It’s sleek, Swedish, relatively affordable, and designed for efficiency. Oh, and the color scheme? Yellow and blue. No, it’s not Ikea. It’s Neko Health — the three-year-old healthcare brainchild of Spotify cofounder Daniel Ek — a new annual go-to longevity checkup for skin cancer, heart health, and more. Up and running in Stockholm since 2023
As audio-focused generative tools and platforms have gotten more sophisticated, the internet has become increasingly filled with AI-generated music whose melodies and vocals are algorithmically derived from the work of human artists. While some of the people pumping out this kind of content immediately own up to using AI, others have denied using the technology
During its second-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, Spotify again teased the upcoming release of a new product that will allow music fans to leverage AI to make covers and remixes of artists’ music, with the artists’ consent. The company also announced that Merlin, a licensing partner for independent labels and distributors, has now joined Universal
All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same and that’s no coincidence. For a decade, the platforms fought over who would dominate a single format: music, video, podcasts, audiobooks. Now, powered by AI, they’re fighting for something bigger: becoming the default app when you have free time, no matter what form the
Spotify, it’s fair That is to say, it has made some strange decisions in the user experience. There are multiple panels in the app and the layout is confusing. The service constantly tracks your activity. The app also seems to have a strange hostility towards playing actual albums. All of this works to create an
a sunday At night, in the middle of Tompkins Square Park in New York City’s East Village, hundreds of people gather in front of a giant paper mache face of a woman wearing a crown. She is the backdrop of a play, her body is made up of curtains that look like a dress but
