“I went to Lars’ house, and he played me the tape of Hit the Lights. I said, ‘This song sucks. You need more guitar solos’”: They forged a new sound, and in 10 years, they were the biggest band in the world

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It was in Los Angeles almost 30 years ago that Lars Ulrich, a teenage tennis prodigy turned drummer, first jammed with James Hetfield, a guitarist and singer from the nearby SoCal neighborhood of Downey. At the time, a none-too-impressed Hetfield figured that first session to be their last. He was,Continue Reading

Tyler, The Creator Says He’d “Take Podcast Mics Away” If He Were President

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Image Image Credit Steve Granitz / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Tyler, The Creator Image Size landscape-medium Tyler, The Creator wants podcast microphones gone for good. On Wednesday (Dec. 11), during his cover story with Billboard, the Grammy Award-winning musician spoke about CHROMAKOPIA, life in his 30s, and hisContinue Reading

Xsolla and StarNest start game incubator academy in Azerbijan

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2024 is almost over, and Xsolla is still establishing game development academies across the world. The game commerce firm recently teamed with telecommunications firm StarNest and the Innovation and Digital Development Agency (IDDA) to create an academy and incubator program situated in Azerbijan. Beginning next year, developers, game designers, andContinue Reading

Russia takes unusual route to hack Starlink-connected devices in Ukraine

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“Microsoft assesses that Secret Blizzard either used the Amadey malware as a service (MaaS) or accessed the Amadey command-and-control (C2) panels surreptitiously to download a PowerShell dropper on target devices,” Microsoft said. “The PowerShell dropper contained a Base64-encoded Amadey payload appended by code that invoked a request to Secret BlizzardContinue Reading

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced awards of nearly $335 million to strengthen financial incentives for private forest landowners to manage their forests sustainably and to permanently conserve private forests in partnership with states. The funding was made possible thanks to investments from theContinue Reading

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Cleveland recorded the biggest rent increase, while Austin, TX posted the biggest decrease SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– (NASDAQ: RDFN) — The median U.S. asking rent fell 0.7% year over year in November to $1,595, the lowest level since March 2022. That’s according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered realContinue Reading