When Microsoft released Office 2019 as perpetually licensed software, customers had every reason to believe they were making a lasting purchase. A perpetual license means you pay once and keep the software. However, Microsoft ended support for Office 2019 for Mac in October 2023. The company published a message on its website that read: “Rest … Read more
During episode 617 of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast, Shane Gillis revealed that he had only recently realized how massive the reaction to his Netflix roast had become. That realization came after he discovered that Dr. Umar Johnson had publicly commented on him. “I didn’t realize how massive the roast was until this morning,”co-host Matt … Read more
During his appearance on Trevor Noah’s podcast, influencer and political commentator Hasan Piker addressed one of the labels that has followed him throughout his rise in political commentary: being called the Joe Rogan of the left. Trevor Noah set up the comparison by explaining why some people see parallels between the two personalities. “They’re saying … Read more
When Donald Trump swept the 2024 election, a wave of podcasters and stand-up comedians openly backed his campaign. Since then, most of them have walked it back. Joe Rogan hasn’t. Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk made that point recently, calling out Rogan for what he described as a long pattern of convenient fence-sitting. “He’ll have … Read more
A deeply unsettling video has gone viral showing a self-described prophet named Kevin Leal tearing a page from the Bible and compelling a teenage boy to eat it during a live church service. In the footage, Leal instructs the teen to turn to the Book of Proverbs before ripping out a page and handing it … Read more
During Chris Williamson’s recent podcast episode featuring neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, comedian Tom Segura, and comedian Matt McCusker, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen became a major topic of discussion when the group turned to the online trend known as “r*tardmaxxing.” Huberman introduced Andreessen while explaining the origins of the trend. “There’s looksmaxxing, then there’s a guy who … Read more
At a time when virtually every transaction, movement, and communication is logged by some platform or another, David Anthony Burke (popularly known as d4vd) allegedly left a paper trail so thorough that prosecutors now have approximately 40 terabytes of digital evidence to work with. From food delivery apps to Amazon orders placed under a fake … Read more
The hosts of the podcast Decoding the Gurus recently criticized what they see as one of the defining contradictions of the current political moment: figures like Joe Rogan and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being elevated as voices on health and science within the Trump administration while, at the same time, the administration cuts away at … Read more
Eric Weinstein made headlines during a recent appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience after comparing himself to convicted trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the two were drawn to the same intellectual pursuits. During a lengthy and often meandering discussion, Weinstein told Rogan that Epstein had essentially been “mirroring” his life for decades. “Jeff Epstein has been … Read more
A Turkish YouTuber and former rapper has been sentenced to 45,376 years and 6 months in prison after convincing over 100,000 people to invest real money into virtual livestock inside a mobile game. Mehmet Aydın, who uploaded rap music online under the name “Ego Man,” launched a platform called Farm Bank in 2016. The app … Read more
