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Pink Eye Club – “Small Talk”
Pink Eye Club, the alias of Windmill scene musician and disco artist Haydn Davies, has released a new single called “Small Talk”, the first preview of his upcoming album Emotional Dance Music. The track pairs glittering synths with lyrics about the social anxiety triggered by mundane small talk, before erupting into an upbeat, rave-inspired chorus…
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Mother of Spanish woman who died by euthanasia after gang-rape ordeal launches bid to track down attackers after finding details in daughter’s diary
A mother in Spain has launched a search for the men who raped her daughter, after her daughter later died via euthanasia following the ordeal. The mother reportedly uncovered details of the attack after reading her late daughter’s diary, prompting her to try to identify and track down the attackers. The article’s full details were…
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OnePlus never had a chance in the US
OnePlus has announced it is exiting the United States market, twelve years after launching its debut phone there in 2014. The move comes despite the brand’s recent resurgence with well-reviewed devices such as the OnePlus 15 and OnePlus Open, and highlights how the company’s cult-favourite, direct-to-consumer approach never translated into a workable model within America’s…
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‘A true miracle of destiny’ – Messi and Yamal’s incredible first meeting
Photographs taken in 2007 have gone viral again, revealing that Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal met almost two decades before facing each other in Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain. The images show a 20-year-old Messi bathing and cradling a five-month-old Yamal in Barcelona’s Camp Nou dressing room, a moment photographer Joan Monfort…
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Hits don’t lie! Shakira’s 20 best songs, from World Cup anthems to megastar duets – ranked!
The Guardian has published a ranked list of Shakira’s 20 best songs, timed to coincide with her scheduled performance at Sunday’s World Cup final. The countdown spans her career from 1990s Latin pop breakthroughs through global crossover hits, World Cup anthems and recent chart-topping duets, highlighting her versatility across genres including reggaeton, EDM, baile funk…
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Pro wrestling legend hopes Richard Holliday-WWE rumors come true: ‘He’ll have to work even harder’
Pro wrestling veteran and WWE Hall of Famer Tommy Dreamer has weighed in on rumours that independent wrestling star Richard Holliday could be heading to WWE, suggesting Holliday has earned the reported opportunity. Dreamer’s comments add a respected voice from within the wrestling industry to speculation about Holliday’s future, lending weight to talk that the…
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Two ‘Scattered Spider’ teen hackers who orchestrated £29million TfL cyber attack from their bedrooms are jailed for five years and six months
Two teenage hackers linked to the “Scattered Spider” cybercrime group have been jailed for five years and six months after orchestrating a cyberattack on Transport for London that cost an estimated £29 million. The attack, carried out from their bedrooms, highlights the growing threat posed by young, remotely operating hackers capable of disrupting major public…
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STEELHEART Shares Official Music Video For Cover Of BADFINGER’s ‘Without You’
STEELHEART have released the official music video for their cover of Badfinger’s classic “Without You”, marking the return of a recording frontman Miljenko Matijevic made 30 years ago but had never shared. The release taps into renewed nostalgia for the song, made famous worldwide by Mariah Carey’s 1994 version, while also feeding into the band’s…
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Lily Allen Downsizes US Tour Venues
Lily Allen has scaled back her planned September North American arena tour to smaller theatre and amphitheatre venues in several cities, following on from a spring run of theatre shows supporting her breakup concept album West End Girl. The change reflects her limited mainstream popularity in North America compared with the UK, and the niche,…
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Google ordered to open Android and Search to rivals in Europe
The European Union has ordered Google to open up key parts of Android and Google Search to rival companies, in a move that could significantly weaken its grip on two of the most important platforms in tech. The decisions, issued under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), require Google to give competing AI assistants and…