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Mercredi 5 Août 2026 | Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Written & Curated by Zaki Qayoumi, aka “Zack”

Founder • CEO • COO • CTO • Senior Project Manager • Director • President • VP • Chairman‑of‑the‑Board • Editor‑In‑Chief, ZACK TECHNOLOGY LLC

Bonjour à tous! Today's edition is all about Music — electronic, hip-hop, rock, and everything in between — plus the latest across Technology, World Affairs, and Diplomacy. Thank you, as always, for reading, watching, and listening.

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🇫🇷 Proud to Pursue La French Tech San Francisco

I'm actively working toward joining La French Tech San Francisco, and I'm especially excited about the La French Tech NOVA program, which supports high-potential entrepreneurs from under-represented and minority backgrounds — entrepreneurs like myself — with mentoring, investor connections, and access to the broader French Tech network. Fingers crossed!

🎧 JETLAG RADIO 4900 — Now Streaming

My latest and biggest podcast to date, JETLAG RADIO 4900, is out now — over 250 songs/tracks in this version. More versions are coming, but this is the main latest podcast for the foreseeable future. In the next version, I'll add some tracks from SCH, another great French rapper.

There won't be any new JETLAG RADIO episodes for a while — I'm holding off until I receive a new or used car/vehicle donation. More on that below.

Car Talk: Layoffs, New Models & My Ongoing Search

8,000 layoffs at BMW just got announced. Audi just announced the Q9. As always, I am eager to receive a car donation — so far, no car brand has come forward. It appears that the dream of a German-engineering luxury car brand might be over. Without a fancy salary, I've watched countless YouTube videos about how expensive maintenance costs are for these vehicles — something I can't handle right now. So the best option is a Nissan or a Toyota.

The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution won't be out for a while. I'm really upset they don't make the Maxima anymore — it's my ideal car, especially tuned up. I love JDM anyway; it'd be a dream if a car shop could upgrade one with NISMO parts. I hear the Infiniti is coming back — great news, since it's kind of like a mini-Skyline, though still quite expensive.

Sources: German auto giant BMW to cut roughly 8,000 jobs — Yahoo Finance

Today's Music & Culture Headlines

“La DZ Mafia semble penser qu'elle est en droit de prélever sa dîme” : Jul, Carla Moreau, SCH… Ces stars marseillaises visées par le groupe criminel — France 3 Régions, France Info
Phoebe Bridgers Makes Up for Lost Time on Her Long-Awaited New Album — Rolling Stone
The Best Albums Of 2026… So Far — MOJO
The Rise and Rise of 6LACK — SPIN
Gary Numan: The Piece Hall, Halifax — Live Review — Louder Than War
Photo Report — The 2026 Silverstone British Grand Prix With TAG Heuer — HODINKEE
DMH-W3000NEX 6.8″ Wireless CarPlay & Android Auto Receiver Floating 1-DIN — Pioneer DJ Car Audio
Coding Is No Longer the Constraint: Scaling Developer Experience to Teams and Agents at Spotify — Engineering.AtSpotify.com
Clara Mann — La Blogothèque
Matt Damon Did a Gut Cleanse to Prepare for The Odyssey — Should You Try One? — GQ
The New Hennessey Blackbird Hypercar Is Inspired By A Historic Spy Plane — MAXIM
Swedish House Mafia Share Lykke Li Collaboration “Happiness Is So Sad” — Beatportal
Please-Do-Not-Share-This-30%-Secret-Discount-Code-With-Anyone — Teenage Engineering
12 Leap products — 86% off: Save on a bundle of 14,428 vocal recordings from Image Sounds — only until Aug 6 — Native Instruments
“Seal said to me… 'I've got this song, it's a bit like Greensleeves'” — Trevor Horn on the song that gave Seal a '90s US number one — Music Radar
The Manager Behind Audien, Valentino Khan, and Prodigy's Next Wave — Dancing Astronaut
Bright Lights Confirms She Has an Unreleased Track With Avicii and David Guetta — Your EDM
RIP Kavinsky: The world-building producer who gave colour to the brooding sound of synthwave — Mixmag
Anthony Pears returns with “Bad Boy,” a high-energy house cut released via UFO Recordz — UFO Network
Fred featuring Kanoé: Exclusive Interview! — SKYROCK FM
Kamala Harris Backs Abdul El-Sayed After Razor-Thin Michigan Senate Primary Win — The SOURCE
Ken Carson x WWE — COMPLEX
Seiko 5 Sports and Honda Celebrate 45 Years of the Motocompo With Limited-Edition Watch — Hypebeast
Kurupt Reveals Eminem Covered the Cost of His Rehab to Help With Sobriety — XXL Magazine

Note: the “Ken Carson x WWE” item from Complex was submitted without a working link — leaving it unlinked here rather than pointing it at the wrong story.

Coffee with Zack ☕ — Mercredi 5 Août 2026

What's up, everybody! It's Wednesday (Mercredi) August (Août) 5, 2026. Today we celebrate the world of Music. Happy 805 Day to those who celebrate 805 Beer! I'd rather drink imports — that's why I'd prefer a Sapporo (Japan) instead.

I understand that Jul, the French rapper, was being targeted by the DZ Mafia and had to leave Marseille, so I was very happy that one of the leaders of DZ Mafia was recently caught in Algeria. Hope y'all are enjoying the latest version of JETLAG RADIO 4900 — over 250 songs/tracks.

As always, we won't see JETLAG RADIO 4901 for a while. I'm waiting until I receive a new or used car donation — it's very important to me. Most EDM DJs got a Lambo after 50 podcasts; I've made over 4,900 podcasts of JETLAG RADIO. It's time someone offers me a brand-new vehicle, whether German-engineering or JDM. Thanks in advance.

P.S. Don't forget to vote for me in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll for 2026/2027. Let's get ZAKI QAYOUMI on the front cover of DJ Mag. Thanks for your help.

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