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HEAVENS EDGE Announces New Album ‘Philadelphia’, Shares ‘What’s He Got’ Single
HEAVENS EDGE have announced their new album, ‘Philadelphia’, due for release on 13 November through Frontiers Music Srl, and have issued its first single, ‘What’s He Got’, with an accompanying video. The Philadelphia hard-rock band say the record marks 40 years together and reflects renewed confidence following the positive reception of their previous album, ‘Get…
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The 2014 movie George Clooney never had any confidence in: “I fear I’ve let you all down”
George Clooney reportedly lost confidence in his 2014 Second World War drama *The Monuments Men* after it received a muted critical response. The episode matters because leaked Sony emails revealed an unusually candid reaction from a major actor-director to the perceived shortcomings of a high-profile production. Clooney directed, co-wrote and starred in the film, which…
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The 100 Best Grateful Dead Songs
Rolling Stone marks the Grateful Dead’s enduring legacy with a fan-polled ranking of its 100 best songs, published during the “Days Between” period that honours Jerry Garcia’s birth and death anniversaries. – The list spans the band’s rock songs, ballads, country-folk material, jazzier excursions, covers and improvisational pieces. – Rolling Stone stresses that the Dead…
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Mexico and Peru restore diplomatic relations after asylum row
Mexico and Peru have restored diplomatic relations after a nine-month dispute over Mexico granting asylum to former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chávez. The move signals a thaw following a change of leadership in Peru and reopens formal co-operation between two countries that cited their historic friendship and commitment to international law. Chávez sought asylum at…
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GTA 6 CEO says physical games ‘don’t make sense’ because they’re going to make billions anyway
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick has argued that physical game discs increasingly “don’t really make sense” for consumers, particularly for large releases, as the company’s business is now overwhelmingly digital. The comments are significant because Grand Theft Auto 6 is expected to launch in boxed editions containing download codes rather than discs, highlighting a wider…
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Feel The Club boss Juan Carlos Dominguez talks promoting shows for Shakira – and putting Ecuador on the map for stadium tours
Feel The Club founder Juan Carlos Dominguez says the sell-out run of three Shakira concerts in Quito has demonstrated that Ecuador can support major international stadium tours. The shows, promoted with Live Nation, are presented as a landmark for a country that has often been bypassed by global touring acts, potentially encouraging artists and promoters…
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“Machines that weren’t game machines before will become game machines”: Take-Two CEO predicts that streaming will help fix the industry’s hardware pricing problem
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick says increasingly expensive gaming hardware could be offset by reliable, low-latency game streaming within three years. He argues that streaming would let devices not normally considered gaming machines run high-end games, potentially expanding the addressable market and improving access in less affluent regions. Zelnick said PC versions of console releases…
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Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick Won’t Rule Out GTA 6 on Disc at Some Point, Insists Decision Had Nothing to Do With Concern Over Leaks
Take-Two chief executive Strauss Zelnick has said he will not rule out a physical-disc release of Grand Theft Auto 6 in future, despite the game being confirmed as digital-only at launch. He said the company chose what it believed was right for the project and argued that discs no longer make much sense for consumers,…
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Fox News AI Newsletter: AI company accused of favoring foreigners over American workers
OpenAI and one of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle US Department of Justice allegations that they discriminated against American workers by favouring foreign employees on temporary work visas. The settlement, announced on Tuesday, is one of several developments featured in Fox News’ latest AI newsletter roundup, which also covers a…
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N-able God mode flaw: Vendor confirms attackers reached customer networks as second hotfix lands
N-able has confirmed that attackers exploiting a critical zero-day in its N-central remote management platform reached customer networks, not just the management servers themselves. The incident matters because N-central is used by managed service providers to administer many organisations’ systems, making it a potentially valuable route for attackers to move downstream into customer environments. The…