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The label group is proving that unsold vinyl can be reprocessed into new pressings without compromising sound or quality, and is now asking music fans for help. Recycled vinyl at GZ Media Courtesy Warner Music Group Trending on Billboard In May, Warner Music Group quietly completed a test program that could change the future of vinyl.  The program, conducted in partnership with the world’s largest vinyl manufacturer, GZ Media, set out to answer one question: can recycled vinyl deliver the same sound quality? Related GZ Media collected 10,000 unsold records across artists, titles and pressing plants throughout Europe and first shredded, then repressed them using a range of recyclable materials — from 10-100%. Next, a selection of industry experts were gathered at London’s famed Abbey Road Studios for a blind listening evaluation. Each vinyl passed. “What impressed me was how consistent the pressings were across the different material blends, showing that sustainability and sound quality do not have to be at odds,” Abbey Road’s mastering engineer, Miles Showell, shared in a statement to WMG. The recycled pressings weren’t just being evaluated for quality, though, as the project also aimed to evaluate the environmental impact of preprocessing vinyl. Even with the

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Softball team announced that it has signed outfielder Hannah Christian to an athletics aid agreement, where she will join Kentucky after recently completing her sophomore year. She comes to Kentucky after spending her first two seasons with Southern Mississippi. “A dynamic athlete and instinctual leader, Hannah adds speed and power to the lineup,” UK head coach Rachel Lawson said. “Hannah’s energy and team-first mentality was immediately apparent on her visit to Lexington. We can’t wait to have her on campus in the fall.” Christian is a .357 career hitter with the Golden Eagles where she started in 47 games for Southern Miss her freshman season and all 57 in her sophomore season that ended last month. She has 119 career hits in two years with 46 coming in 2025 and increasing that to 73 in her sophomore campaign last year to become one of the most feared hitters in the Sun Belt Conference. Last year alone with a .383 batting average, she added in 38 runs, 11 doubles, five home runs, 43 RBI and 22 walks. Christian hails from Hoover, Alabama and attended Hoover High School where she was named three times to the All-South

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Trump’s reckless and illegal war in Iran has been an embarrassing failure from the very beginning. He stormed in demanding their unconditional surrender—yet here we are, with him surrendering unconditionally. That’s why I’ve worked with Democrats and courageous Republicans to force vote after vote to end this conflict. The full video exposing Trump’s surrender drops on my YouTube channel today at 5.

Meta is planning to release its own prediction market app to compete with popular sites like Kalshi and Polymarket. Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Kelly Sullivan/Getty Images North America Meta is planning to launch its own prediction market app to compete with companies like Kalshi and Polymarket in a booming sector that some analysts project could become a $1 trillion industry in the coming years. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has instructed a team to start building a standalone app called Arena where people can guess the outcome of real-world events, according to two employees who were not authorized to speak publicly about the project. Meta's plans to build a prediction market app were first reported by The New York Times. NPR obtained internal Meta documents about the effort that have not been previously reported. The documents describe how instead of wagering real money, users of the new app will receive "a daily virtual allotment" of "play money" that can be used to bet on "the outcome of future events." On the most popular prediction market apps,  » Read More

Facebook has "profoundly failed" in the AI race, former Facebook executive and venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said on "The Axios Show.".  » Read More

Published  June 24, 2026 9:38 PM EDT article FILE - The Snapchat app displays on a mobile phone with Snap Inc. in the background. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The parents of a girl who was raped by an adult she met on Snapchat when she was 12 years old are suing the app’s parent company and their daughter's attacker.  Dig deeper: The lawsuit was filed in a Missouri state court on Wednesday and claimed the social media company refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it could cause.  12-year-old met 25-year-old man on Snapchat Timeline: The victim began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 years old without her parents’ knowledge, according to the lawsuit. The app usually requires users to be 13 in order to sign up, but the victim couldn’t remember what birth date she used to bypass the minimum age requirements.  A year after signing up for Snapchat, the app allegedly recommended the victim, as well as other minors from nearby high schools, as friends to Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who was also using the app at the time.  Valentin-Rios had no real-life connections with

The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 years old by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. The lawsuit filed Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause. According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 without her parents' knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement. About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no real-life connections to them. It did not warn the children that connecting to strangers might be dangerous. After the girl and Valentin-Rios connected, Valentin-Rios began sending her unsolicited nude photographs, the lawsuit says. The girl "did not want these photographs and, at first, did not reciprocate but Snapchat’s product design

The family of a teen girl alleges Snapchat's features enabled a 25-year-old to groom and abuse her. Photo: Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS The parents of a girl who was raped when she was 12 by an adult stranger she met on Snapchat have sued its parent company, Snap, and the attacker in Missouri state court. Subscribe now for unlimited access. or signup to continue reading EOFY SAVE 50% All articles from our website & app The digital version of Today's Paper Crosswords, Sudoku and Trivia The lawsuit filed on Wednesday claims the social media company has refused to disable dangerous features in its app or warn parents about potential harms it may cause. According to the lawsuit, the girl began using Snapchat in 2021 when she was 11 without her parents' knowledge. While the app requires users to be 13 to sign up, the lawsuit says the girl does not remember what birth date she entered and that children knew they could easily bypass the minimum-age requirement. About a year after she began using Snapchat, the lawsuit says the app recommended her and teen girls from nearby high schools as friends to defendant Gabriel Joel Valentin-Rios, an adult who had no

SAN FRANCISCO — Outside the visitors’ clubhouse in Miami this past Sunday, in front of the temporary backdrop the Giants’ PR department hauls with them on the road, I was struck by a sense of déjà vu. There was Tony Vitello, giving almost an identical answer to a similar question I had asked a little over a month earlier. How, as a first-year manager, would he hold to account one of his highly paid, highly prideful Giants veteran leader’s very publicly misbehaving? Giants manager Tony Vitello and Rafael Devers discussed Sunday’s incident on the flight back from Miami. Getty Images What Rafael Devers did in the ninth inning of the loss to the Marlins was a little different than Willy Adames’ embarrassing act in Los Angeles. You can debate the merits for which was worse: Paying more attention to a conversation with Mookie Betts than the number of outs, or trying to shoo away a teammate and at least giving the perception of undermining his manager. In neither case did it set the example a team should want from two of its most important players,  » Read More