I'm an audiophile now: Why Spotify's latest update actually sounds better

Spotify's popularity is well deserved. The streaming service has always been the easiest music service to get started and live with. It has an excellent curation of playlists, even better ...

I traded Spotify with an MP3 player for a week. Life outside the algorithm was rough

No algorithm, no endless playlists, no podcasts on demand. Just a handful of albums, wired headphones and a lot of silence ...

Experts talk how to navigate distressing news stories and finding coping mechanisms

While medical experts say it is normal for people to experience stress and anxiety — or feeling that the world descended into chaos overnight — it is important to find coping mechanisms and ways to ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Spotify Adds Physical Books to Audiobook Offering

The tech platform will allow readers to move between physical and audiobooks and offer the sale of books from independent bookstores. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer About two years after the launch ...
WBUR

How algorithms are changing the way we talk: The rise of 'algospeak'

Adam Aleksic's Roman Empire is language, particularly how algorithms are changing the way we all use words. This week, Endless Thread gets algospeak-pilled and learns how "unalive" spread from a kids' ...
NPR

2 Senators want to hold big tech accountable for harms caused by algorithms

Social media companies and their respective algorithms have repeatedly been accused of fueling political polarization by promoting divisive content on their platforms. Now, two U.S. Senators have ...
IEEE

An Encrypted Marine Mammal Audio Retrieval Algorithm Based on Biohashing

Abstract: Marine mammals are crucial subjects for marine audio studies, particularly in the development of retrieval algorithms for encrypted marine mammal audio.To address the issues of low retrieval ...
Wall Street Journal

U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will speak Friday to finalize the TikTok deal amid high tensions over trade, tariffs and chips. Photo: Thomas Coex/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The ...
NextBigFuture

New Sorting Algorithm Breakthrough is Better than Dijkstra

There is a new sorting algorithm a deterministic O(m log2/3 n)-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition ...
GitHub

A C++ sorting algorithm visualizer built with SDL3 and ImGui. The application animates different sorting techniques with optional audio feedback and flexible display modes.

Multiple algorithms: Bubble, Quick, Comb, Merge, Insertion, Selection, Radix LSD, Pigeon Hole, Gravity and Bogo sort. Several visual styles including bars, dots ...
Nature

GPU-Based Sorting Algorithms and Parallel Processing

GPU-based sorting algorithms have emerged as a crucial area of research due to their ability to harness the immense parallel processing power inherent in modern graphics processing units. By ...