In a rhythm as steady as a mbira pulse and as urgent as a township drumbeat, a quiet revolution is unfolding in Zimbabwe’s music industry — one powered not by amplifiers, but by algorithms. At its ...

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. I am useless without background music. A writer by day and an avid concertgoer by night, I relied for years on Spotify to provide my soundtrack ...

Abstract: Many-objective optimization problems are challenging and time-consuming, especially when the number of objectives is large. In this paper, an evolutionary algorithm inspired by quantum ...

TLDR: New research suggests Spotify’s AI may be limiting the visibility of local artists in Australia, prompting a clear question for Canada: are Canadian artists facing the same uphill battle? If ...

You're responsible for your own Spotify algorithm now. On stage at SXSW, Spotify's co-CEO, Gustav Söderström, announced the Taste Profile feature, which allows users to personally customize exactly ...

Spotify was early to the algorithmically recommended music game. Now the company is testing a feature that lets listeners have more direct input over what Spotify recommends. The feature is called ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Spotify Premium members can now automatically ...

After more than two decades on South Broadway, one of Denver's most popular music festivals is moving across town. The Underground Music Showcase will return this summer in the RiNo arts district, ...

All technical systems that exist to unite people have created a situation where modern dating becomes increasingly confusing to navigate. Dating applications provide users with unlimited matches while ...

For Ab Liva, the Grammy Award win wasn’t a shock — it was a full-circle moment decades in the making. Born Rennard East, the Philadelphia native has spent 26 years quietly shaping the sound of modern ...