Last week, my daughter and I packed the car for a two-day drive to my college reunion. That’s a lot of miles. A lot of caffeine. And, as it turns out, a masterclass in the emotional power of music.

Chai bar owner and army veteran Ambi says he is proud to support those serving in the armed forces. Source: SBS / Spencer Austad The warm milky aroma of cardamom drifts through the air as spiced tea ...

In Arlington, tea is more than a daily ritual in the Thapar household — it is heritage.For Vishal Thapar, who grew up in India, chai represents culture, family, and the quiet power of gathering over a ...

Vishal Thapar and Rohini Sen know chai. Combined, the couple estimates they have made about 500,000 cups of the spiced tea in their lives. However, after emigrating from India, Thapar and Sen noticed ...

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With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple Music's Playlist Playground can now generate playlists with the help of AI. Best of all, you don't need an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone to take advantage of ...

Apple Music's new Playlist Playground feature is a prompt-driven playlist builder that's fast and surprisingly useful, even if it won't replace a carefully curated mix. Here's how to start playing, ...

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 ...

Apple today released iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, the latest updates to the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 operating systems. The new software comes six weeks after Apple released iOS 26.3 and iPadOS 26.3.