Also, they chat about the Artemis II moon mission, Meta being warned about the dangers of facial recognition (again) and how teens think social media is really shaping them. Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Topic Near-dead shoe company Allbirds is doing AI now 1:47 Artemis II safely returns to Earth, did you know they had DSLRs and iPhones up there? 15:57 Meta warned by dozens of civil rights organizations that facial recognition in its smart glasses will enable predators 28:41 Social media isnt bad for teens, say teens 36:00 NAACP sues xAI over data center pollution 44:30 Around Engadget 50:28 Credits Hosts : Devindra Hardawar and Daniel Cooper Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence OBrien This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...

Remember when shadow library search engine Anna’s Archive claimed to have scraped the entire Spotify library? The music streamer understandably reacted pretty quickly in shutting accounts it deemed involved in the process

Spotify has updated its app to be a lot more responsive on wide-screen devices.

Spotify hadir dengan kemas kini baharu untuk aplikasi tablet yang menjadikannya lebih responsif

Today Spotify has announced that it's revamped its tablet interface - for both Android tablets and iPads

Annas Archive avoided the $13 trillion sought in the lawsuit, but the final bill is still eye-watering.

The open-source library and search engine Annas Archive has been ordered to pay Spotify and the three of the worlds largest music labels $322 million in damages after it claimed to have scraped the entirety of the streaming platforms library of music

From adaptive orientation to interactive sidebars, here is how the streaming app is using the extra screen space.

Spotify has a new look today for listeners on tablets

A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday awarded Spotify and the three major labels $322 million in a default judgment against Anna's Archive

Back in February, Spotify announced Page Match, its feature that syncs your reading progress across audiobooks, e-books, and printed books

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Spotify and several major record labels, including UMG, Sony, and Warner, secured a $322 million default judgment against the unknown operators of Anna's Archive

A collaboration between Spotify and Bookshop.org that allows readers to purchase physical books in the Spotify app is now live in the US and UK

Spotify has begun selling physical books in the U.S

The company is also bringing the cool Page Match feature to dozens of new languages.

Works on Windows on Arm maintains a list of compatible apps and games for the platform. There, you'll see well-known apps like Google Chrome, the Adobe Creative Suite, and Spotify

Spotify's new video controls allow you to disable Canvas videos, music videos, and other visual content for an audio-first experience

YouTube Premium last raised its prices (also rather quietly) in 2023, also by $2 for the regular plan. The latest price hikes follow Spotify putting its prices up by comparable amounts back in February

Spotify is introducing new video controls, which basically let you fully switch off video content in the app

Spotify is letting you turn off video content here's how to do it.

Sometimes, you just want your dang music streaming app to play music. Spotify, which has increasingly incorporated video features through the years, is finally giving us the option to turn that mess off

Spotify's Prompted Playlist tool now works for podcasts, after launching the feature for music earlier this year

Are you a pop head or a weird science enthusiast? Spotify now lets you create playlists of podcast episodes on your favorite topics

Also, we celebrate the successful launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, which will bring us back to the Moon (but just for a close look). Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Topic Apple at 50: Why its still all about personal computing 1:16 Artemis II is safely on its way to the moon, but theyre having problems with Outlook 37:48 SpaceX files for the largest IPO ever, whats driving their hopes for a 1.75 Trillion valuation? 40:52 Another Starlink satellite broke up in orbit, the second in 6 months 47:21 Anthropic accidentally leaked source code for Claude Code 52:17 FCC issues ban on all foreign-made WiFi routers 57:18 Around Engadget 1:02:09 Working On 1:07:18 Pop culture picks 1:08:20 Credits Hosts : Devindra Hardawar and Igor Bonifacic Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence OBrien This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...t-50-122121591.html?src=rss

Cybercriminals are impersonating top brands like Meta, Disney, and Spotify in a highly sophisticated new phishing campaign designed to hijack your Facebook account

Local tracks play fine from the users' phones, but have gone missing from their playlists on Android Auto.

