How a young generation of musicians are using TikTok, amassing huge followings but making little money, as some older musicians remain opposed to the platform (John Seabrook/New Yorker)

Christopher Byrd / New Yorker:
A wide-ranging interview with Cory Doctorow on lessons from science fiction, Big Tech’s comeuppance, surveillance capitalism, smart contracts, dApps, and more  —  A conversation about the “mediocre monopolists” of Big Tech, the weirdness of crypto, and the real lessons of science fiction.

Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
TikTok is helping a new class of music business executives break through and circumvent the notoriously exclusive path that the industry usually requires  —  The pandemic spurred many young music business hopefuls to join TikTok, now they are some of the industry’s most sought-after talents.

Kristin Robinson / Billboard:
TikTok is helping a new class of music business executives break through and circumvent the notoriously exclusive path that the industry usually requires  —  The pandemic spurred many young music business hopefuls to join TikTok, now they are some of the industry’s most sought-after talents.

Jem Aswad / Variety:
YouTube says it paid over $6B to the music industry between July 2021 and June 2022, up $2B YoY, and that user generated content drove more than 30% of payouts  —  YouTube, the world’s largest streaming platform for music, announced that it has paid more than $6 billion to the music industry …

Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo:
Disney unveils FRAN, an AI tool that helps TV or film producers make an actor look older or younger without the need for complex and expensive visual effects  —  With just a few clicks, actors can look younger or older without the need for expensive visual effects.  —  Alerts

Josh Taylor / The Guardian:
Australian telco Optus, which has suffered a massive cyberattack, has repeatedly opposed changes to privacy laws to give customers more rights over their data  —  In its submission to Privacy Act review telco said giving people right to erase personal data would involve ‘significant’ hurdles and costs