AI & RoboticsNews

Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up

September 10, 2026
AI music model maker Suno on Wednesday unveiled a new model family called Suno v6, which it says was developed using licensed data from music labels and distributors such as Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe. Suno has faced multiple lawsuits from record labels, which accused the startup of using copyrighted data to train its AI models, which let you generate music with prompts. Suno settled…
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NewsPhotography

Photo of tiny seahorses gathered around their 'father' after being released into the world wins prestigious award. "We spent countless hours searching in difficult conditions, with no guarantee of finding a single seahorse," says photographer

September 10, 2026
A powerful and incredibly detailed black-and-white image of an adult seahorse releasing newly born juveniles into the wide world has won the top prize of this year’s Ocean Photographer of the Year competition. The seahorse’s posture, combined with the…
Cleantech & EV'sNews

Polestar confirms Formula 2030 concept previewing next Polestar 2 and 7

September 10, 2026
Polestar has confirmed a new concept car, the Formula 2030, and it’s the clearest look yet at where the Swedish EV brand’s design is headed. The concept previews styling that will show up on the next Polestar 2, due in 2027, and the Polestar 7 compact SUV coming in 2028. It’s also the design centerpiece of a broader strategy the company is pitching to investors around one goal: getting to…
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DefenseNews

Defense startup’s AI aims to make every munition count

September 10, 2026
When Andy Markoff deployed to Mosul with the U.S. Marine Raiders in 2016, one of the challenges they faced as they pushed ISIS fighters back along a hundred-mile front was that they never had enough munitions, he said. Markoff explained that calling in air support was an effective way to clear an area, but with thousands of potential targets and few available weapon systems, he constantly had to…
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DefenseNews

South Korea supercharges defense budget to record levels

September 10, 2026
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — South Korea will spend more on its military in the year ahead than it ever has before. The country’s defense budget is set to rise 8.2%, after government leaders announced the increased expenditure on Sept. 3. The boosted defense spending of…
GamingNews

How Star Wars Prequels and Battlefront II Influenced the Zero Company Soundtrack

September 9, 2026
After nearly two decades of writing music for a galaxy far, far away, it can be argued that Gordy Haab is the most prolific composer in the Star Wars universe, John Williams included. Haab, who’s created the scores for Star Wars games including The Old Republic, Battlefront I and II, Squadrons, Jedi: Fallen Order, and Jedi: Survivor, just finished work on EA and Bit Reactor’s Star Wars: Zero…
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