This week, Devindra and PCWorld Senior Editor Mark Hachman discuss Microsoft's surprising plan to "fix" Windows 11 by refocusing on customization and core features, instead of bringing Copilot AI into tons of apps. Is there any enthusiasm left for Windows? Or will most people be better off considering macOS or Linux? Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Topic Microsoft hits the reset button on Windows 11, de-emphasizing Copilot AI 1:03 OpenAI pulls the plug on its Sora video generation app after just 5 months 25:23 Metas terrible week in court, part 1: $375 million ruling in New Mexico child engagement case 33:58 Metas terrible week in court, part 2: Meta and Google lose landmark social media addiction suit 38:49 OpenAI puts erotic chat on hold indefinitely 43:49 Update your iPhones: iOS exploit Darksword released on GitHub 46:39 Epic games lays off 1,000 workers after Fortnite engagement dips 47:48 Honda and Sony kill off their Afeela EV collaboration 49:26 Listener Mail: Which Mac Mini to get for a budding pro photographer 55:15 Pop culture picks 57:52 Credits Host: Devindra Hardawar Guest: Mark Hachman Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence OBrien This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...01592.html?src=rss

Even with court orders, music firms struggle to eliminate notorious shadow library.

The timing couldnt be better, either, with warmer weather finally on the way. Feature set Like all other Sonos speakers, the Play is a Wi-Fi smart speaker that can stream audio from dozens of services; you can also play content on it via AirPlay 2, Spotify Connect and Bluetooth

Additionally, all Lyria 3 Pro outputs are embedded with SynthID, which is a watermark for identifying AI-generated content . That's all well and good, but do we need yet another AI music-making tool? Current estimates suggest that around 50,000 AI-generated tracks get uploaded daily to Spotify alone

Low-quality, mass-produced AI songs have been flooding music streaming platforms like Spotify for a couple of years now

They'll also want to know the other people behind the song, like the composer and lyricist. Spotify is introducing a beta feature to do just that.

Today Apple has released the latest versions of its operating systems. iOS 26.4 comes with an AI playlist generator for Apple Music, a similar feature to one Spotify already has (and launched in 2024)

iOS and iPadOS 26.4 are here, with a surprising number of new features for a point release. Chief among them is a new AI playlist generator, similar to one Spotify launched in 2024

Spotify today introduced a new feature called SongDNA

Artist Protection Profile gives artists an active role in reviewing what music releases appear in their name

The feature is rolling out in beta now, with wider availability coming in April.

Spotify has started rolling out a feature called SongDNA that can show you the people behind your favorite tracks and give you an insight on how they were created

The soundbar has a pretty basic design, plain enough to sit in front of an LG OLED (or other premium TV) without being a distraction, and short enough not to block it. Both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are available here, so AirPlay 2, Google Cast, Spotify Connect and Tidal Connect are all supported

A recent Spotify-ChatGPT deal is one more sign of how AI may be the best defense for a streaming music service in a me-too market for subscribers.

Spotify has added a BTS quiz to mark BTS' release of 'Arirang,' the K-pop icons' first album in four years.

Also, we dive into what's next for Xbox with Project Helix. Subscribe! iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Topic NVIDIA announced DLSS 5, the disgust was immediate (with Anshel Sag from Moor Insights & Strategy) 0:51 Arizona attorney general sues Kalshi for operating an illegal gambling business 36:22 Polymarket users threaten the life of a reporter at The Times of Israel over accurate reporting 36:59 Apple announces AirPods Max 2 with improved noise cancellation 44:33 Elon Musks xAI faces class action suit over facilitating CSAM dsitribution 47:38 Samsung stops selling Galaxy Z TriFold after 3 months because components got too expensive 51:22 Around Engadget: Apple Studio XDR review, Dell XPS 16 review 53:49.346 Listener Mail: Stick with iPhone on Linux? And are there any good Android tablets? 55:41 Pop culture picks 58:46 Credits Hosts: Devindra Hardawar Guest: Anshel Sag Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence OBrien This article originally appeared on Engadget at ...ing-121335918.html?src=rss

Amazon said that engineers, linguists and speech scientists have worked together at the companys Cambridge-based Tech Hub to ensure the voice assistant understands British users, with naturally flowing conversations being a crucial part of the Alexa+ experience. On the agentic side of things, the current lineup of UK partners will include OpenTable and, soon, JustEat, alongside existing partnerships with services like Spotify, Philips and Apple Music

Spotify is working on "Played Receipts" and "Saved Receipts" for its in-app message conversations.

Did you know you can stop Spotify from recommending artists, songs, and playlists you don't like?