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“These young kids put on Jurassic Shift. He said, ‘They don’t know we’re here. They don’t know what this is. But they’re loving it!’”: A truck of marijuana, a synth at Stonehenge, gigs with Gong – and Ozric Tentacles’ Ed Wynne
Ozric Tentacles founder Ed Wynne spoke to Prog magazine about reviving the psychedelic instrumental band with the 2021 album Space For The Earth, its first new material in five years, following his 2019 solo detour with Shimmer Into Nature. The interview traces the band’s origins and enduring free-festival ethos, offering insight into how a group…
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Salesforce partners not seeing meaningful revenue from Agentforce AI platform, report says
Salesforce partners have yet to see meaningful revenue from Agentforce, the company’s AI agent platform, two years after its launch amid promises of rapid growth. A survey by analyst firm TD Cowen found growing customer curiosity but no partners reporting the technology as a driver of bookings, adding to signs that adoption remains slower than…
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Quality Control Co-Founder Pierre “P” Thomas Hospitalized Following Heart Attack
Quality Control co-founder Pierre “P” Thomas has been hospitalised after suffering a heart attack, the record label and management company confirmed via social media on Friday. Thomas, who co-founded the influential hip-hop company with Kevin “Coach K” Lee in 2013, is being treated in intensive care at a hospital in Las Vegas, with family members…
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The 8BitDo Ultimate 2C Is One of the Best PC Gaming Controllers Under $50, and It’s Less Than Half That Price
IGN’s deals coverage highlights the 8BitDo Ultimate 2C wireless controller, already praised as one of the best sub-$50 PC gaming controllers, currently discounted on Amazon in a limited-time offer. The deal matters for budget-conscious PC and handheld gamers, as the controller offers features typically reserved for far pricier devices, making high-quality wireless input more accessible.…
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Thunder + fiber-optic cabling used for seismic imaging
Researchers at Penn State have developed a method for using thunder-triggered “thunderquakes” to image the structure of the Earth’s upper crust, offering a middle ground between waiting for natural earthquakes and deliberately setting off explosives. Some of the acoustic energy from thunder penetrates the ground, but the resulting seismic signals are notoriously complex, having deterred…
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AI companies are burning books, advocates complain to FTC
A coalition of 18 advocacy organisations has formally asked the US Federal Trade Commission to investigate AI companies for buying physical books, scanning them for use as AI training data, and then destroying the originals. The complaint, revealed on Friday, centres on practices by Anthropic and Amazon, and argues the destruction of these texts is…
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Philadelphia Chucky-style mask suspect has ties to Los Angeles area, could be in area, police warn
Philadelphia police have identified 22-year-old Zymire Hughes as the suspect wanted for allegedly wearing a Chucky-style Halloween mask while terrorising women on the city’s streets. Investigators say he may now have fled to the Los Angeles area, where he reportedly has ties, and have issued a warning that he could be in the region as…
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Fan Uncovers Impossible Cyberpunk 2077 Location Hidden in New Edgerunners 2 Trailer
A fan combing through the new trailer for Netflix’s *Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2* pinpointed an extremely precise in-game location from *Cyberpunk 2077*, matching a puddle shown reflecting Night City’s skyline to a spot outside the Afterlife bar. The find drew praise from the show’s official social media account, and it forms part of a wider pattern…
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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES On His Prostate Cancer Battle: ‘The Last Two Weeks I Went Through Probably One Of The Sickest Times I’ve Ever Been In My Life’
Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes has issued a video update thanking fans for donating to a GoFundMe campaign supporting his cancer treatment, revealing that recent hormonal therapy left him severely ill. The 68-year-old, who has lived in Cannes, France, with his wife Catherine since 2014, is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer just four years after…