This year, we’ll be blessed with new novels by Ann Patchett, Colson Whitehead, Andrew Sean Greer, and so many more celebrated ...

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Spotify is rolling out today a beta feature on its iOS app that summarizes audiobooks up to the point where the user left off, helping them jump back in with the right context. Here’s how it works.

Music streaming service Spotify said it is introducing a new shuffle option that repeats fewer suggested songs. The company originally launched Smart Shuffle for paid users in 2023, a feature that ...

Spotify has updated its default shuffle to a new “Fewer repeats” algorithm that avoids playing recently heard songs. Premium users can stick with this new mode or switch back to the completely random ...

Are you constantly tossing and turning at night and looking for ways to get better sleep? Enter: cognitive shuffling, a method that's going viral as a "hack" for dozing off quicker. It's perfect for ...

Spotify has been building new options for controlling randomness during shuffle playback. Listeners will have the option for random playback, irrespective of what was played before. They’ll also be ...

In this video, we explore why Spotify's shuffle feature isn't truly random and operates based on an algorithm. We discuss the reasons behind our preferences for non-random shuffle, the results of an ...

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, referred to Kayla Hamilton, a young woman murdered by an MS-13 illegal immigrant, as a "random dead person" during a Wednesday House Judiciary Committee markup ...

If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...