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CNET
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CNET
Amazon Music Rolls Out AI-Powered Search Feature to Select Users
Amazon Music has announced a new AI-powered search experience which launches on Tuesday in beta to select users. The new experimental feature is meant to enhance music discovery, according to an Amazon press release. A subset of US Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers in the beta will be able to search for an artist in the Amazon Music app on iOS and tap "Explore." From there, they'll encounter "curated music collections" and a quick way to create AI-generated playlists. "By leveraging AI to enhance search and discovery features, we're making it easier for fans to dive deeper into the worlds of their favorite artists and find new ones they'll love," Ryan Redington, general manager of Amazon Music, said in a statement. The press release includes examples of what users might see when they search for artists like Jelly Roll, Bad Bunny and BLACKPINK. The "Explore" tab for the K-pop group, for instance, presents tracks grouped into categories like "global collaborations" and "pre-2020 classics." Amazon Music will expand the list of artists included in the experience over time. If you're in the beta, you can try out the new feature by updating the Amazon Music app to the latest version, tapping the "Find" button, searching for an artist and tapping "Explore." An Amazon Music Unlimited subscription starts at $12 per month for an Individual plan. It includes unlimited song skips, the ability to listen to one audiobook each month and other perks. Amazon Music Unlimited differs from the version of Amazon Music you get with an Amazon Prime membership. For example, there are skip limits with Amazon Music Prime. Here's a chart from Amazon that breaks down exactly what you get with both versions.
The Independent
03-03-2025
- Climate
- The Independent
Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event
The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow has forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, but lengthens by more than 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) an unforgiving journey that's often measured in grit and attrition. The new course reroutes mushers and their dog teams around a difficult stretch of trail north of the Alaska Range, which is treacherous with snow and ice but mostly unpassable in dry conditions for sleds. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is usually billed as a 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race across Alaska. The route change means it's now 1,128 miles (1,815 kilometers). Mushers began their trek to the finish line in Nome from Fairbanks, the fourth time this century the race has been forced north from the Anchorage area. A lack of snow in the Anchorage area also caused headaches for race organizers Saturday during the ceremonial start. The parade-like route in Anchorage usually has mushers taking a leisurely course over 11 miles (17.70 kilometers) of city streets and trails with an auction winner riding in their sled. However, weeks of little-to-no new snowfall and warm temperatures in Alaska's largest city forced organizers to shorten the ceremonial start to less than 2 miles (3.22 kilometers), run over snow that was trucked in to cover downtown city streets. There are 33 mushers in this year's race, tied with the 2023 race for smallest field ever. Among them are two former champions, Ryan Redington and three-time winner Mitch Seavey. Mushers and their dog teams will battle the worst of what wild Alaska can throw at them — from bad trails, mushing on frozen rivers and sea ice and possible encounters with wildlife with the winner expected in the old Gold Rush town of Nome on the Bering Sea coast in about 10 days. This year the Iditarod will honor another famous mushing event, the 1925 Serum Run, in which sled dog teams saved Nome from a deadly diphtheria outbreak.
Associated Press
03-03-2025
- Climate
- Associated Press
Mushers begin rugged Iditarod race after lack of snow forces major changes to iconic Alaska event
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The rugged Iditarod started Monday, but a dearth of snow has forced the iconic dog sled race to start further north and added a new route that allows mushers to bypass barren land, but lengthens by more than 100 miles (160.93 kilometers) an unforgiving journey that's often measured in grit and attrition. The new course reroutes mushers and their dog teams around a difficult stretch of trail north of the Alaska Range, which is treacherous with snow and ice but mostly unpassable in dry conditions for sleds. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is usually billed as a 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) race across Alaska. The route change means it's now 1,128 miles (1,815 kilometers). Mushers began their trek to the finish line in Nome from Fairbanks, the fourth time this century the race has been forced north from the Anchorage area. A lack of snow in the Anchorage area also caused headaches for race organizers Saturday during the ceremonial start. The parade-like route in Anchorage usually has mushers taking a leisurely course over 11 miles (17.70 kilometers) of city streets and trails with an auction winner riding in their sled. However, weeks of little-to-no new snowfall and warm temperatures in Alaska's largest city forced organizers to shorten the ceremonial start to less than 2 miles (3.22 kilometers), run over snow that was trucked in to cover downtown city streets. There are 33 mushers in this year's race, tied with the 2023 race for smallest field ever. Among them are two former champions, Ryan Redington and three-time winner Mitch Seavey. Mushers and their dog teams will battle the worst of what wild Alaska can throw at them — from bad trails, mushing on frozen rivers and sea ice and possible encounters with wildlife with the winner expected in the old Gold Rush town of Nome on the Bering Sea coast in about 10 days.
