The Buzz : Everything You Need To Know Today

Merge 104.8  |  16 July 2020

One Direction have once again sparked reunion rumours by revealing they are launching a new website this month – on the band’s 10th anniversary. The site goes live on July 23rd and will feature a special video made for their fans to honour the celebration as well as interactive playlists.


Sony is boosting production of the new PlayStation 5 console with an expectation that home entertainment demand will be higher due to the pandemic. They are now aiming to manufacture around 10 million units of the PS5 ahead of the launch this winter. Two versions of the new console were announced last month, a standard PS5 and the PS5 Digital Edition, which doesn’t have a disc drive.


Kanye West has reportedly decided to step down from his 2020 Presidential election, just two weeks after he announced he will be going for Donald Trumps job as US President. At first he seemed to say that he hadn’t yet decided whether he would run as an independent candidate, but was giving himself the next 30 days to decide what to do. Now it appears the whole idea has been cancelled.