Pornhub has a new idea: Let its stars teach you how to make dinner! As for music news for October 31, 2026...
- Garth Brooks stopped ticket sales in Kansas City after it was discovered that most of the 90,000 tickets were purchased by bots.
- British singer RAYE is having exactly the same sort of problem. Damn bots.
- The Bloc Québécois wants streaming services to fund Canadian talent. Good--but good luck. This will be an interesting fight.
- The Russian Federal Agency for Youth Affairs has banned a sweary AI song by DJ DARODNII called "You're My Scumbag."
- U2 has announced the second leg of their "Greatest Show on Earth" world tour.
- The biggest band of the 2010s (here are the stats) are still hated by the critics. Any guesses who I'm talking about?
- Alexa Home Map allows you to control your smart home in 3D. Cool, but what about the data this generates? Where does it go and who gets to see it?
- YouTube says it now has 150 million Music and Premium subscribers. This is significant because we're talking about paying YouTube users.
- Drake is the first artist to surpass 350 million RIAA-certified units (sales, streams, etc.)
- A good question: How come the Backstreet Boys have sold out the Rogers Centre 12 times when Taylor Swift only managed to do it six times? Let's explore that.
- A documentary on an infamous pirate radio station? Yes, please.
- An important once-lost piece of Rolling Stones history has been found.
- This old Nokia phone has been given an update that it shouldn't have been able to handle.
- Why does Apple think we need a laptop with a touch display? Here's why.
- Al Jourgensen says the final, FINAL Ministry show will happen on October 30, 2027, at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
BONUS: Trump still wants to rename the Atlantic Ocean. His brain has the consistency of tomato soup.
