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Extra.ie
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Album Review: Cian Ducrot, Little Dreaming
As soon as I hit play on Cian Ducrot's latest album, Little Dreaming, I could sense the musical fluency he has developed since childhood, given that his mother is a classically trained musician. 2025 has already been a landmark year for Ducrot. He kicked it off with a Grammy win as co-writer of SZA's chart-topping hit 'Saturn' and now, he's stepping fully into the spotlight with a confident, charismatic record that blends heartfelt storytelling with shiny, summery pop. The opening track, 'It's Cian, Bitch', sets the tone with humour and charm. It's a Harry Styles-esque moment of pop joy, beginning with ambient studio chatter and mispronunciations of his name before he asserts, 'It's Cian, bitch' – launching into a buoyant, brass-laced groove. It's playful, self-aware and instantly likeable. Throughout the album, Ducrot sounds like an artist coming into his own. Tracks like 'Who's Makin' You Feel It' and 'Little Dreaming' show off his polished pop instincts with infectious hooks, warm vocals and slick production. The title track in particular stands out. It's breezy, catchy and tailor-made for summer playlists, with just enough edge to avoid feeling like a throwaway. 'Your Eyes' is a highlight, beginning delicately, just voice and acoustic guitar, before blossoming into something bigger and brighter. The rhythmic hand claps and uplifting beat give it a joyful energy. It's a celebration of love, gratitude and connection. Unapologetically feel-good. The album as a whole feels like a love letter to the pop greats of the '70s and '80s. Ducrot has cited Elton John, Michael Jackson and Queen as inspirations, but filtered through his own lens. There's a sense of modernity in the way he blends old-school instrumentation with contemporary pop structures. The closer, 'See It To Believe It' featuring American starlet Grace Bowers, is a highlight. The tempo shifts are smart, the drumming subtle but effective, and the guitar solo – courtesy of Bowers – is dynamic and textured. It's a clean, layered track that closes the album on a high note. Ducrot ends the project by speaking directly to the listener, thanking them for coming along for the ride. It's a personal touch that adds to the sense of intimacy running throughout. Little Dreaming feels like a conversation with a friend – warm, familiar and full of charm. It doesn't reinvent the wheel, but it doesn't need to. It's the sound of an artist finding joy in his craft, and inviting us to share it.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Yahoo
Jack Dorsey says his ‘secure' new Bitchat app has not been tested for security
On Sunday, Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey launched an open source chat app called Bitchat, promising to deliver 'secure' and 'private' messaging without a centralized infrastructure. The app relies on Bluetooth and end-to-end encryption, unlike traditional messaging apps that rely on the internet. By being decentralized, Bitchat has potential for being a secure app in high-risk environments where the internet is monitored or inaccessible. According to Dorsey's white paper detailing the app's protocols and privacy mechanisms, Bitchat's system design 'prioritizes' security. But the claims that the app is secure, however, are already facing scrutiny by security researchers, given that the app and its code have not been reviewed or tested for security issues at all — by Dorsey's own admission. Since launching, Dorsey has added a warning to Bitchat's GitHub page: 'This software has not received external security review and may contain vulnerabilities and does not necessarily meet its stated security goals. Do not use it for production use, and do not rely on its security whatsoever until it has been reviewed.' This warning now also appears on Bitchat's main GitHub project page, but was not there at the time the app debuted. As of Wednesday, Dorsey added: 'Work in progress,' next to the warning on GitHub. This latest disclaimer came after security researcher Alex Rodocea found that it's possible to impersonate someone else and trick a person's contacts into thinking they are talking to the legitimate contact, as the researcher explained in a blog post. Rodocea wrote that Bitchat has a 'broken identity authentication/verification' system that allows an attacker to intercept someone's 'identity key' and 'peer id pair' — essentially a digital handshake that is supposed to establish a trusted connection between two people using the app. Bitchat calls these 'Favorite' contacts and marks them with a star icon. The goal of this feature is to allow two Bitchat users to interact, knowing that they are talking to the same person they talked to before. Dorsey did not respond to TechCrunch's request for comment sent to his Block email address. On Monday, Radocea filed a ticket on the GitHub project to ask how to report the security flaw he discovered in the Bitchat Favorites system. Soon after, Dorsey marked it as 'completed,' without comment. (Dorsey re-opened the ticket on Wednesday, saying security issues can be reported by posting on GitHub directly.) Another person reported concerns with Dorsey's claims that Bitchat has 'forward secrecy,' a cryptographic technique that ensures that even if an attacker steals or compromises an encryption key, that attacker still cannot decrypt previously-sent messages. Someone also pointed out a potential buffer overflow bug, which is a common type of security vulnerability where a hacker can force a device's memory to spill out to other locations, opening the door for a data compromise. Radocea warned that Bitchat users should not trust the app yet. 