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Kaoss Pad V is the first major upgrade to Korg’s touch-based effects in 13 years
The Kaoss Pad has seen many different iterations, but the mainline effect unit and sampler hasn't received an update since the launch of the KP3+ in 2013. Korg has finally given it the attention it deserves with the release of the Kaoss Pad V. Rather than a dramatic reimagining of what a Kaoss Pad is, […]
Why Coinbase derailed the crypto industry’s political future
January was going to be a landmark month for the crypto industry. The Senate would start negotiating the finer details of the CLARITY Act, a major law that would finally enshrine the fundamental structure of how the crypto market could legally operate in the United States: what digital assets counted as a security versus a […]
All the awards Expedition 33 still has left to win — and the awards it won't
With The Game Awards behind us, prizes still await Expedition 33 at the DICE Awards, IGF Awards, GDC Awards, and BAFTA Games Awards.
Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on dystopian developments in AI, follow Hayden Field. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started You could say it all started with Elon Musk's AI […]
7 predictions for how MAHA will change how Americans eat
Uncle Sam thinks you’re probably eating wrong, and he’s got some advice. Out: processed carbohydrates and added sugar. In: fat and protein, especially the animal-flesh kind. Those are some of the biggest takeaways from the new — and newly inverted — food pyramid announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this month. While […]