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Alarm app uses rooster sounds; CD sales surge in 2026

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Two unrelated news items are presented: one about a new alarm app called Clucky that uses a rooster sound to wake users, and another detailing a resurgence in CD sales, with the Recording Industry Association of America reporting a significant boom in the first half of 2026. The Clucky app requires users to complete a mission to turn off the alarm, while the CD sales report indicates a strong comeback for physical media. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two unrelated news items, one about a novelty alarm app and another about CD sales, neither of which constitutes significant news or a frontier release in the AI industry.

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Alarm app uses rooster sounds; CD sales surge in 2026

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster Clucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then co

    Clucky’s new alarm app wakes you up with a crowing rooster Clucky's new alarm app has an option where users are woken up to the sound of a rooster. They then complete a mission to turn it off. https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/05/cluc kys-new-alarm-app-wakes-you-up-with-a-crowing-r…

    LINKS techcrunch.com/…/cluckys-new-alarm-app-wa…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    CD sales are booming as physical media continues its resurgence There’s some real gems in there. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge According to the Recordin

    CD sales are booming as physical media continues its resurgence There’s some real gems in there. | Photo: Terrence O’Brien / The Verge According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), CD sales exploded in the first half of 2026. A new report from the organizatio…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/cd-sales-are-booming-as-ph…

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