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With the race for Number 10 hotting up, we've got an array of insightful podcasts to keep you both entertained and informed in the run-up to the big day on July 4.As the UK gears up for the pivotal 2024 general election, the Mirror's…

One assurance of navigating the vast expanse of social media is that The Discourse never stops. It's: death, taxes, and never-ending discourse. Mass consensus is all but extinct. More than anything, fandoms dictate so much of conversation…

Apple has a Spotify problem—and it just cost the iPhone maker a $2 billion fine from the European Commission.For years, the two companies have been at war as the streaming service lured users away from Apple’s iTunes and accused the tech…

Singing, dancing, roller-skating—Usher is the consummate performer. On Sunday, following months of hype, he’ll take the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl 2024 halftime show, cramming three decades of his hits into a…

This weekend, dozens of artists are set to descend on Los Angeles for the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Trevor Noah will tell jokes, musicians will get trophies—and somewhere on the internet, someone will be downloading their music for…

Kaytranada and Kehlani. Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road.” Sheck Wes’ “Mo Bamba.” The commonalities these artists and songs share is neither region nor genre but platform. SoundCloud was their origin point. “It sparked so many careers once upon a…

Kindle libraries; troves of infinitely streamable songs on Spotify and Apple Music; scores of shows and films on Netflix, Max, and Hulu. Even the Criterion Collection is online now. Cultural archives now live on server farms, so much so…

Your first gift of the holiday season has arrived: It’s Spotify Wrapped time.The annual packaging of people’s most-listened-to tracks and artists begins rolling out this morning. An unofficial start to the gifting season, Wrapped has proved…

Sometimes a deal can feel too good to pass up, and that can especially be the case with a gift card deal—particularly since federal law gives you five years from the date a gift card is activated to use it before it expires. If you’ve got a…

Sports betting has blown up in the U.S. since the Supreme Court struck down a federal ban in 2018, and most Americans who gamble bet on NFL games. Billions of dollars will likely be riding on Sunday’s Super Bowl game in bets placed through…