Will Spotify's AI DJ make you listen longer?
The music streamer's AI DJ feature offers personalized playlists with a warm AI voice that gives context to song picks.
Arts
Two books delivered beauty, inspiration and humor — just when I needed them most
Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.
In a new opera, a life in music and a struggle with memory loss intertwine
Composer Laura Kaminsky's intimate new opera, Lucidity, centers on an aging opera singer, portrayed by the 80-year-old soprano Lucy Shelton, dealing with the effects of memory loss.
The 'Say Nothing' TV adaptation isn't a history lesson – but it's haunting nonetheless
Patrick Radden Keefe's 2018 bestseller, Say Nothing, looked back on The Troubles in Northern Ireland — including the lives of IRA members and a decades-old unsolved murder. It has been adapted as a nine-episode FX series.
Even a heroic detective like 'Cross' can't save this Prime Video adaptation
Aldis Hodge stars as the latest on-screen version of James Patterson's sharp police detective.
Outside: vinyl siding. Inside: a bear
In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house is now open.
Yunchan Lim: Tiny Desk Concert
The youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn Piano Competition makes our trusty upright piano sound like a 9-foot grand in music by Liszt and Tchaikovsky.
Nintendo has launched a music app, seizing on the appeal of video game playlists
The Nintendo Music app lets you listen to dozens of hours of music from games like Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong.
Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'
The Academy Award-winning actor said on the Australian version of the Today show that he has a few more roles left before he withdraws from the acting world.
'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize
Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.