Best Tech Stories around the web #373

INNOVATION

Spotify spotted developing AI-generated playlists created with prompts by techcrunch.com

Following the successful launch of Spotify’s AI-powered DJ feature and, more recently, added support for AI-translated podcasts, Spotify now appears to be developing another means of using AI in its app: AI-powered playlists. Read more

SCIENCE

'One of the biggest on record': Ozone hole bigger than North America opens above Antarctica by livescience.com

This year's hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica is one of the biggest ever seen, satellite data shows. Experts believe the huge gap in Earth's protective shield may have been caused by the eruption of Tonga's underwater volcano in early 2022. Read more

DESIGN

Prada to design Nasa's new Moon suit by bbc.com

Nasa astronauts will be flying in style, with luxury fashion designer Prada helping design space suits for the 2025 Moon mission.
The Italian fashion house will work to design the suits alongside another private company, Axiom Space. Read more

Creative Content

Non-Western art and design can reveal alternate ways of thinking about math by sciencenews.org

Contemporary math has mostly Western origins, so ideas from non-Western cultures are often missing from the field, say Eglash and others who study ethno-mathematics, or the relationship between math and culture. Read more