Kinks-shamed: Dave Davies asks Elon Musk to stop flagging band-related tweets
Guitarist pleads with Twitter owner after one of his tweets carried a sensitive content warning
Three things with Myf Warhurst: ‘It lived in some wealthy person’s mansion for a hundred years’
In our weekly interview about objects, the longtime ABC host tells us about her party-starter piano, and the retro record player she lost to a housemate
Are bands dead? How solo stars took over the charts
Pop was once all about four guys and their instruments. Now that gang mentality has been blown away by tech-savvy individuals
The Guardian view on AI in art: a challenge that must be met
Editorial: Despite Nick Cave’s broadside against computer-generated lyrics, they’re here to stay. Artists need to be educated and protected
‘This song sucks’: Nick Cave responds to ChatGPT song written in style of Nick Cave
Singer-songwriter dissects lyrics produced by popular chatbot, saying it is ‘a grotesque mockery of what it is to be human’
‘Out of your league’: Shakira song mocking ex Gerard Piqué breaks YouTube record
Video with DJ Bizarrap ridiculing footballer’s new relationship racks up 63m views in 24 hours
Enough with the year-in-review app alerts: here are the online habits I really want to track in 2023
Annual wraps remind me I’m tethered to my phone like a sad puppy. So give me a round-up from the app with the plainest of truths
Flutes, synths, a human voice – how should electric vehicles sound?
As Australia looks to the US and Europe on electric vehicle safety rules, carmakers are experimenting with sounds that will effectively warn pedestrians
Elton John quits Twitter over change that ‘allows misinformation to flourish’
Musician’s comments come after Elon Musk said he would grant ‘general amnesty’ for suspended accounts
‘My friends call me the BlackBerry queen!’ Meet the people clinging on to old tech – from faxes to VCRs
You can keep your iPhones, emails and streaming videos. Aren from London, Lisa from St Louis and Billy from Wigan are quite happy with old-fashioned alternatives. And there are plenty more where they came from
Instagram told to reinstate music video removed at request of Met police
Oversight board says removal of Secrets Not Safe by Chinx (OS) suggests ‘over-policing of certain communities’
Jeff Bezos vows to give away most of fortune – and hands Dolly Parton $100m
Amazon founder wants to donate much of $124bn wealth to causes such as climate crisis and world unity
Make it pop! Do we really need the Beatles to sound new?
Classic songs are now remastered to compete with contemporary pop on streaming services. But what do we lose when Yellow Submarine is ‘de-mixed’ for generation playlist?
TechScape: Kanye’s dark twisted social media fantasy
The artist now known as Ye wants to buy the ‘free-speech’ social network Parler after being banned from major sites. But hopes for a rightwing splinternet, where anything goes, is not so easy
Kanye West to buy rightwing social network Parler
Purchase by rapper, who changed name to Ye in 2021, expected to be completed by end of year