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I was reading a blog post from Anna’s Archive – you know, the group that’s amazing at preserving books and research – and they made a pretty incredible claim! They said they’ve collected information on around 256 million songs and actually saved audio files for about 86 million of them. Apparently, that covers 99.6% of everything people listen to on Spotify – that’s huge!
Hurricane Helene, a powerful category four storm, struck the Southeastern United States in late September 2024. Making landfall in Florida on September 26th with peak winds of 140 mph, it caused approximately $80 billion in damage and became the deadliest hurricane since Katrina.
Paramount, led by David Ellison, has secured a firm guarantee of $40.4 billion from his father, Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle. They’ve also agreed to raise their breakup fee to match Netflix’s $5.8 billion payment to Warner Bros. Discovery if the deal falls through due to regulatory issues. Previously, Paramount’s breakup fee was $5 billion.
JPMorgan Chase is finally considering crypto trading for big clients, per Bloomberg. Because why let actual innovators have all the fun? Now they want to join the party, even though they’re 10 years late and still don’t get it. 🤷♂️💸
Okay, so this really popular FPS streamer got a ton of heat for complaining about Expedition 33 winning, even though he hadn’t actually played it. It was kinda weird, right? Then Asmongold chimed in and basically told him to pick up the game himself. He was like, “Seriously? You didn’t even try it? It’s a shooter – you can just aim and shoot! He’d probably be great at it!”
The streamer, who is 41 years old and has been broadcasting fighting games for a long time, has often been penalized by Twitch.
Tax season is creeping up like that awkward ex who still texts you “Happy New Year.” And with 2025 basically being a microwave burrito (half-cooked and already burning), investors better start sweating the small stuff. Spoiler: Crypto taxes are the adulting version of a group project. Nobody wants to do it, but if you don’t, the IRS shows up to your party with a calculator and a frown. 😬
Netflix has acquired Ready Player Me, an Estonian company specializing in technology that lets players use the same avatars across multiple games. The financial details of the deal haven’t been disclosed.
After more than two decades, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are reunited on screen in The Best You Can, but the film doesn’t quite live up to expectations. While the romantic comedy tries a fresh take on familiar tropes with its older lead characters and features some genuinely heartwarming scenes, the story feels somewhat disjointed and lacks focus.
Netflix has a history of cancelling shows after just one or two seasons. They often explain this by saying the show wasn’t cost-effective or didn’t attract enough viewers, particularly if many people stopped watching before finishing a season. However, it looks like , with its perfect 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, might be an exception to this pattern, offering hope that more good series won’t be cut short.