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‘The vocals were on another level’: how Counting Crows made Mr Jones | Culture

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Adam Duritz, songwriter, vocalsOur first four records had been mostly made in houses in the hills above Los Angeles. August and Everything After was our first major label album, so it was a pretty big deal. Our advance was $3,000 each; I bought a 1971 cherry red VW Karmann Ghia convertible and drove it to LA.I would get up every morning and listen to Pickin’ Up the Pieces by Poco, which is like the Beatles doing country music. I also had this Benny Goodman album that I was listening to a lot – my dad had picked it up as…

Final Flash Sale: Save up to $624 on Disrupt 2025 Passes

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The countdown is on! TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 kicks off in exactly two weeks — taking place October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco — and this is your final chance to lock in up to $624 in savings before prices increase on Friday, October 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Join more than 10,000 founders, investors, and operators for three days of inspiration, connection, and dealmaking across 200+ sessions, 250+ tech leaders, and 300+ showcasing startups. Image Credits:TechCrunch Why attend Disrupt 2025 TechCrunch Disrupt is where the global startup ecosystem meets to shape what’s next — from AI and biotech…

FA Cup first round draw: Eighth-tier Maldon & Tiptree face League One Port Vale

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Weston-super-Mare v Aldershot TownSalford City v Lincoln CityLuton Town v Worthing or Forest Green RoversGainsborough Trinity or Hartlepool United v Accrington StanleyColchester United v Milton Keynes DonsTranmere Rovers v Stockport CountyWigan Athletic v Hemel Hempstead TownNewport County v GillinghamCheltenham Town v Bradford CityBarnsley v York CityReading v Carlisle UnitedBromley v Bristol RoversPeterborough United v Cardiff CityOldham Athletic v Northampton TownCrewe Alexandra v Doncaster RoversTamworth v Leyton OrientStevenage v Chesterfield Boreham Wood v Crawley TownFarnham Town or Sutton United v AFC Telford UnitedBolton Wanderers v Huddersfield TownChelmsford City v Braintree TownSpennymoor Town v BarrowWycombe Wanderers v Plymouth ArgyleHalifax Town v Exeter…

Broadcom, Warner Bros. Discovery, Bloom Energy, and More

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Major U.S.stock indexes rose sharply Monday morning after President Donald Trump softened his tone on China. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were each up at least 1.3% in recent trading, recovering from a selloff on Friday. Broadcom (AVGO) stock popped after the chipmaker and OpenAI announced a partnership for 10 gigawatts of custom AI accelerators. Shares of fellow chipmakers Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Nvidia (NVDA), and ON Semiconductor (ON) also rose. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares surged after the company reportedly rebuffed a takeover approach from Paramount Skydance (PSKY) for being too low. Paramount Skydance shares also…

Jeep software update bricks vehicles

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A software update to Jeep 4xE models caused major malfunctions over the weekend – leaving many owners stranded and some in danger after their power failed.The culprit appears to have been a buggy "over the air" (OTA) software update to the company’s uconnect software on Friday October 10, which “bricked” vehicles if owners installed it.A Jeep customer support representative on a 4XE forum posted Saturday: “Please exercise extreme caution this evening if you have completed the update. If you have NOT completed the update and see the pop-up, please continue deferring..."Posting as “Kori”, they told Jeep customers on the forum…

Robbie Savage: Forest Green boss on Strictly, FA Cup and new job

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Based in Nailsworth, which has a population of less than 6,000, Gloucestershire club Forest Green were taken over by green energy pioneer Dale Vince in 2010.After a rapid rise, they spent seven seasons in the English Football League before relegation in 2024-25 and defeat in last season's play-off semi-final.Vince has raised Forest Green's profile by implementing eco-friendly initiatives such as making Rovers all-vegan and winning recognition from the United Nations as the world's first carbon-neutral football club in 2018.Savage's 22-year-old son Charlie - who has since joined Reading and been capped by Wales - spent the second half of the…

Education Department layoffs hit offices that oversee special education and civil rights enforcement

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s students and schools in areas from special education to civil rights enforcement and after-school programs. The Trump administration started laying off 466 Education Department staffers on Friday amid mass firings across the government meant to pressure Democratic lawmakers over the federal shutdown. The layoffs would cut the agency’s workforce by nearly a fifth and leave it reduced by more than half itssize when President Donald Trump took…

Were their body parts used in satanic rituals? Netflix tackles the horrific ‘Monster of Florence’ murders | Television & radio

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Some criminal cases are so vast that even the number of victims is uncertain: in the case of the unsolved “Monster of Florence” crimes that have gripped Italy for half a century, it is known that seven couples were murdered. But some say it’s eight, and at least another 16 murders have been connected to the case. The number of suspects almost matches that of the victims. First there was the pista sarda, the Sardinian line of enquiry into the swinging, pimping Vinci brothers who probably had a hand in the “first” murder in 1968. In the 1990s, a rapist,…

See It Here First at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

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Get ready for one of TechCrunch Disrupt 2025’s most electrifying moments — literally. Chris Barman, CEO of Slate Auto, is rolling one of her company’s brand-new electric trucks onto the Disrupt Stage before anyone else in the world sees it on the road. Be in the room for this live EV unveiling on the main stage. Save up to $624 this week when you register before October 17. Bringing a team? Save an additional 15% to 30% on group passes. How Slate is reinventing the commercial EV market — live onstage Barman will give attendees an insider’s look at how…

Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 results: South Africa avoid Bangladesh shock in another comeback win

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Nadine de Klerk got South Africa over the line again as they recovered from another top-order collapse to beat Bangladesh by three wickets at the Women's World Cup.Having been set 233 to win in Visakhapatnam, the Proteas slipped to 78-5 before half-centuries from Chloe Tryon, who made 62 from 69 balls, and Marizanne Kapp, 56 from 71 balls, brought them back into contention.Kapp fell with 70 still needed to bring De Klerk - fresh from her heroics against India - to the middle, and for a time it seemed that she and Tryon would get South Africa home comfortably.Instead, Tryon…