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According to Los Angeles Times, the Recording Academy allegedly used nondisclosure agreements in exchange for money to keep women from talking about sexual abuse within the organization. The paper claims that attorney Joel Katz, who will receive a Trustees Awards from the Academy tomorrow, once offered Terri McIntyre $1 million not to report alleged sexual assaults she suffered while working for the organization. McIntyre, who was once executive director of the Recording Academy’s Los Angeles chapter, told the…

On Saturday, on the eve of the Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy will bestow its Trustees Award on prominent music industry attorney Joel Katz, a former chairman and general counsel of the organization who has represented Michael Jackson’s estate and Willie Nelson.Not everyone thinks it’s deserved. Terri McIntyre, the former executive director of the Los Angeles chapter of the Recording Academy, is troubled that the group will honor — alongside such past luminaries as Walt Disney, Berry Gordy and…

The nonprofit We Are Moving The Needle presented the Resonator Awards on Tuesday night, an inaugural celebration designed to spotlight women in the music business in a push for creating a more inclusive industry. Naturally, the biggest name in the game received a shoutout from the podium. Two of Taylor Swift’s close collaborators — producer Jack Antonoff and mixer and recording engineer Laura Sisk — hit the stage inside Beauty & Essex in Hollywood. Antonoff had the honor of presenting the…

OnePlus 12 (left) and Google Pixel 8 Andy Boxall / Digital Trends The OnePlus 12 is every bit a worthy successor to the brilliant OnePlus 11, and the camera is shaping up to be one of the brand’s highest specced yet. But what happens when it meets the Google Pixel 8? The Pixel 8 is one of the best camera phones you can get and is even cheaper than the OnePlus 12, so if you want to take a lot of photos, which one will serve you better? We find out in our comprehensive test. Comparing the camera specs OnePlus 12 Andy…

DJI/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysDJI Mic 2 than fresh finishes (rather than just black, this updated version comes in shadow black and pearl white, allowing the kit to better blend into different situations). After taking a look through the spec sheet, it seems as if there are three features that set this updated release head and shoulders over its predecessor.Also: The best GaN chargers you can buyFirst, the DJI Mic 2 setup supports 32-bit float. This audio format has a much higher dynamic range, which not only allows…

Samsung unveiled its latest and best flagship smartphones ever: Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra. All three phones were announced during the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event and are already available for pre-order in some countries. All three phones are priced differently, and as expected, they have different features, with the Galaxy S24 Ultra having exclusivity over some features. One such feature is its camera flexibility for video recording. Galaxy S24 Ultra can switch between cameras while recording 4K 60fps…

Samsung has introduced several new and improved features with the Galaxy S24 series. The company's newest flagship smartphone series brings brighter screens, better cameras, faster performance, longer battery life, and dozens of AI-powered features. Among the improved camera features include better low-light imaging and higher flexibility while recording videos. Some camera features, including the ability to switch between all the cameras while recording 4K 60fps videos and the ability to capture portrait images and…

On May 12, 1976, Bob Dylan‘s Rolling Thunder Revue played a gig at the Municipal Auditorium in Austin, Texas, that left little historical mark. Newspaper clippings from the week reveal that furious fans protested with signs outside the hall (“Boycott Rolling Thunder Ripoff”) when they learned plans for separate early and late shows were scuttled at the last minute, creating a general admission melee where seat assignments were suddenly meaningless. But it’s one of the few shows from the 57-date Rolling Thunder Revue…

Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends It seems Apple is finally ready to play the megapixels game. After serving 12-megapixel camera arrays on its smartphones for a healthy few generations, Apple finally put a 48MP sensor on the iPhone 14 Pro pair. A year later, the entire iPhone 15 series got the same treatment. According to industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, that momentum will continue with the iPhone 16 series. In an investor note, Kuo claims that the iPhone 16 Pro duo will get a new 48MP ultrawide-angle camera sensor — a…

A Baldur’s Gate 3 player has reportedly been banned for sharing their Xbox gameplay recording, as the footage automatically uploaded contained nude, in-game character models. Baldur’s Gate 3 hasn’t been out on the Xbox longer than a month, so this could be one of those BG3 oopsies, but it seems to come down to Xbox’s own Terms of Service. Reddit user Daddy-Vegas claimed that one of his clips, fittingly named “naked camp time fun,” landed him a ban lasting until the end of the year — yes, of the year that has just begun.…