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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Metal Hammer’s weekly new-music round-up for 31 July 2026 highlights 12 recently released metal tracks, ranging from established figures to emerging artists. The selection is presented as a listening guide ahead of a busy late-summer and autumn festival and touring period. – Tony Iommi is among the featured established artists. – Electric Callboy and President…
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Here’s the problem with putting an AI image generator in Google Earth
Google has rolled back a recently launched Google Earth feature that let users generate AI-altered satellite, aerial and 3D images from text prompts. The tool could create plausible flyover imagery of sensitive events and locations, raising concerns that it could be used to spread misinformation despite Google’s watermarking and verification measures. Researcher Henk van Ess…
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Rockets beat Super Giants to move into second
Trent Rockets defeated Manchester Super Giants by 31 runs at Old Trafford in the women’s Hundred, moving into second place in the table. The result gives Rockets their third victory in four matches and puts them two points ahead of Super Giants, strengthening their position near the top of the competition. Sophia Dunkley made 57…
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Trump stuns by blaming Minnesota for mass water plant hack US spies have quietly pinned on Iran
Donald Trump reportedly blamed Minnesota for a large-scale hack affecting water plants, despite US intelligence officials having privately attributed the operation to Iran. The episode matters because it highlights a sharp gap between the President’s public comments and the reported assessment of American security agencies on a critical-infrastructure attack. The article says the alleged cyberattack…
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Snapchat no longer rewards fully AI-generated Spotlight content
Snapchat will stop rewarding fully AI-generated videos through its Spotlight recommendation system, aiming to give greater prominence to content made by people. The change reflects growing concern among platforms and users about low-quality, repetitive AI material, often described as “AI slop”, and could affect creators who rely on automated video production for visibility. The company…
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$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use
A proposed $2m (£1.5m) publishing deal for Jerry Falade’s debut crime novel has collapsed after his agents said they could no longer verify how the manuscript was developed. The withdrawal of Call Me, I’ll Hide the Body highlights growing uncertainty in publishing over suspected use of artificial intelligence and how agencies should investigate it. The…
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Learn How To Play TONY IOMMI’s New Solo Single, ‘World Alone’, Via Gibson App
Gibson has released an exclusive in-app guitar lesson for Tony Iommi’s new solo single, “World Alone”, timed with the track’s worldwide release through BMG. The lesson offers tailored arrangements at several difficulty levels, allowing beginners and experienced players to learn the song and explore Iommi’s distinctive heavy-metal riffs and phrasing. “World Alone” features Norwegian singer…
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The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts
Major record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group have proposed excluding most AI-developed songs from official international charts. The initiative seeks to curb low-quality or potentially manipulated AI music while requiring clearer disclosure of AI use to listeners. Under the proposal, AI-assisted recordings would need to be “substantially human made”,…
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It seems like AMD’s Zen 6 LP CPU cores will be a mixture of architectures going all the way back to Zen 2
PC Gamer reports that AMD’s forthcoming Zen 6 low-power (LP) CPU cores may combine design elements from several earlier Zen generations, potentially reaching back to Zen 2. If accurate, this would suggest AMD is prioritising efficiency and targeted performance characteristics for these cores rather than using a wholly new architecture, which could affect future laptop…