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What JD Vance, Pam Bondi, and Sam Altman Can’t Stop Listening To, According to the ‘Panama Playlists’

A new website claims to know the Spotify listening habits of Trump officials, tech leaders—and even journalists. Attorney General Pam Bondi allegedly jams out to Nelly’s “Hot in Herre."

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All of your international packages are about to get more expensive

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that will suspend the de minimis exemption — which allows packages with goods valued less than $800 to enter the US duty-free — for all countries. Earlier this year, Trump ended the de minimis exemption for goods from China and Hong Kong. The White House says […]

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Meta to spend up to $72B on AI infrastructure in 2025 as compute arms race escalates

Meta is pouring money into the physical and technical infrastructure needed to scale its AI ambitions. The company said Wednesday in its second-quarter earnings report that it plans to more than double its spend on building AI infrastructure – like data centers and servers.  “We currently expect 2025 capital expenditures, including principal payments on finance leases, to be in the range of $66-72 billion…up approximately $30 billion year-over-year at the midpoint,” Meta said.

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Spotify’s terrible privacy settings just leaked Palmer Luckey’s bops and bangers

Have you ever wondered what bops powerful figures are listening to on Spotify? You'd be amazed what you can get with a profile search - but just in case you want them all in one place, there's the Panama Playlists, a newly published collection of data on the musical listening habits of politicians, journalists, and […]

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Google proposes to open Play Store to more real-money games in India

The developers are also required to submit proof that an authoritative third-party body has declared the app to be a "game of skill," the company proposed.

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Microsoft reports strong cloud earnings, with Windows and Xbox up too

Microsoft just posted the fourth and final quarter of its 2025 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $76.4 billion in revenue and a net income of $27.2 billion during Q4. Revenue is up 18 percent, and net income has increased by 24 percent. Like clockwork, cloud services are the strong point of Microsoft’s revenue this quarter. […]

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8BitDo’s wireless Nintendo 64 controller is now available

Analogue’s 4K remake of the Nintendo 64 has been delayed again and again due to the US tariff situation. But at least you can get 8BitDo’s updated take on the N64 controller, which was announced alongside the Analogue 3D, while you wait. You can get one through Amazon in white or black for $39.99 and […]

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Layoffs hit CNET as its parent company goes on a buying spree

Ziff Davis, the media conglomerate that owns outlets like CNET, ZDNet, PCMag, and Mashable is laying off 15 percent of its unionized workforce, for a total of 23 people. The majority of layoffs are coming from CNET, where 19 people will lose their jobs — even as Ziff Davis goes on a shopping spree. The […]

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Dropbox is shutting down its password manager

Dropbox is discontinuing its password manager. The tool, Dropbox Passwords, will be discontinued on October 28th, and the company is recommending that you transfer your passwords to another app like 1Password ahead of that date. The company will shut down Dropbox Passwords in phases. Starting August 28th, Dropbox Passwords will be view-only from both the […]

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Expert tips: How to Keep an Eye on Every International Order

Why international orders cause so much worry Shopping online from around the world is easier than ever. With just a few clicks, you can buy handmade goods from Italy, the latest tech from Japan, or budget fashion straight from Chinese marketplaces. But once you place your order, the waiting game begins, and for many shoppers,...

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PUBG’s plan to beat Fortnite, Roblox, and every other game

Roblox and Fortnite are two of the biggest games around, and a huge part of why is because they aren't just one game: instead, they're vast platforms where you can party up with your friends, dress up in ridiculous digital outfits, and quickly jump from one experience to another. Back in the day, Fortnite copied […]

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Zuckerberg signals Meta won’t open source all of its ‘superintelligence’ AI models

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his vision on Wednesday for “personal superintelligence,” the idea that people should be able to use AI to achieve their personal goals, create, connect, and lead fulfilling lives. Smuggled into the letter is a signal that Meta is shifting how it plans to ensure widespread access to superintelligence, a suggestion that the company’s most advanced AI may remain closed so that Meta can stay in the driver’s seat.

