Tech

Ars Electronica, in scale from microcosm to epic, examines a planet on the edge

Ars Electronica is vast - and this year doubly so, as it tackled topics from planetary climate down to microscopic...

Locally sourced: you can now run Stable Diffusion AI art generation on your M1 Mac

It's got a one-click installer, runs locally, requires "no dependencies or technical knowledge," and crucially, doesn't talk to the cloud....

A bubble wrap-popping organ, by Simone Giertz and team, is sure to be your new favorite thing

Simone Giertz, engineer and inventor known for "useless" inventions and "s****y robots," has a marvel of musical machinery. It's a...

Acid 4 Live: STING by IFTAH generates acid lines for Ableton Live for free

Iftah Gabbi, "the artist formerly known as "iftah from skinnerbox," has built a Max for Live acid line generation tool...

NI has retired Absynth soft synth after 22 years; here’s a statement from its creator

Music software instruments are entering something of a mid-life crisis – and one landmark is the cancellation this week of...