If you've been around the internet for long enough, you may be at least passingly familiar with the virtual idol, Hatsune ...

While Hatsune Miku, whose name translates to “first note from the future,” pioneered a genre, many other Vocaloids are now on the market. The technology has advanced since Miku’s early days ...

His wife, Hatsune Miku, is not flesh and blood but a computer ... It is based on a voice synthesising software developed by media firm Crypton Future Media, which declined to comment when ...