources An AI-Powered Music Generator

Meta has released its own AI-powered music generator - and, unlike Google, open-sourced it, TechCrunch reported. Called MusicGen, Meta’s music-generating tool, can turn a text description (e.g. “An ‘80s driving pop song with heavy drums and synth pads in the background”) into about 12 seconds of audio, give or take. MusicGen can optionally be “steered” with reference audio, like an

Your Plex account may have been compromised

If you are using your computer or other connected devices for your media and entertainment experiences. Plex is a media server platform and also a player, that has been in development that has been in development since 2008 and can work with Windows, MacOS, Linux and Free BSD, as well as on platforms such as Apple TV and Roku.  If

Home servers and media computers, have I become a dinosaur?

Going back about 12 years I built two computers, a media center for the home theater cabinet in the living room and a server to back up all files – that one resided in my home office.  These days those things seem to be gone from our tech landscape, and I miss them. I miss building them myself and setting

New Tom Hanks movie to be released straight to Apple TV as an exclusive

I'm sure I don't need to remind anyone of who Tom Hanks is. The man who gave us things like Philadelphia, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, Captain Phillips and Sully, just to name a few. Now Hanks has a new movie and this release will be unique, but also a sign of the times we’re living in. With theaters closed Sony

Want a movie? Redbox is teaming with Amazon Alexa

Are you a movie fan? There's been a few good ones this year and more on the way right now. If you can't get to the theater or don't want to pay the ridiculous prices they now charge then there are plenty of other options, both online and physical. One popular physical option is Redbox. You've likely seen the little kiosiks both inside

Amazon Fire TV Review

Amazon has been building the Fire brand over the past few years, starting with tablets, moving to media players and streaming sticks, before most recently producing a smartphone. The Fire TV media player has been on-sale in the US for some time, but only came to the UK back in October. I've been playing with Fire.....TV for the past couple of

Media Portal 1.9.0 pre-release now available

There is little question that Microsoft is allowing Media Center to languish -- an anguishing proposition for HTPC users, many of homes utilize the software to power the home theater. There are alternatives, of course. XBMC is a popular option, as are a couple of various Linux distros. But if you're plan is to stick with the Windows OS, and