This piece is a guest submission from Rose Qianyi Sun, a PhD student in computer music at UC San Diego. A little while ago, I ...

Why this matters: Music algorithms decide what you hear next, but without guidance they can derail your mood or vibe. Taking control ensures your listening stays intentional. What to tweak: Use ...

Before playlists refreshed themselves overnight and recommendations arrived without effort, finding new music took a bit more curiosity. People followed instincts and small clues scattered across ...

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Plaintiff's Attorney Michael H. Joseph Will Seek Amazon Music's Artists' Station Curation, Algorithms and Overall Suppressive Mechanisms in Landmark Lawsuit's Discovery Phase NEW YORK, March 17, 2026 ...

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 ...

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A few weeks ago, I found myself looking for something to listen to. I browsed my Spotify Release Radar, scrolled through my hundreds of playlists and even took a peek at the newest unhinged “daylist” ...