John Routledge

Founder and owner of Technoshia.com - I'm an avid tech junkie, a lover of new gadgets and home automation. You will often find me reading, writing, and learning about new technologies. I've been featured in many leading technology magazines where I've written about my favorite topics.
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Adobe’s latest AI experiment generates music from text
01 Mar

Adobe’s latest AI experiment generates music from text

John RoutledgeLatest News
This week, Adobe revealed an experimental audio AI tool to join its image-based ones in Photoshop. Described by the company as “an early-stage generative AI music generation and editing tool,” Adobe’s Project Music GenAI Control can create music (and other audio) from text prompts, which it can then fine-tune in the same interface.Adobe frames the Firefly-based technology as a creative…
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Spotify rolls out an audiobook-only subscription
01 Mar

Spotify rolls out an audiobook-only subscription

John RoutledgeLatest News
Spotify has added another subscription option. This time around, it's offering a plan that has little to do with music. The Audiobooks Access Tier (which is US-only for now) offers 15 hours of audiobook listening each month for $10. You'll have access to Spotify's library of more than 200,000 titles You can, of course, still listen to ad-supported music via…
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Engadget is turning 20
01 Mar

Engadget is turning 20

John RoutledgeLatest News
This Saturday, on March 2, 2024, Engadget turns 20. Originally founded by Peter Rojas — you can read more about those early days here — the site has had eight editors-in-chief and, to my count, seven parent organizations to answer to. What started as a truly influential tech blog has morphed into a media organization aiming to break news, give…
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Streaming video changed the internet forever
01 Mar

Streaming video changed the internet forever

John RoutledgeLatest News
It’s 1995, and I’m trying to watch a video on the internet. I entered the longest, most complex URL I’d ever seen into AOL’s web browser to view a trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s long-awaited film adaptation of Mortal Kombat. I found it in an issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, tucked away in the bottom of a full-page ad for…
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No, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t having a ‘PR moment’
01 Mar

No, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t having a ‘PR moment’

John RoutledgeLatest News
Axios, a site known for political analysis and extensive use of bullet points, has joined the ranks of pundits fawning over Mark Zuckerberg’s PR strategy. The Meta CEO, they claim, is (as originally headlined) “having a PR moment” which is “casting a halo effect on the company itself." That's obviously untrue, but let's say it in a format more likely…
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for allegedly ditching non-profit mission
01 Mar

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for allegedly ditching non-profit mission

John RoutledgeLatest News
OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has sued the company, his fellow co-founders, associated businesses and unidentified others. He claims that, by chasing profits, they’re violating OpenAI’s status as a non-profit and its foundational contractual agreements to develop AI “for the benefit of humanity.”The suit alleges that OpenAI has become a “closed-source de facto subsidiary” of Microsoft, which has invested $13 billion…
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Engadget Podcast: Farewell, Apple Car
01 Mar

Engadget Podcast: Farewell, Apple Car

John RoutledgeLatest News
This week, Cherlynn and Devindra discuss some of the editorial changes happening at Engadget. We’ve lost some amazing colleagues, but we’re still here aiming to deliver the best tech coverage possible. As for this week’s news, we chat about the reported death of Apple’s “Project Titan” EV car project. It never felt quite real, but it still would have been…
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The best Nintendo Switch controllers for 2024
01 Mar

The best Nintendo Switch controllers for 2024

John RoutledgeGaming, Latest News
The right controller can make your Nintendo Switch gaming experience feel like new again. If you’ve been relying on the included Joy-Cons ever since you bought a Switch, there’s a good chance you’re missing out on extra comfort and improved ergonomics. Don’t get us wrong: Joy-Cons are perfectly serviceable, but there are more customizable options out there and controllers that…
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