Willie Colón, trombonist and salsa music pioneer, dies aged 75Nardine SaadLos Angeles, California Getty ImagesThe famed trombonist started his music career as a child playing the trumpet, but shifted to his iconic trombone that he played on street corners in the Bronx.Salsa music pioneer Willie Colón, the trombonist and orchestra leader behind songs like El Malo, Oh, Qué Será, Talento de...

Happy 20th Birthday, Spotify. Here's the Platform's Most Streamed of All Time Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake are among the top artists. Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help readers...

xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier...

Lebanon enters talks with Israel but with no cards to play3 hours agoHugo BachegaMiddle East correspondent, Beirut BBCWith Lebanon, again, engulfed by war, I remember a meeting I had with President Joseph Aoun at the Baabda Palace, a modernist building at the top of a hill overlooking Beirut last August.Aoun, a former army chief, took office after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah,...

Everything Samsung revealed at its Galaxy Unpacked event Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event in San Francisco on Wednesday saw the Korean tech giant unveil its new S26 series of Galaxy smartphones, a pair of new earbuds, and talk a lot about AI assistants and agents. Here’s a quick recap of everything announced at the event. Galaxy S26 smartphones The South Korean tech giant has lined up three...