Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front

Ticketmaster will finally show the full price of your ticket up front

Ticketmaster will now show how much you’ll pay for tickets — fees included — before checkout. The company announced the “All In Prices” initiative on Monday as part of its efforts to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on junk fees, which goes into effect on May 12th. Now, when you’re shopping for tickets,…

Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027

Apple may release a ‘mostly glass, curved iPhone’ in 2027

The iPhone 16 Pro Max, pictured here, is already pretty glassy. This morning, while summarizing an Apple “product blitz” he expects for 2027, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes in his Power On newsletter that Apple is planning a “mostly glass, curved iPhone” with no display cutouts for that year, which happens to be the iPhone’s 20th…

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

The Trump administration has reportedly fired Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, who leads the US Copyright Office, following the office’s choice to release a pre-publication version of its opinion on the fair use status of AI training data that’s made up of copyrighted information.  Representative Joe Morelle, the ranking Democrat of the Committee on House…

Giant Bomb goes independent

Giant Bomb goes independent

At the beginning of the month, things weren’t looking good for gaming site Giant Bomb after its content was put on hold amid reports of editorial interference from its parent company, Fandom. Today, some feel-good news: Giant Bomb announced it is now an independent, employee-owned entity. “Giant Bomb lives! Fandom has sold the site to…

Expedition 33’s big twist was designed to ‘inflict the pain on the player’

Expedition 33’s big twist was designed to ‘inflict the pain on the player’

This screenshot does not involve the twist. | Image: Sandfall Interactive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is my favorite game of the year so far, with an exhilarating battle system, excellent exploration, and a haunting soundtrack. But I’m not the only one who loves it: the game has become a huge hit, with more than 2…

SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools

SoundCloud says it isn’t using your music to train generative AI tools

The music-sharing platform SoundCloud quietly updated its terms of use in February last year, adding language that lets it train AI models on its users’ content, as TechCrunch reported. And while the company says it hasn’t used user-created content for model training, it doesn’t rule out the possibility that it will in the future. Marni…