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Facebook Selects 12 Africans to Join its Community Accelerator Programme
Facebook has announced that 12 African community leaders have been selected to join the Community Accelerator, a six-month programme that aims to equip communities with the training, mentorship and funding they need to grow. As part of the global Facebook Community Leadership initiative launched in 2018, the Community Accelerator programme invests in leaders who are building communities around the...
Julianna Barwick: Healing Is a Miracle
In a pandemic, cynicism is a crutch, and optimism is a meme. It’s easier to be a skeptic than it is to imagine a path forward. The ironic internet mantra “nature is healing” pokes fun at viral glimpses of post-apocalypse (goats reclaiming a Welsh town, dolphins in the Bosporus) but also casts the possibility of recovery as a joke. As the days drag on and the extent of our disconnection is reinforc...
Hear CHUCK BILLY’s Foreword To Audio Edition Of JONNY Z’s ‘Heavy Tales’ Book
An audio edition of Megaforce Records founder Jon Zazula‘s acclaimed autobiography, “Heavy Tales: The Metal. The Music. The Madness. As Lived By Jon Zazula”, read by the author himself and featuring more than two hours of bonus material, will be available July 21 via Audible. Like the print edition, the Audible book contains TESTAMENT vocalist Chuck Billy‘s foreword, also r...
VENOMOUS CONCEPT Feat. NAPALM DEATH And BRUTAL TRUTH Members: New Song ‘Eliminate’ Available For Streaming
Grindcore/hardcore punk veterans VENOMOUS CONCEPT — featuring members of BRUTAL TRUTH and NAPALM DEATH — will release their fourth full-length album, “Politics Versus The Erection”, on August 28 via Season Of Mist. The disc’s second single, “Eliminate”, can be streamed below. Track listing: 01. Simian Flu (03:20) 02. Hole In The Ground (00:53) 03. Eliminate (02:00) 04...
LITA FORD: ‘We Have Made The Decision To Refund All 2020 VIP And Guitar Experiences’
Lita Ford says that refunds will be issued to anyone who purchased a “VIP Experience” to one of her previously announced shows. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the country and the world, thousands of concerts and festivals have either been postponed or canceled, as social distancing and self-quarantining make performing live music and attending live shows all but im...
THE PRETTY RECKLESS’s TAYLOR MOMSEN Explains ‘Death By Rock And Roll’ Cover Artwork
THE PRETTY RECKLESS frontwoman Taylor Momsen spoke to the 104.9 The X radio station about the band’s fourth album, “Death By Rock And Roll”. Asked what the “goal” was with the LP’s cover artwork, Momsen said (see video below): “It’s a lot of goals. The first thing was, ‘We need to make something that’s as bold as the [album’s title ...
Nissan Ariya electric crossover SUV unveiled with up to 300 miles of range
Nissan has long been a leader in electric vehicle sales, despite really only having one EV — the functional-if-uninspiring Nissan Leaf hatchback — on the market. That changed today with the introduction of a new mid-sized SUV with up to 300 miles of range called the Ariya. First unveiled last year as a concept, the Ariya is scheduled to go on sale in Japan in mid-2021, followed by the US and Canad...
Sony reportedly boosts PS5 production by 50 percent
Sony is ordering at least 50 percent more PlayStation 5 consoles than it had originally planned to ship this year, according to reports in the Japanese press. While the company was expecting to produce around six million consoles in 2020, Nikkei says that the figure is now at about nine million, while Bloomberg says it could reach 10 million. Both publications put the raised expectations down to i...
British chip designer Graphcore unveils new AI processor more complex than Nvidia’s
Graphcore, a well-funded and ambitious British chip designer that focuses solely on AI applications, has unveiled what it says is the world’s most complex chip: the Colossus MK2 or GC200 IPU. The processor has 59.4 billion transistors and offers an eight times performance increase from the company’s Colossus MK1, says Graphcore. It boasts more than the 54 billion transistors found in Nvidia’s A100...
Oppo announces 125W tech that charges phones in 20 minutes
Oppo has long been a leader in engineering fast-charging solutions — it developed the tech behind the Dash Charge system used in OnePlus phones, for example, and has achieved even faster results in many of its own devices. Today, the company is taking a further step forward with the announcement of a 125W system that it claims is the most advanced in the industry. The headline figures of the syste...
Klopp explains why he is happy that Man. City are no longer banned from UCL
The Court of Arbitration for Sports overturned Manchester City’s two-year ban from the Champions League yesterday, with the Etihad Stadium outfit only told to pay a £9 million fine. While the decision left many fuming, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is happy that Pep Guardiola’s men will be playing in Europe next term. City will look to pip the Reds to the Premier League title next season after th...
‘Next up, deal is agreed!’: Many NUFC fans react as Saudi telecom look to buy out PL Tv deal
The last 24 hours have been a rollercoaster ride in the Newcastle United takeover saga, and not for the first time, it leaves the situation with endless possibilities. Richard Keys, the Tv Presenter for BeInSports, made a huge claim on Monday that the Premier League will give their nod to the Newcastle takeover within this week. We all know that the issue of piracy is the major stumbling block for...
