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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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AI Studio Asteria, Co-Founded by Natasha Lyonne, Strikes Strategic Partnership with Virtual Production Studio ZeroSpace (EXCLUSIVE)
AI studio Asteria, co-founded by Natasha Lyonne and filmmaker Bryn Mooser, has formed a strategic partnership with Brooklyn virtual-production company ZeroSpace. The companies say they want to create hybrid filmmaking workflows that combine generative AI with physical production, potentially making advanced visual-effects and virtual-production tools more accessible to filmmakers. Asteria, based in Los Angeles, will…
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SpaceX won’t remove all of xAI’s unpermitted turbines for another year
SpaceX says it will remove the unpermitted gas turbines powering xAI’s Colossus data centres near Memphis, but the process will not finish until July 2027. The announcement matters because the turbines are the subject of legal action and pollution concerns in an already heavily polluted region, while SpaceX builds a permanent natural-gas plant with 1.2…
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NOUGH: Beyond Lies of P – Video Documentary Trailer
A trailer has been released for NOUGH: Beyond Lies of P, a video documentary connected to the action role-playing game Lies of P. It signals a closer look at the game or its development, although the available article text provides no further description of its contents. The supplied page is blocked by a JavaScript and…
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Tesla reportedly might sell its China business ahead of a SpaceX merger
Tesla is reportedly considering separating its entire China business as it explores a merger with SpaceX, according to the Wall Street Journal. Such a move could help address the national-security and citizenship restrictions faced by SpaceX as a US defence contractor, but would represent a significant restructuring for Tesla. Executives have reportedly been asked to…
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Drifting SpaceX rocket heading for accidental collision with moon
A SpaceX rocket upper stage is expected to crash unintentionally into the moon on Wednesday after it launched two lunar landers more than a year ago. Scientists and amateur observers are interested in the event because it offers a chance to study lunar debris impacts and underlines concerns about increasing amounts of space hardware and…
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NASA’s Swift rescue slips to late August as LINK battles its spin
Katalyst Space has delayed its planned rescue of NASA’s Swift observatory until late August after its LINK spacecraft began spinning during commissioning. Engineers have reduced LINK’s rotation but must restore enough control and core functionality before it can approach, inspect and grapple Swift, making the mission’s success increasingly time-sensitive. LINK’s spin rate has been cut…
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10 Slowest Movies of All Time
Collider ranks films noted for their exceptionally slow pacing, contrasting them with conventional fast-moving entertainment. The selection spans arthouse dramas and lengthy endurance tests, presenting slowness as a deliberate stylistic choice rather than simply a flaw. – Nostos: The Return (1989): an introspective, arthouse interpretation of The Odyssey, focused on mood and a man’s journey…