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Thank you to ING Australia for sponsoring this episode. Check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/ing_aust/The biggest stories on the internet from August 6th, 2026.Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.comTimestamps:00:00 Intro00:30 ING ad read2:22 Wedding makeup artist cancellation going viral11:01 Pickle rental dress dramas16:55 Perez Hilton & TikTok's culpability Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

Thank you to ING Australia for sponsoring this episode. Check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/ing_aust/The biggest stories on the internet from August 5th, 2026.Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.comTimestamps:00:00 Intro00:36 ING ad read2:15 Samantha's Journey used in humiliating thumbnail by YouTuber8:52 Operation Eau de Fraud11:17 Viral tech bro hedge fund saga 16:57 ChatGPT brand trip update20:45 Monty Lopez fakes passing away???Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

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Thank you to ING Australia for sponsoring this episode. Check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/ing_aust/The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 3rd, 2026.Timestamps:00:00 Intro00:39 ING Ad read 2:16 Hank Green admits to using AI in his content 14:04 Myspace is (allegedly) relaunching18:48 OpenAI’s “summer camp” influencer brand trip Subscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF   Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732   Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/   Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld   Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/   Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.com Please consider buying us a coffee to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld  Sources:https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chatgpt-is-changing-the-words-we-use-in-conversation/ https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.01754  https://gizmodo.com/humans-are-starting-to-talk-more-like-chatgpt-study-claims-2000628916 https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/comments/1vbmoj5/comment/p0vzmog/https://people.com/myspace-current-owners-explain-site-end-and-why-relaunches-havent-worked-12020148 https://www.eonline.com/news/1434548/myspace-is-getting-a-relaunch-though-without-tom-anderson

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from July 29th, 2026.Timestamps:00:00 Intro1:12 The reaction to MidJourney acquiring Co-Star8:43 Claude exposed private chats on Google Search14:20 AI companies are destroying physical media Subscribe to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/18cqrQI7gMiVfxIMRAeULF Subscribe to Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/infinite-scroll/id1499785732 Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/   Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/   Follow our publication: https://www.tiktok.com/@centennialworld   Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/   Follow Lauren on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@laurenmeisner_Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.com Please consider buying us a coffee to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business💖 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld  Sources:​​https://www.404media.co/tons-of-peoples-claude-chats-and-creations-are-exposed-on-google/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/09/08/hundreds-of-anthropic-chatbot-transcripts-showed-up-in-google-search/ https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/psa-your-claude-shared-chats-and-artifacts-may-have-ended-up-on-google/https://www.wired.com/story/private-claude-chats-exposed-in-google-and-bing-search-results/ https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/ https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25982181/authors-v-anthropic-ruling.pdf https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/anthropic-destroyed-millions-of-print-books-to-build-its-ai-models/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-24/ai-startup-midjourney-buys-astrology-app-co-star-and-is-building-its-own-apps https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/970894/midjourney-co-star-acquisition 

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The biggest stories on the internet from July 27th, 2026.Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.comTimestamps:00:00 Intro1:42 Equinox goes viral for offensive AI ad11:45 Morgan Adams vs. Tana Mongeau17:22 Jeffree Star sparks concern over new friendshipFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/ 

The biggest stories on the internet from July 24, 2026.Please consider buying us a coffee or subscribing to a membership to help keep Centennial World's weekly podcasts going! Every single dollar goes back into this business🩷 https://buymeacoffee.com/centennialworld/ Are you a podcaster looking for brand partnerships? Or a brand looking to advertise on podcasts? Check out our marketplace connecting podcasters of all sizes with brands of all budgets worldwide: https://www.sponstudio.comTimestamps:00:00 Intro1:57 Olandria vs. DeuxMoi7:35 Dr. Nick Baumel returns to TikTok after "misogynistic" backlash 17:40 Kiley Skeff apartment scandalFind our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/ Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/