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law Kanye West settles lawsuit with Donna Summer's estate after using sample without permission Rob Beschizza

music Universal Music Group partners with AI voice-cloning company Thom Dunn

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music Irish tweens' banger 'The Spark' is an international hit Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

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education Field trip to Willis Wonderland included in UCLA's summer kitsch & camp course Rusty Blazenhoff

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