Nick Reiner killed his parents, police say
The iconic actor and director and his wife were found dead in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Sunday. Police are interviewing a family member.
Conor Murray, Forbes Staff
Olivia Dean slams ‘disgusting’ Ticketmaster, Live Nation, AEG over high ticket resale prices
Ticketmaster, in response, said it would cap the resale ticket prices at their original price.
Spotify hit with class action lawsuit alleging discovery mode is a ‘pay-for-play scheme’
Spotify’s Discovery Mode allows artists to flag songs to be boosted in Spotify’s algorithmic recommendations in exchange for a 30% royalty commission—but a lawsuit accuses the streaming company of boosting artists who pay them.
Threads passes X in key monthly metric for first time in Zuckerberg vs. Musk battle
Threads surpassed X in daily active users on mobile devices worldwide for the first time by a razor-thin margin late September, though now Threads has since extended its lead by millions of users.
Spotify accused of ignoring ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams—what we know about bot streams
A federal lawsuit filed Sunday in California federal court accuses Spotify of failing to prevent streaming fraud, including by allowing “billions” of bot-generated streams that allegedly boosted rapper Drake’s streaming numbers, though he is not named as a defendant.
‘67’ Is Dictionary.com’s Word Of The Year—But What Does The Viral Phrase Mean?
The numbers “six” and “seven” are sending kids into a frenzy as the viral phrase, which comes from a song by rapper Skrilla, takes over TikTok, even though Skrilla has admitted the phrase is meaningless.
‘Dead Internet Theory’ – What is it and how is AI making it happen?
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has become vocal about the “Dead Internet Theory,” suggesting much of the content posted online is AI-generated, not human-created.
Threads finally passes X—Zuckerberg’s 2-year-old platform passes Musk’s in daily users
While the number of daily active users for Threads has steadily grown in the two years since it launched, X’s numbers have declined considerably.
‘South Park’ delays new episode hours before scheduled air time
The delayed episode will be the first since Comedy Central pulled a “South Park” episode that satirized conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed last week, from rotation.
LimeWire’s new owners want to revive the Fyre Festival brand: ‘What could go wrong?’
Rights to the Fyre Festival were up for auction eight years after its organizers held a disastrous, widely mocked festival that landed its co-founder in prison.