• VG247

    Everybody is playing Fallout 4 and New Vegas, and it’s all thanks to Amazon’s Fallout

    Turns out that the Fallout show has gotten everyone in the mood to play the games, as pretty much every title in the series has seen their player count skyrocket. Last week, Prime Video finally released its live-action adaptation of Fallout, which was quickly met with positive reviews all around. So, it should come as no surprise that players would get a hankering for the games too, which is exactly what happened. In fact, at least according to SteamDB stats, players returned to all of the...

    • CNN

    Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly ‘leaked’ on social media and it’s causing a frenzy

    Social media can be a divisive place, but even more so when it comes to Taylor Swift. A Google Drive link allegedly containing 17 tracks that are purportedly from Swift’s eagerly awaited “The Tortured Poets Department” album has been making the rounds on the internet in the past day and people are equal parts mad, sad and happy about it. CNN has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment. The actual album is slated to drop at midnight Friday, but the claimed leak is both being hailed and...

    • Time

    Papua New Guinea’s Leader Calls Joe Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Claim an Unfair ‘Punchline’

    Papua New Guinea “does not deserve” to be stereotyped, its leader said, after Biden suggested his aviator uncle was eaten there during WWII.

  • Taylor Swift’s new album is for gamers.

    Not only is the first song called “Fortnight” (ignore the typo), but the lyrics from “So High School” reference both GTA and the beloved LucasArts adventure game Full Throttle. Curiously it’s not capitalized, but Swift does seem to be teasing a sequel. [Attachment: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/TgfDRP-EQ5cCLxAlLRbwH2M__Mk=/0x0:1170x1421/1170x1421/filters:focal(585x711:586x712)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25408748/img_7249.jpg]

  • All the Texas references in Taylor Swift’s new album

    Swifites are notorious for combing through every "Easter egg" or clue in the 34-year-old's lyrics and have taken notice that the singer references two states in several songs: Florida and Texas.

  • Trump’s New York Trial Has Officially Begun. Here’s What’s at Stake.

    Jury selection began Monday in the first of former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases to go to trial, a case legal experts say is the Read More

  • Valley’s ‘Tortured Poets’ fully embracing new Taylor Swift album

    It felt appropriate to write about Swifties celebrating the release of “The Tortured Poets Department” by streaming the album. To the joy or dismay of many Americans, Taylor Swift and her art have come to define pop culture.

  • Taylor Swift’s new album is about a reckless kind of freedom. If only it sounded as uninhibited

    The Tortured Poets Department depicts a spell of post-breakup mania against the perfect backdrop of the Eras tour – a thrillingly immature reality undermined by safe music

  • 8 Takeaways From Taylor Swift’s New Album The Tortured Poets Department

    In the 18 months between 2022’s Midnights and Taylor Swift’s new album, The Tortured Poets Department, Swift managed to grow into an even bigger cultural force, releasing three deluxe reissues of Midnights, as well as Taylor’s Version re-recordings of 2014’s 1989 and 2010’s Speak Now. Between records, she embarked on the ongoing Eras Tour, a three-hour career retrospective that’s boosted local economies, grossed over a billion dollars, and attracted the level of media attention usually reserved...

  • Share your thoughts on Taylor Swift’s new album The Tortured Poets Department

    We would like to hear your views on Taylor Swift’s surprise double albumWe would like to hear your views on Taylor Swift’s surprise double album, The Tortured Poets Department.Swift’s 11th studio album was released on Friday, and immediately updated with the addition of 15 unexpected bonus tracks as Swift revealed that it was a secret double album. [T]here’s a depth and maturity to this album that makes her competitors look a little wan by comparison. Clearly, the monocultural ubiquity she’s...

  • Nalin Negi is new BharatPe CEO; Namma Yatri’s cabs play

    Fintech firm BharatPe has elevated its interim CEO Nalin Negi as the company’s full-time chief executive officer. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.Also in this letter:■ Starlink gets in-principle govt nod■ LinkedIn’s top large companies list■ Centre’s plan to tackle mobile fraudsBharatPe elevates Nalin Negi as CEO 109350268More than a year after he was named interim CEO, fintech firm BharatPe on Tuesday said it has formally elevated Nalin Negi as full-time chief executive...

    • Forbes

    New-Look Brewers Keep Winning Despite Playing In MLB’s Smallest Market

    The Milwaukee Brewers lead the National League Central with a 16-8 record despite losing manager Craig Counsell and trading ace pitcher Corbin Burnes in the offseason.