/ 24 August 2022

Drake gets Shazamed, Gen Z’s influencer dreams, and hound dogs really do cry…

Image source: Unsplash
Image source: Unsplash

Drake is the most Shazamed artist of all time, with more than 350 million Shazams across songs he has either been on or featured. And if we can use ‘Shazam’ a couple more times, Shazam is an app that identifies songs playing near you.

What do Gen Z women/girls want to be when they grow up? More than 50% would quit school or their job to become influencers. Meanwhile, most Gen Xs and older will continue to be sceptical about whether it’s a real job…

Researchers in Japan say some pooches turn on the waterworks when they’re reunited with their people. It appears to be linked to the “bonding hormone” oxytocin, and they say it’s “the first report demonstrating that positive emotion stimulates tear secretion in a non-human animal”. Just don’t go telling your buddy they’re non-humans…

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