‘It’s the screams of the damned!’ The eerie AI world of deepfake music

Artificial intelligence is being used to create new songs seemingly performed by Frank Sinatra and other dead stars. ‘Deepfakes’ are cute tricks – but they could change pop for ever

Spotify to let artists promote music for cut in royalty rates

Musicians condemn payola-style deal to give some songs an algorithmic boost

Kim Kardashian West at 40: how the queen of social media changed the world

By exchanging her privacy for eyewatering wealth, Kardashian West defines our time like no one else. Now, she has dialled back the nudity, presented a family-oriented image – and even appealed to Donald Trump’s compassionate side

The streaming startups trying to save the music industry mid-pandemic

From livestreaming platforms sharing their revenue with roadies, to immersive weekend-long gigs over high-end speakers, new music companies are innovating out of a crisis

MPs to examine impact of streaming on future of music industry

Culture committee chair Julian Knight said it would investigate whether the business models used by major streaming platforms are fair to writers and performers

Selling online: how to clear your clutter on eBay and beyond

Cheap and easy options for listing clothes, CDs and more, from Depop to Facebook Marketplace

Medical experts v anti-vaxxers: the Covid-19 information battle

Scientists face potential struggle to convince people of vaccine safety as celebrities join misinformation chorus

Scammers target UK music festivals forced online by coronavirus

Facebook phishing schemes charge fans to view events’ free live streams

Is Hut Group’s vaulting ambition a leap too far in cutthroat online market?

The e-commerce retailer is looking for £920m and a huge valuation from its stock market debut – but reasons to be wary

Press here for mutant unwoke algorithms

Artificial intelligence is clearly at work on our rightwing newspapers

Your data is not destined for China, assures TikTok’s UK boss

The controversial app’s users are ignoring geopolitical battle over its digital security, says Richard Waterworth

Ed Sheeran: where is the shame in being a teenage busker?

In an era when every embarrassing antic lasts forever on the internet, he can count himself lucky that it’s just a demo CD

Ashley ‘Dotty’ Charles: ‘Purveyors of hate have turned trolling into a business. We have the power to turn the tables’

By refusing to breathe life into the peddlers of hate we can put them out of a job

‘You’ve been smoking too much!’: the chaos of Tony Wilson’s digital music revolution

The Factory impresario’s company Music33 sold individual songs as MP3s three years before Apple. But with a baffling interface and dial-up connections he was doomed

Hardcore pop fans are abusing critics – and putting acclaim before art

Taylor Swift superfans are ganging up on critics who haven’t given her new album a perfect score – a symptom of a culture obsessed with quantifying our lives