These days, more and more people listen to music on streaming apps – in early 2020, 400 million people were subscribed to one. These platforms use algorithms to recommend music based on listening ...

According to a new report, music recommendation algorithms are best for mainstream music. A team of researchers analyzed the accuracy of algorithm-generated music recommendations for listeners of ...

Spotify kept serving leftovers so I went looking for a new kitchen.

Although the problem of gender discrimination is already found in the music industry, music recommendation algorithms would be increasing the gender gap. Andrés Ferraro and Xavier Serra, researchers ...

While predictive data has certainly proven itself to be useful, algorithms, – written as they are by humans – are inherently flawed, and may be dishing up a hefty dose of sexism when it comes to ...

Is your algorithm feminist enough? Streaming music platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and iHeartRadio may be giving male artists more airtime, according to a new study that discovered a “widely ...

Spotify's 600 million users are facing one of the streaming service’s most anticipated, yet dreaded, events: Spotify Wrapped. The annual user listening report provides each Spotify user with a ...

is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what music the algorithm ...