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Dave Franco Had Sex on Disneyland Ride and More ‘Call Her Daddy’ Confessions

Dave Franco kept it cool while “Call Her Daddy” host Alex Cooper grilled him about his sex life — but some things were still off limits. “OK, so do you want to start with your sex life or your childhood drama” Cooper, 30, joked to Franco, 40, during the Wednesday, July 30, podcast episode, who […]

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Fans Have a Theory About Belly’s Wedding Dress on ‘Summer I Turned Pretty’

Viewers will likely have to wait all summer to find out if Belly marries Jeremiah — unless The Summer I Turned Pretty just hinted at the outcome ahead of the season 3 finale. During the Wednesday, July 30, episode of the hit Prime Video series, Belly (Lola Tung) went wedding dress shopping with Taylor (Rain […]

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3 New Netflix Movies With a 90 Percent or Higher on Rotten Tomatoes (July 2025)

Only a handful of movies have achieved a score of 90 percent or higher on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s far more common to find films that reached 80 percent or lower. That only makes the films that achieve that score stand out from the crowded lineup of movies streaming on Netflix. Among the new-to-Netflix films in […]

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Google is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts

Google will soon cast an even wider net with its AI age estimation technology. After announcing plans to find and restrict underage users on YouTube, the company now says it will start detecting whether Google users based in the US are under 18. Age estimation is rolling out over the next few weeks and will […]

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Jenna Bush Hager Cries on ‘Today’ Over Milestone With Her Daughter

Jenna Bush Hager is gearing up for parenting during the teenage years. Bush Hager, 43, became emotional during the Wednesday, July 30, episode of Today With Jenna & Friends as she spoke about the Gracie Abrams concert she attended with her husband, Henry Chase Hager, and their three kids the night before. “We were out […]

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Love Is Blind’s Alexa and Brennon React to Costars Matt and Colleen’s Split

Alexa and Brennon Lemieux are the last Love Is Blind season 3 couple standing following Colleen Reed and Matt Bolton’s divorce. “I am so proud of Colleen. I’m still so close with her [and] I absolutely adore her,” Alexa, 30, said on the Wednesday, July 30, episode of the “What’s the Reality” podcast. “I have […]

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Denise Richards’ Ex Aaron Phypers Address Cheating, Denies Stealing Laptop

Denise Richards’ estranged husband, Aaron Phypers, responded to her claims he stole her laptop, and accused her of cheating on him during their marriage, Us Weekly can exclusively report. In response to Richards’ claims that he violated the temporary restraining order in place by leaking nude photos from her devices, Phypers tells Us, “I absolutely […]

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WNBA Game Stopped After Lime Green Dildo Gets Thrown Onto the Court

Nothing breaks the tension of a tied WNBA basketball game late in the fourth quarter quite like a lime green dildo. Such a sex toy made its way onto the court at the Gateway Center Arena at College Park on Tuesday, July 29, as the Atlanta Dream and visiting Golden State Valkyries were tied in […]

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Christina Applegate Says Daughter Sadie Misses Who She Was Before MS

Christina Applegate is opening up about an honest conversation she had with daughter Sadie amid her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis. “I get up [in the morning] because of [Sadie],” Applegate, 53, said on the Wednesday, July 30, episode of SiriusXM’s “Let’s Talk Off Camera With Kelly Ripa” podcast. “She’s the reason I’m still here […]

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Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen Will Be 1st Couple to Earn Humanitarian Award

Nate Bargatze is looking forward to hosting the 77th annual Emmy Awards this year. After previously working with CBS in his holiday special Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas in 2024, Variety revealed that the stand up comedian would be hosting the 2025 Emmys. “It’s a huge honor to be asked to host such an iconic awards […]

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January Jones Makes Very Rare Public Appearance With Son Xander, 13

January Jones brought a special date to a recent red carpet event: her teenage son, Xander. The Mad Men alum and Xander, 13, posed for photos together at the 18th Annual Oceana SeaChange Summer Party at Montage Laguna Beach on Saturday, July 26. She wore a classic black dress and matching headband, while her son […]

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Kim Kardashian’s Skims Launches Face Shapewear for $48

Kim Kardashian’s Skims launched its newest innovation — face shapewear. Kardashian, 44, is taking shapewear to the next level with her Skims Face Wrap, which dropped on Tuesday, July 29. The shapewear, which comes in two different colors: clay and cocoa, wraps around the neck and velcros in the back. It then covers the jawline […]

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Olympian Laura Dahlmeier Dead After Being Hit by Falling Rocks During Climb

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Laura Dahlmeier has died after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan. Dahlmeier was on a trip in the region’s Karakoram mountains when she was trapped in a rockfall on Monday, July 28, according to her management company.  Dahlmeier’s climbing partner, Marina Eva, alerted rescue services, who dispatched a helicopter to the area […]

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Which ABC Shows Got Their Premiere Dates Moved Up for Fall 2025?

