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Drake has shared 100 gigabytes of data, including three new songs and tons of B-roll footage, on a website called 100 Gigs for Your Headtop. The three tracks are “It’s Up” featuring Young Thug and 21 Savage, “Blue Green Red,” and the Gordo-produced “Housekeeping Knows” featuring Latto. Also available to download on the site are behind-the-scenes clips from music videos, tour rehearsals, and studio footage, among other shots.This is the first new music that Drake has dropped since getting entangled in the historic diss track-turned-elongated-beef with Kendrick Lamar. The months-long drama began with Lamar’s “Like That” back in March, after…

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Donald Trump walked onto an Adin Ross livestream to 50 Cent’s ‘Many Men (Wish Death)’ despite the track’s producer having made his objections to Trump’s use of the track clear. With Trump in the thick of his presidential campaign, he joined Adin Ross’ Kick livestream on Monday (August 5) to speak to first-time Gen Z voters. He walked out to 50 Cent’s 2003 track, and received a standing ovation. However, Darrell ‘Digga’ Branch, the song’s producer, recently told TMZ that he didn’t want Trump to use the track – despite streams of the song going up by 250 per cent as…

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As a former Mint user, I had to find a new budgeting app not too long ago. Intuit, parent company of Mint, shut down the service in March 2024, and prompted users to transition to its other financial app, Credit Karma. However, after testing Credit Karma myself, I found it to be a poor Mint replacement — that meant I needed to branch out and look elsewhere for a trusted app to track all of my financial accounts, monitor my credit score, follow a monthly spending plan and set goals like building a rainy-day fund and paying down my mortgage…

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WhatsApp for Android may be testing a new gesture feature which will let users react to messages faster, according to claims by a feature tracker. This feature is speculated to allow quick reactions to messages by simply double-tapping them, which may bring up a default emoji. It builds upon the introduction of a previously reported in-development feature that may enable users to quickly react to received media, such as photos and videos from the media viewer screen itself.WhatsApp Message ReactionsAccording to WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, the feature for quickly reacting to messages was spotted in WhatsApp for Android beta app…

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We have thoughts about many aspects of the entertainment industry that we don’t have time (or, hey, sometimes the desire, right?) to write about in long form. We will no longer hold back just because we lack the energy. Instead, we’ll band together or share a short burst of more personal energy. This will become a semi-regular series, and we’ve also called for goofy, fun coverage for those who might want to get more in-depth. Let’s see how it goes, and let us know if you’d like to see more! (Columbia Pictures/Trailer Screenshot) Gamer Love and Bad Boys Appreciation The…

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After using the market’s global sell-off as an opportunity to attack Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies were noticeably quieter Tuesday, as stocks gained back some of their losses.The S&P 500 closed just over 1% higher on Tuesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up nearly 300 points or 0.8% higher, breaking a three-day losing streak.The gains followed a widespread market slide on Monday, where the S&P dropped 3% and the Dow declined 2.6%. The market meltdown came as recessionary fears heightened, spurred in part by last week’s cooler-than-expected jobs report and worries…

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more.Flatiron to Launch New Imprint with S.A. Cosby’s Next NovelNext summer, Flatiron Books will launch Pine & Cedar Books, a new imprint devoted to “compulsively readable, story-driven novels” defined by “compelling plot, originality, and potential to leave a lasting impact on its readers.” The launch list includes S.A. Cosby’s next novel, King of Ashes, described as “a Black, Southern, Godfather-inspired crime epic.” It’s the…

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LOGAN, Utah — German startup Dcubed raised 4.4 million euros ($4.8 million) in a Series A funding round. With the investment, announced Aug. 5, Dcubed will expand production, demonstrate in-space manufacturing and open a U.S. office, Thomas Sinn, DCubed CEO and founder, told SpaceNews at the Small Satellite Conference here. Dcubed’s Westminster, Colorado, office will serve as a sales and distribution hub to support U.S. customers, who make up more than half of the firm’s client base, said Andria Fortier, Dcubed U.S. managing director. To demonstrate in-space manufacturing, Dcubed is buying SpaceX rideshare launches. “We want to launch at least twice next…

