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Edison's Phonograph Controversy Resurfaces

Updated 2026-06-03 12:05 UTC 1 source Neutral

New evidence suggests that Edison may not have been the first to record human voices, challenging long-held assumptions about his invention.

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Scientific American
Could a predecessor to the phonograph have appeared a century earlier?
2026-06-03 10:00 UTC
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