As if the fall TV season wasn’t busy enough already, ABC is moving premiere dates for several shows. The network is shifting the season 9 premiere of 9-1-1, the series premiere of 9-1-1: Nashville and the season 22 premiere of Grey’s Anatomy — all originally scheduled for October 16 — to earlier than anticipated. All […]

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You can hide an AirTag in Skechers’ new kid shoes

If you’re a parent with kids in school or who are independently exploring your neighborhood for the first time, there’s a good chance you’ve considered stashing a tracker somewhere on their person for added peace of mind. Skechers is making that a little easier with a new line of sneakers for kids that feature a […]

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The Real Reason Brooke Hogan Wrote Herself Out of Dad Hulk Hogan’s Will

Brooke Hogan took preemptive measures to distance herself from her father, Hulk Hogan, before his death. In the wake of their estrangement, Brooke, 37, removed her name from Hulk’s will in 2023.  Brooke’s husband, former NHL player Steve Oleksy, exclusively told Us Weekly what led to Brooke making the financial decision.  “I believe my wife […]

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Sydney Sweeney Wanted to ‘Push’ Envelope With American Eagle Jeans Campaign

Sydney Sweeney was all for making a statement with her American Eagle campaign. “During a Zoom call with Sydney, we asked the question, ‘How far do you want to push it?’ Without hesitation, she smirked and said, ‘Let’s push it, I’m game,’” Ashley Schapiro, the brand’s vice president of marketing, media, performance and engagement, recently […]

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Meghan Markle’s Inner Circle: Meet Her Closest Friends

Meghan Markle has spoken candidly about her close friends — both famous and not — throughout her time in the spotlight. Some even stood by the Duchess of Sussex’s side as she experienced ups and downs in the public eye after marrying Prince Harry in May 2018. “When I first met my now-husband, my friends […]

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Did ‘Countdown’ Just Kill Off Eric Dane’s Character With Shocking Stabbing?

Countdown has had its fair share of onscreen deaths but did the Prime Video show just kill off Eric Dane‘s character after that shocking stabbing? During the Wednesday, July 30, episode, Blythe (Dane) got a call from Piskun (Zack Sayenko) about them meeting up to discuss Volchek (Bogdan Yasinski). When Blythe arrived, Piskun was dead […]

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Tyson Beckford Planned to Propose to Shanina Shaik Before ‘Crushing’ Split

Tyson Beckford is proud of how far he’s come after a difficult — and public — breakup. After nearly seven years of dating Shanina Shaik, Beckford, 54, found himself single in 2015 following a shocking split. According to the Kings Court star, he was close to proposing to the Victoria’s Secret model before things came […]

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Microsoft is getting ready for GPT-5 with a new Copilot smart mode

I reported last week that OpenAI is planning to launch GPT-5 in early August, as part of an effort to simplify and combine its large language models. Just a day after my report, references to GPT-5 were spotted inside Microsoft's Copilot web app, hinting at a new smart mode. Sources familiar with Microsoft's AI plans […]

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Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet

On July 25th, the UK became one of the first countries to widely implement age verification. Its Online Safety Act requires sites hosting porn and other content deemed "harmful" - including Reddit, Discord, Grindr, X, and Bluesky - to verify that users are over the age of 18. The early results have been chaotic. While […]

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DJI finally brings its impressive Amflow e-bike to US trails

Starting today, DJI’s Amflow electric mountain bike range is available to buy in the United States. It comes over a year since the showcase for DJI’s very impressive Avinox drive system was launched in Europe, sending shockwaves through the industry and leaving stalwarts like Bosch and Specialized struggling to respond. What’s most impressive about the Avinox system […]

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How Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE Got Access to a Federal Payroll System That Serves the FBI

Hundreds of pages of records reviewed by WIRED show just how quickly DOGE gained access to systems at the Small Business Administration—and through it, a USDA system that handles payroll for federal law enforcement.

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Pokémon TCG Pocket will change card art after plagiarism accusations

While you can now start collecting Pokémon TCG Pocket‘s Johto-themed Wisdom of Sea and Sky expansion, two of the set’s rarest cards are being changed in response to concerns about art theft. Soon after dataminers began posting images of Wisdom of Sea and Sky’s cards on Tuesday, Chinese artist lanjiujiu took to their X account […]

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Todd Chrisley Calls Julie Chrisley’s Cancer Diagnosis Worse Than Prison

Todd Chrisley is reflecting on the most difficult time in his and wife Julie Chrisley’s life — and it wasn’t when they were both incarcerated. “I had someone ask me while in prison — he’s an attorney — he said, ‘This has to be the darkest day of your life,” Todd, 56, said on the […]

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Minnesota activates National Guard as cyberattack on Saint Paul disrupts public services

Gov. Tim Walz activated the state military's cyber forces to help ensure public services continue to run as the city of Saint Paul battles an ongoing cyberattack.

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