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The biggest stories on the internet from August 15th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:58 E.L.F. responds to Matt Rife campaign backlash

3:22 Sweet Loren's viral TikTok rebrand

7:18 Sylvanian Drama lawsuit dropped

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 14th, 2025.

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00:00 Intro

1:04 E.L.F. Cosmetics faces backlash for Matt Rife ambassadorship

4:52 Annal Delvey photoshoot with rabbits scandal

9:13 Men are using Reddit to shop for fashion

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 13th, 2025.

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00:00 Intro

1:13 Reddit vs. Internet Archive

5:36 ChatGPT-5 roll out disaster

10:56 Instagram Maps backlash

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 12th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:43 Kylan Darnell taking a break from Rush amid rumours

5:56 Australian entertainment media analysis

12:54 Taylor Swift new album

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 11th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:37 Close Friends

1:54 Tana & Brooke feud over 'Cancelled' archive

5:34 Liv Schmidt vs. Carly Weinstein

9:12 TikTok catfish saga

13:44 TikTok adoption plagiarism storytime

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 8th, 2025

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:28 Audra Winter BookTok debut flop

4:01 Matt Rife buys the Annabelle haunted house

6:45 Anti-feminist influencer girlies are fighting

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 7th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:36 KSI Labubu backlash

5:54 Kendra psychiatrist TikTok series

21:13 Kaima Cosmetics insults customer

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 6th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

1:54 Elon Musk is bringing back Vine(?)

7:11 Amazon closes Wondery

10:52 Reddit is no longer paywalling subreddits

12:49 Lauren interviews Anna Guerrero

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Sources:

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/grok-imagine-xais-new-ai-image-and-video-generator-lets-you-make-nsfw-content/

https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/28/13456208/why-vine-died-twitter-shutdown

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1951697566325981414

https://www.theverge.com/23940924/elon-musk-x-twitter-all-hands-linda-yaccarino-super-app

https://www.engadget.com/apps/elon-musk-says-the-vine-archive-is-coming-back-180935178.html

https://gizmodo.com/so-far-elon-musks-revival-of-vine-is-seriously-disappointing-2000638604

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grok-new-image-generator-restore-vine-2025-8

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/wondery-to-join-amazon-music

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-04/amazon-to-shut-down-wondery-podcast-studio-reorganize-audio-business?

https://www.theverge.com/news/718136/amazon-wondery-gutting-podcast-studio-layoffs

https://www.edisonresearch.com/youtube-is-the-preferred-podcast-listening-service/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/amazon-wondery-podcast-studio-ceo-jen-sargent-1236336750/

https://www.theverge.com/news/717480/reddit-paywall-paid-subreddits-plans-earnings-steve-huffman-spez

https://www.reddit.com/r/RDDT/comments/1mec0sa/comment/n698gt7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 5th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:23 Business update/storytime

5:06 Live Nation Urban launches Black creator network

8:43 Spooners press tour goes viral

11:04 Dude Perfect lands documentary in theatres

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The biggest stories on the internet from August 4th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:28 Alix Earle speaks out against Alex Cooper

4:50 Brooke Schofield vs. BB

8:29 TikTok comment bot trend

11:48 Bobbi Althoff podcast ends

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 31st, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

2:20 San Francisco restaurant collab gone wrong

8:54 Jana & Kenny Love Island breakup saga

16:15 FaZe Banks steps down as CEO of FaZe Clan

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 30th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 

00:56 Women-only app “Tea” suffers massive data breach

8:02 Vogue includes AI model in August issue

13:14 Australian government includes YouTube in under-16s social media ban 

14:43 Internet Archive becomes an official US government document library

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Sources: 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-tea-app-dating-advice/ 

https://www.teaforwomen.com/about

https://www.teaforwomen.com/cyberincident 

https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/ 

https://www.404media.co/a-second-tea-breach-reveals-users-dms-about-abortions-and-cheating/ 

https://www.theverge.com/cyber-security/714750/tea-hack-breach 

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-tea-app-and-the-future-of-online-surveillance-16aa944529b0cb6e 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-29/vogue-ai-model-controversy/105580372 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-29/youtube-will-be-included-in-social-media-ban-for-under-16s/105587310 

https://theconversation.com/albanese-government-to-include-youtube-in-social-media-ban-for-under-16s-262124 

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/google-threatens-to-sue-if-youtube-is-included-in-australias-kids-social-media-ban/axud666av 

https://www.kqed.org/news/12049420/sf-based-internet-archive-is-now-a-federal-depository-library-what-does-that-mean 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kDxXsYfhc0QRMGBURP5X5JmfUftjIM_U/view 

https://mashable.com/article/internet-archive 

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 29th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:48 Molly Mae motherhood struggles

4:26 Sydney Sweeney x American Eagle backlash

13:10 Trisha Paytas addresses allegations she "lied" about infertility

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 28th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:36 Updates & personal story (TW)

7:26 The Kid LAROI seemingly confirms split from Tate McRae

10:50 E! News cancelled over... TikTok reporters?

15:44 Gwyneth Paltrow for Astronomer divides the internet

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This episode is an exploration into how social media has changed who gets immortalised online and why we care to leave a digital legacy in the first place, featuring an interview with Mike's Mic!

Timestamps:

00:00 BRITA ad

00:32 Intro

5:00 Defining legacy & our interest in it

8:50 Storytelling & legacy

12:55 Celebrities, creators & legacy

16:30 Digital legacies in the creator economy

20:00 Mike’s Mic interview

34:42 Conclusion

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 24th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Trisha Paytas gives birth to baby boy named Aquaman Moses Paytas-Hacmon

4:30 JanaandBooks

11:35 Is Bop House over?

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 23rd, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:52 Roblox may be integrating dating into the platform

6:53 YouTube deletes thousands of channels associated with coordinated influence operations

13:24 TikTok introduces songwriter label on profiles

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Sources:

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/tag-bulletin-q2-2025/

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/identifying-vulnerabilities-and-protecting-you-phishing/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7N4EC20-cM

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/21/youtube-channels-propaganda-china-russia.htm

https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/tag-bulletin-q1-2025/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612241297832

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/coordinated-influence-operations/ https://www.theverge.com/news/708611/tiktok-songwriter-features-music-tab

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YW2cYqRprKx4i5a1dxH81?si=Uqr8bSEbT7mrSjkx6NHJkQ

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/relationships/a65440074/roblox-dating-2025/

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/8/23864858/roblox-ceo-prediction-adults-dating-experiences-rdc-2023

https://corp.roblox.com/newsroom/2025/07/advancing-safety-on-roblox-with-age-based-communication

https://www.theverge.com/news/708670/roblox-trusted-connections-age-estimation-privacy

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/03/24/literally-just-child-gambling-study-urges-swift-regulation-of-roblox.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/14/risks-children-roblox-deeply-disturbing-researchers

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-020-0373-1

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 22nd, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:35 OF creator Ari Kytsya is the new face of Urban Decay

3:42 Kylie Jenner faces harsh backlash over Miu Miu campaign

7:19 Sia & Harry Jowsey spark romance rumours as they're photographed holding hands

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 21st, 2025

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:42 Coldplay affair saga

15:35 Alex Warren vs. TikTok music critics

21:13 Vereena Sayed is back

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This episode is a mini deep dive into TikTok's viral 4th of July antipasto drama.

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