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Tim Cook’s parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder
Tim Cook has stepped down as Apple’s chief executive, handing the role to John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, in a transition he framed around Apple’s continued focus on building great products. In a farewell memo to staff on his last day, Cook praised Ternus’s product expertise and stressed that he…
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On This Day in 1974, Dolly Parton Released the No. 1 Hit and TV Show Theme Song That Proved She Could Succeed Without Porter Wagoner
On 31 August 1974, Dolly Parton’s single “Love Is Like a Butterfly” debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart, going on to become her third consecutive number one hit after “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You”. The song’s success came at a pivotal moment, arriving shortly after Parton had publicly ended her long-running professional…
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Saros Dev’s Co-Founder Is Stepping Down After More Than 30 Years
Housemarque co-founder Ilari Kuittinen is stepping down after 31 years with the Finnish studio, marking the end of an era for what has become PlayStation Studios’ longest-running development team. In a farewell message posted to social media, Kuittinen reflected on building the company from scratch in 1995 with “a passion for games but no real…
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Dazy Announces MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2 Comp With Seven New Songs: Hear “Beat Change”
Virginia-based musician James Goodson, who records as Dazy, has announced a second career-spanning compilation, MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2: 24 Songs From 2023-2026, due for release on 23rd October via Lame-O Records. The project follows a similar 2021 collection covering Dazy’s first year and helps chart the prolific songwriter’s evolution since his sole studio album, 2022’s OUTOFBODY,…
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Brandi Carlile Honors Dolly Parton With Stunning Rendition of “I Will Always Love You” at Nashville Show
Country and Americana star Brandi Carlile paid tribute to Dolly Parton during a headline concert at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, performing a rendition of “I Will Always Love You” while photographs of the late singer were displayed on the screen behind her. The gesture came in the wake of Parton’s death and formed part of a…
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Pressure mounts on Westminster, Tehran and the transfer market
Badenoch’s sweeping shadow Cabinet reshuffle axes Stride and Patel, while disputed footage of an Iran energy site fuels US-Iran tensions and Melbourne rally clashes turn violent; plus AI scribe errors, heart-drug relief for cancer survivors, Lifetime Isa advice and deadline-day transfer moves.
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Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Becomes Sole Longest-Leading Non-Holiday Hot 100 Hit With 20th Week at No. 1
Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has spent a 20th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the sole longest-leading non-holiday song in the chart’s 68-year history. The track, which first topped the chart in February, is only the second song ever to lead for at least 20 weeks, with Mariah Carey’s “All…
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Broadcom launches TrueSource to secure Spring and RabbitMQ
Broadcom has launched TrueSource by Broadcom, a new initiative to take responsibility for securing key open-source software used in its Tanzu product suite, including the Spring Java framework and RabbitMQ. The move sees the company acting directly as maintainer for Spring and RabbitMQ, while pledging to work with maintainers of other widely used open-source projects,…
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HBO Lands Hot Drama Spec ‘Imposter’ By DWA Assistant Kalos Chu With Lauren LeFranc Producing
HBO has struck a development deal for “Imposter,” a debut drama spec script by Kalos Chu, a feature development assistant at DreamWorks Animation, after a bidding war that saw the project draw ten initial offers before narrowing to a three-way contest between HBO, Netflix and Amazon. The deal marks a rare breakthrough for an unrepresented,…