Apple Music Gains Personalized ‘Heavy Rotation Mix’ Playlist

An all-new “Heavy Rotation Mix” playlist today rolled out on Apple Music, providing a convenient way for users to see and listen to a personalized collection of songs that they listen to most. The Heavy Rotation Mix features 25 songs and joins the Favorites Mix, Get Up! Mix, Chill Mix, New Music Mix, and Friends […]

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‘Apple Sports’ App Announced With Personalized Scoreboards and More

Apple today announced “Apple Sports,” a new free app that provides real-time statistics, scores, and more. Apple Sports features a personalized experience with a user’s favorite leagues, tournaments, teams shown on an easy-to-read scoreboard. Users can navigate between scores and upcoming games, explore play-by-play information, team statistics, lineup details, and live betting odds, with relevant […]

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Apple Music Launches New ‘Love’ and ‘Heartbreak’ Personalized Stations for Valentine’s Day

Apple today announced the launch of two new personalized radio stations that are available to Apple Music subscribers. The “Love” and “Heartbreak” stations come just in time for Valentine’s Day. The songs that are available through each station are tailored to each user’s taste, featuring preferred artists and similar recommendations. According to Apple, the Love […]

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Spotify Trials New Option to Turn Off Personalized Recommendations

Spotify is trialing a new ability for users to turn off their personalized recommendations, according to beta code unearthed by MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris. Depending on how it works, the new option could conceivably allow users to prevent songs played on their account on behalf of other listeners from affecting their personalized recommendations. Either way, […]

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A Personalized Brain Implant Curbed a Woman’s OCD

Over the next six to eight months, Pearson’s OCD symptoms decreased significantly, and her brain activity triggered the stimulation less often. She told her doctors that before, she was sometimes spending eight hours a day performing compulsions. Now, she estimates that it’s more like 30 minutes. The effects have persisted over the two years since […]

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The Problematic Rise of Personalized Nutrition

Chrissy Kinsella was looking for a more personalized approach to her health. “You know, what is good for you as an individual may not necessarily be good for the next person,” she says. So she reached for a subscription to Zoe—a personalized nutrition service cofounded by Tim Spector, a celebrity scientist and a genetic epidemiologist […]

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Personalized Nutrition Programs Are Making People Feel Weird About Food

Chrissy Kinsella was looking for a more personalized approach to her health. “You know, what is good for you as an individual may not necessarily be good for the next person,” she says. So she reached for a subscription to Zoe—a personalized nutrition service cofounded by Tim Spector, a celebrity scientist and a genetic epidemiologist […]

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PSA: Reddit is Forcing Users to Accept Personalized Ads

Reddit this week announced that it will no longer allow Reddit users to opt out of ad personalization, which means that ads on the platform will be targeted based on site usage. Right now, users can choose to toggle off an option to “personalize ads based on your Reddit activity and account info,” but this […]

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iOS 17: How to Create Personalized Contact Posters

Apple has often included a lot of useful features for customizing contact details, such as adding home addresses and whatnot. But from an aesthetic point of view, you could argue that things have been lacking in recent versions of iOS. With iOS 17, however, that is going to change. Related Reading: Apple will allow you […]

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Google Is Using AI to Make Hearing Aids More Personalized

Google plans to apply artificial intelligence to this problem to better identify, categorize, and segregate sound sources. In simple terms, this should enable hearing aids and implants to cut down on background noise, making speech and other sounds the person actually wants to hear much clearer. Another vital element is the fitting and personalization of […]

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Nothing Ear (2) announced with improved ANC, LHDC support and personalized sound profiles

Nothing Tech just announced its Ear (2) wireless earphones. These are the third member of the wireless earbud range from Nothing and they serve as a direct successor to the Nothing Ear (1), which launched back in June 2021. Not much has changed in terms of design between the two models, but the specs department […]

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High-res images of Nothing Ear (2) leak, personalized ANC tipped

We have a better look at the Nothing Ear (2), which first surfaced via renders last year. The images below, courtesy of Steve H. McFly (@OnLeakds) and SmartPrix show Nothing’s next high-end buds in detail and come with a bit of information. Nothing Ear (2), image source: OnLeaks and SmartPrix The Nothing Ear (2), which […]

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The next major Minecraft 1.20 feature is personalized armor trims

What you need to know Minecraft 1.20, the next major Minecraft content update, is focused on player expression and creativity. On Tuesday, Mojang Studios announced another new feature coming with the update: armor trims. Players will be able to customize their favorite armor with one of 11 unique patterns and 10 different colors. The feature […]

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How to Add Personalized Sound Recognition on iPhone

Understandably so, when Apple released the final version of iOS 16 to the masses, there was a lot of focus placed on the complete redesign that came to the iPhone Lock Screen. Being able to add widgets and customize the Clock’s font are things that we never imagined Apple would allow. But iOS 16 also […]

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This Personalized Crispr Therapy Is Designed to Attack Tumors

In a new step for Crispr, scientists have used the gene-editing tool to make personalized modifications to cancer patients’ immune cells to supercharge them against their tumors. In a small study published today in the journal Nature, a US team showed that the approach was feasible and safe, but was only successful in a handful […]

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tvOS 16.2 Beta Enables Siri Voice Recognition on Apple TV for Personalized Usage

The first tvOS 16.2 beta seeded to developers this week enables Siri voice recognition on the Apple TV for a more personalized experience. The new feature allows Siri to recognize your voice and switch to your Apple TV user profile, play your music, and provide personalized recommendations for videos, with support for up to six […]

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AirPods Pro 2 Personalized Spatial Audio and Find My Features Won’t Work With iPad and Mac Until October

Two headlining features of Apple’s new AirPods 2 Pro earbuds won’t be available to use on iPad and Mac when they first land in customers’ hands on Friday, September 23, the company has revealed. According to a footnote in Apple’s AirPods Pro 2 press release, “Personalized Spatial Audio profiles and Find My will be available […]

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How Samsung is shaping future of personalized tech with Bespoke Edition

Our phones are now an integral part of our lives. In addition to being devices essential to our personal and professional responsibilities, they have effectively become an extension of our personalities. That’s also the message OEMs have been hammering home to customers. Buy our phone as it best gels with your personality. However, as far […]

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Apple’s Internal Data Shows Many iOS 15 Users Turn Off Personalized Ads With Minimal Impact on App Store Search Ads

Starting with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, Apple introduced a new “Personalized Ads” toggle during the setup process that makes it easier for users to turn off personalized ads in Apple apps such as the App Store, Apple News, and Stocks. In a presentation shared with advertisers, obtained by MacRumors, Apple cited internal data showing […]

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