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An engineer at Google has been charged with insider trading after he allegedly made $1.2million (£894,330) from betting that D4vd would be the most-searched for person in 2025. Michele Spagnuolo is accused of placing bets in relation to Google’s end-of-year list through US cryptocurrency-based prediction site Polymarket. Sky News cites legal documents from yesterday (Wednesday May 28). The US Justice Department has charged the Italian 36-year-old, who now lives in Switzerland. He has since been placed on leave, a Google spokesperson confirmed. Spagnuolo allegedly made his money betting on long-shot candidates, per the complaint. These included the musician D4vd (real…
The free, independent music platform Nina Protocol is shutting down. The Web3-based streaming service and marketplace announced today (May 28) that it will “wind down” in phases over the next six weeks, advising users to export their releases and purchases. Both the website and app will be fully offline by July 15.“We set out to build infrastructure for independent music that allowed musicians to sell their music, create their context, and connect with listeners on their own terms,” Nina’s statement read. “While our work created meaningful connections and helped foster listeners’ love for new music, we were unable to find…
On 11 September 2027 Elisa will celebrate thirty years of career in Campovolo and will be the first woman to perform there. We met her at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia, where she explained to us that she doesn't want to transform the anniversary into just a maxi celebratory concert, which will be called Soundtrack '97-'27but in an immersive day from 9 in the morning until late at night, including music, dance, yoga, cinema, sustainability, debates and activities spread throughout the area. The map we looked at during the meeting explains the idea well: areas dedicated to food &…
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Text and meaning of Mantrasthe new single by Nicolò Filippucciavailable digitally and on radio from May 29, 2026. A summer song built with more direct and rhythmic writing than the singer's previous releases, designed to accompany the hot season with a light but recognizable energy. With this song the young singer-songwriter tries to transform that sense of lightness and desire to live that characterizes summer into a song. A stylistic choice that shows a new phase in the path of Nicolò Filippuccialready passed from the experience to Friends and from the victory of Sanremo Youthand which today is aimed more…
Lawyers have been going head to head in the Taylor Swift ‘The Life Of A Showgirl‘ trademark case, and clashing over the alleged “reverse confusion” caused by the album title. The proceedings in court centre around former Las Vegas Maren Wade performer filing a lawsuit against the pop star back in March, accusing her of knowingly disregarding her claim to a similar name. Wade also accused Swift and UMG Recordings of trademark infringement, false designation and unfair competition against, and is seeking both unspecified damages and a court order barring the singer from continuing to use the name of her…
An Austrian citizen identified in the press only as Beran A. was sentenced to 15 years in prison for charges related to his foiled terror plot against Taylor Swift‘s 2024 Eras Tour date in Vienna, according to The Associated Press. Because the charges were related to terrorism, he had faced 10 to 20 years in prison. The man, 21, pleaded guilty to conspiring an attack in April but not guilty to other charges. He was also charged with collaborating with another man, a Slovak national identified as Arda K., in planning attacks in the Middle East, and with a third…
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Text and meaning of To me to methe new single by Petitout Friday 29 May for 21co Label And Atlantic Records. After Waiting for springthe rapper returns with a song with a summer flavor built on an idea of fusion: the musical tradition of Southern Italy that meets Latin American sounds. The piece is produced by ROOM9, Gorbachev And Sciabbaand is openly presented as an attempt to build a soundtrack for the coming months. Mandolins, cavaquinho, guiro and Latin percussion coexist within a sound carpet designed to cross the rhythms of bachata and the more Mediterranean ones without choosing between…
A Google engineer got an early look at insider data showing singer D4vd would be the surprise upset winner of Google’s “Most Searched” person of 2025 title, and he used the highly confidential information to cash in with Polymarket bets, federal authorities say. Michele Spagnuolo not only bet that D4vd would win the title, he also placed wagers that other prominent figures, including Kendrick Lamar, Donald Trump, Pope Leo XIV, and Bianca Censori, would not claim the distinction, according to a federal complaint unsealed Wednesday in the Southern District of New York and obtained by Rolling Stone. Authorities claim Spagnuolo…
