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Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Shows: How the Music Came Together, From Meticulous Arrangements to Last-Minute Tweaks
Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium residency, which wrapped up last weekend, was underpinned by months of meticulous musical preparation combined with the flexibility to adapt on the fly, according to key members of his band and production team. The three-night run marked the 25th and 30th anniversaries of his albums “The Blueprint” and “Reasonable Doubt”, with an…
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AWS customer learns the hard way how even the smallest oversight can be mission-critical
An AWS customer, web design firm Digital Takumi, found itself locked out of its own account last week after a string of small oversights combined to take every client website and hosted email account offline. Founder Christopher Bradbury told The Register that AWS had been sending billing notifications about an expired payment card, but these…
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‘Game of Thrones’ star Lena Headey says outrage over infamous nude scene left her stunned
Lena Headey has spoken candidly about the intense public backlash that followed one of “Game of Thrones'” most notorious scenes, the “Walk of Atonement” in which her character, Cersei Lannister, was forced to walk naked through crowds as an act of humiliation. More than a decade on, the actress said she remains puzzled by the…
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Sophie Cunningham acted like an adult this weekend while Angel Reese pandered, red-hot Red Sox & Cubs SMACK!
This is an opinion/column piece from OutKick’s “Nightcaps” sports round-up, contrasting WNBA players Sophie Cunningham and Angel Reese over their conduct following a recent weekend of games. The author praises Cunningham for handling a situation maturely while criticising Reese for what they describe as pandering and leaning into a “victimhood” narrative, part of a broader…
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So much for the ‘special relationship’! Ed Miliband becomes Britain’s top diplomat despite having branded Trump a ‘racist and misogynist’ and after he blocked strikes against Syria
Ed Miliband has been appointed Foreign Secretary in a reshuffle by new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, a move that raises eyebrows given Miliband’s past criticism of US President Donald Trump and his role in blocking military action against Syria. The appointment puts him at the centre of UK-US diplomacy despite previously branding Trump “racist” and…
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Spin Doctors’ Aaron Comess Nails Avenged Sevenfold’s “Afterlife” As He Hears It for First Time: Watch
Spin Doctors drummer Aaron Comess took part in Drumeo’s “For the First Time” series, in which drummers hear a song with no percussion and must improvise a performance on the spot. He was set the challenge of playing along to Avenged Sevenfold’s “Afterlife,” a track originally recorded by the late A7X drummer Jimmy “The Rev”…
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Cruise ship hit with third stomach illness outbreak in two months, review underway
A National Geographic Sea Bird cruise, operated by Lindblad Expeditions, has suffered its third gastrointestinal illness outbreak in around two months, prompting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to open a review. The repeated outbreaks on the same vessel raise questions about the effectiveness of sanitation measures aboard the ship and could affect…
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Pastor and his wife resign in disgrace after they were accused of hiring worst person imaginable to oversee children’s programs at their church
A pastor and his wife have resigned from their positions at their church after facing accusations that they had hired a highly unsuitable individual to oversee the church’s children’s programmes. The controversy has caused significant embarrassment for the couple and the congregation, raising serious questions about the vetting and safeguarding procedures used when appointing staff…
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Prime Video’s ‘Bosch’ Replacement Officially Returns Without Titus Welliver
Amazon’s Prime Video crime drama “Ballard” is set to return for a second season, with star Maggie Q marking the show’s one-year anniversary by sharing behind-the-scenes footage from Season 1 on Instagram. The clip, showing her filming an action sequence involving police vehicles and a shotgun on a freeway, notably features no sign of Titus…
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Malicious cloud customers can bring down the power grid
Chinese cybersecurity researchers have outlined an attack, dubbed Bit2Watt, that would let a malicious cloud customer pose as a legitimate tenant and run GPU workloads specifically crafted to destabilise a datacentre’s electrical infrastructure. Rather than simply overloading systems, the technique exploits the way AI training workloads cause rapid, large swings in power draw, which the…