22 Unhinged (but Fake) App Features
Image: Soren Iverson At the tail end of 2022, screenshots of bizarre app features started going viral on Twitter. They rested just on the line between plausible and absurd. Google…
Watch Taylor Swift Sing Kanye’s ‘Heartless’ and 14 Other AI Covers
Image: Frazer Harrison/Gareth Cattermole/Victor Boyko (Getty Images) Artificial intelligence and the music industry are having a moment, and it’s unclear at this point whether it’s a great one. As AI…
Grimes Will Lend Her Voice to Your AI Song, But Only If You Split the Money
Grimes is best known for her songs “Oblivion” and “Kill V. Maim’” as well as her past relationship with tech tycoon Elon Musk.Image: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) Pop singer-songwriter Grimes…
Stack Overflow Joins Twitter and Reddit in Charging AI Companies for Training Data
Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI scrape the internet for data in order to make their tech as smart as it is.Image: Dennis Diatel (Shutterstock) Stack Overflow is joining in on…
Apple’s Second Attempt at the HomePod is Not a Redemption
I’ve already made my Android-leaning ways known here at Gizmodo. When Apple announced it was updating the HomePod smart speaker, I didn’t understand why it was a big deal—or why…
What is Spotify? Music, pricing, and features explained
Spotify is the first name that comes to mind when you think of music-streaming apps. Love it or hate it, Spotify is currently the most popular music-streaming service, boasting more…
Spotify Is Bringing a Musical Element to BeReal
Image: Spotify BeReal is jumping on the Spotify bandwagon by integrating the music streaming service as a feature on its platform. The app was released in 2020 and marketed itself…
Spotify Drops Paywall for Gimlet Shows as It Struggles With Podcasts and Audiobooks
Gimlet Media is a podcast network behind fan favorite shows including Reply All and Science Vs that are hosted solely on Spotify.Image: Rokas Tenys (Shutterstock) After spending years and hundreds…
Spotify Axes Heardle—Its Music-based Wordle
Today’s Heardle was quite the doozy. Screenshot: Gizmodo The viral word game Wordle has spawned its fair share of clones, from Octordle to Absurdle to the movie-based Framed. Unfortunately, Heardle,…
Stats for Spotify: how to see your stats ahead of Wrapped
If you’re a music fan and an avid Spotify user, one of the best times of the year is when the music streamer releases its annual Spotify Wrapped list — …