Apple has pushed out the latest software update for iPhones, iOS 26.4. No, that doesn’t sound like an inspiring first sentence for a big music story, but the update is accompanied by some significant ...

You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description. You can now ask Apple Music to generate a playlist based on a description. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, ...

TL;DR: iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4 introduce Playlist Playground, an AI-driven Apple Music playlist creator, Bandsintown concert alerts, new Unicode emojis, an ambient music widget for homescreen sounds, ...

iOS and iPadOS 26.4 are here, with a surprising number of new features for a point release. Chief among them is a new AI playlist generator, similar to one Spotify launched in 2024. Playlist ...

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each ...

Every cup of chai is brewed to order at Chai Pyala, a new bakery and cafe in Lakewood — the only one of its kind in the South Sound. Owners Honey and Guru Batth might be familiar names to regulars of ...

Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz has sparked global fears of fuel pumps running dry, but in India, it’s also leaving a bad taste in the mouth of some restaurateurs and street stall diners, ...