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U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris holds a campaign rally with her newly chosen vice presidential running mate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., August 6, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersVice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, her newly minted running mate, made their first public appearance together at a a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday evening.”I couldn’t be prouder to be on this ticket,” Walz said to an excited crowd that numbered more than 12,000, according to the Harris campaign. “Thank you for bringing back the joy.””Since the day that I announced my…

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Pictured here is a McDonald’s store in Yichang, Hubei province, China, on July 30, 2024.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — A theme emerging in the latest slew of U.S. companies’ earnings reports is a drag from the China market.The Chinese economy — home to more than four times the population of the U.S. — has attracted multinational corporations for decades given its large, fast-growing market. But slower growth and intense local competition, amid tensions with the U.S., are now weighing on corporate earnings.”Consumer sentiment in China is quite weak,” McDonald’s chairman, CEO and director Christopher Kempczinski, said of the…

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AI chatbots are being quickly rolled out for a wide range of functionsAndriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Can artificial intelligence be made to tell the truth? Probably not, but the developers of large language model (LLM) chatbots should be legally required to reduce the risk of errors, says a team of ethicists. “What we’re just trying to do is create an incentive structure to get the companies to put a greater emphasis on truth or accuracy when they are creating the systems,” says Brent Mittelstadt at the University of Oxford. LLM chatbots, such as ChatGPT, generate human-like responses to users’ questions, based…

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Even though we are currently in the full swing of summer, with people still sporting jelly sandals and lightweight dresses, I recently came across photos of Zoë Kravitz and Hailey Bieber flaunting the ’70s bag trend that’s expected to dominate this autumn.Last week, Kravitz was seen in Los Angeles carrying Saint Laurent’s leopard-print boho shoulder bag, breathing new life into a style that some may consider “outdated.” She effortlessly paired it with a white T-shirt, chic blazer, and baggy jeans, adding a black baseball cap and black loafers to finish the simple yet undeniably elegant ensemble.(Image credit: Backgrid)On Zoë Kravitz:…

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[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for the House of the Dragon Season 2 finale, “The Queen Who Ever Was.”] Director Geeta Vasant Patel made it so that each House of the Dragon character had their “David and Goliath” moment in the Season 2 finale, she tells TV Insider. For Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Alicent (Olivia Cooke), it was their final shots that closed out the season. For Daemon (Matt Smith), it was when he finally faced Rhaenyra at Harrenhal, his vulnerability is completely laid bare. Despite his former opinion of himself, it was in this moment that Daemon became a real “hero,”…

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Bright Eyes have announced a lengthy 2025 tour, and they’re back with another new song from their upcoming album Five Dice, All Threes. “Rainbow Overpass” is a horn-fueled single featuring gang vocals by the So So Glos’ Alex Orange Drink. Give it a listen below.Conor Oberst elaborated on that collaboration at the heart of “Rainbow Overpass” in a statement, saying, “[Alex is] kinda like my hype man, getting a little Beastie Boys on the shit! They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are a lot of little bursts of other voices. I like that. It creates…

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Sabrina Carpenter has revealed that she was “alone” in wanting to release ‘Espresso’ as the lead single from her upcoming sixth album, ‘Short N’ Sweet’. READ MORE: Why is Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Espresso’ taking over Spotify algorithms? ‘Espresso’ released on April 11, has fast become one of Carpenter’s signature songs, reaching Number Three on the Billboard Hot 100 and topping the charts in the UK and 15 other countries. Today (August 6) it reached one billion streams, becoming the third fastest song on the platform to reach that figure. Even Adele described it as “my jam” – high praise indeed. However, she…

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Google’s Chromecast is no more. With Tuesday’s introduction of its successor, the company laid to rest the brand that kicked off 11 years ago with a novel product that helped move streaming onto the center stage of home entertainment. With the Google TV Streamer taking the baton, it’s time to look back at 11 years of Chromecast.Google’s casting-centric brand arrived on July 24, 2013, with the first-generation Chromecast. The streaming stick plugged directly into a TV’s HDMI port and lacked a remote control. Instead, you fired up content using a mobile device or computer.Most importantly, the innovative gizmo only cost…

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