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HISTORICAL FACTS: Betamax - Caught on Camera

The war between competing AI models could end up more like Apple vs. Android than VHS vs. Betamax

“While the contest between open and proprietary AI is often presented as a winner-takes-all format war, the most likely outcome is a combination of the two.”

Fortune

‘I'm a huge music fan and I love the idea, but it’s not on the horizon’ — Samsung exec confirms Milk Music won’t be revived any time soon, and I think that’s a big mistake

Why Samsung’s defunct Milk Music was the Betamax to Apple Music’s VHS – and why I think it’s high time Samsung rebuilt its music streaming platform

TechRadar

World’s first tape recorders, colour TV broadcast, MiniDisc and Einstein: 12 highlights from 100 years of IFA

As one of the oldest electronics trade shows turns 100, we highlight the top technology moments from IFA Berlin's history.

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It's only a book ... it's only a book! Australian horror writers confront the fears of the contemporary world

Formative childhood experiences often explain our cultural tastes and tendencies as adults. My mature – or, some might say, immature – interest in the horror genre may very well be the result of the curiosity caused by the parental prohibition against watching a rented Betamax copy of The Exorcist when…

The Conversation

When MiniDisc took on the mighty cassette: What Hi-Fi? magazine, January 1993

We look back 30 years, to the dawn of a new format – and the death knell of an old favourite.

What Hi-Fi?

Edmunds: Tesla wins the EV charge plug format war

You may be familiar with previous technology format wars, whether it be VHS versus Betamax or Blu-ray versus HD DVD

The Independent UK

Readers reply: what are the best defunct products and overlooked innovations?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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Collection of unopened video tapes to sell for £1MILLION with Star Wars vid worth £80,000

Classic VHS cassettes of films from the 1980s are set to bring in high prices when going to sale at auction, with mint condition tapes to bring in vast sums

Daily Mirror

New Cumbria coalmine ‘like opening a Betamax factory’, says Tim Farron

Cumbrian Lib Dem MP condemns decision to give green light to Britain’s first new coalmine in 30 years

The Guardian - UK

The days of the hydrogen car are already over

Hydrogen fuel cell cars emerged as an alternative to both the electric and combustion engine vehicle in the early 2000s. They were widely considered an avenue towards universal green motoring. Powered through a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, the only tailpipe emission they produce is water.

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