'Security is a great feature to have for going viral. But a basic sanity check, like, do the identity keys actually do any cryptography, would be a very obvious thing to test when building something like this,' Radocea told TechCrunch. 'There are people out there that would take the messaging around security literally and could rely on it for their safety, so the project in its current state could endanger them.' Referring to his and other people's findings, Radocea criticized Dorsey's warning that Bitchat has not been tested for security. 'I'd argue it has received external security review, and it's not looking good,' he said. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Scotsman
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Six shows about female rage to get your blood pumping at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is only a month away, and as the countdown begins, we're showcasing some of the strong themes emerging from the thousands of shows on offer this year. Female rage and the quest for equal rights is at the heart of these six fierce, must-see shows in 2025, that will get your blood pumping. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... BITCH Pleasance Dome, Jack Dome, 30 July - 25 Aug (not 4, 11 & 18), 2:45 (15:50) Irish theatremaker and intimacy co-ordinator Marty Breen explores blame culture, resenting your identity, and questions of complicity through a blend of stand-up, cabaret and theatre in a show of two halves. Two characters, both performed by Marty and known only as Stand Up Guy and Bitch, duke it outthrough an open-mic battle:him through his red-flag laden set, and her through acerbic original songs at the piano. But one is not as entertaining - she is a dogged, drunk and self-destructive mess, ripe for a roasting by her male counterpart. When the set is over and we are left with only our Bitch, we come to understand the depths of her fury as she begins to implode - but if she's going down, she's taking everyone with her. BITCH is a raw and provocative piece that challenges societal norms, making the audience reconsider what makes a 'bad guy' and a 'good victim', and our own complicity in what we all allow to happen. The Ode Islands is a new one-woman show that uses VR to explore the forces that have shaped her identity. Dyke Systems Ltd Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Pleasance Courtyard, Cellar , 30 July – 25 Aug 2025 (not 6 & 12 ), 15 .00 (16 .00) Set in the 1990s at the height of multi-level marketing expansion but before the rise of the internet, this two-handed comedy satire delves into the collision of repressed queerness and corporate feminism and looks at how modern technology and finance have weaponised them both. American suburban business women Sally and Susan are on the hunt for new recruits for their very lucrative business opportunity that is definitely not a pyramid scheme. But as they dive deeper into the shiny world of multi-level marketing, they become caught up in climbing the cut-throat corporate ladder and cracks begin to appear in their pastel-perfect lives, unravelling long-buried tensions and unspoken desires as the lies they've built everything on start to catch up with them. With Fag Packet's signature blend of drag, comedy, physical theatre and audience interaction, the audience will be guided through the DYKE programme (Dynamic, Young, Knowledgeable, Entrepreneur) which explores the intersections of queerness and feminism in a capitalist world that is coming for us all. FATAL FLOWER Marty Breen in BITCH explores blame culture at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Summerhall Arts, Main Hall, 31 July – 25 Aug 2025 (not 12 & 19), 21:05 (22:20) Rooted in female rage — explosive, absurd and over-the-top — this multi-disciplinary theatre show blends cabaret and comedy with opera, musical theatre and classical music to deconstruct the image of women in society. Drawing on creator and performer Valentina Tóth's own experiences with body image, the pressures of being a child piano prodigy, and a complex relationship with her mother, the show moves through a series of bold, grotesque female archetypes. From the Queen of the Night inThe Magic Flute to a vengeful bride-to-be and a tyrannical Russian piano teacher, each character channels a rage that is both personal and political. One spark behind that fury is the Dutch childcare benefits scandal, where thousands of parents — many of them women — were falsely accused of fraud. FATAL FLOWER offers a space where female anger unfolds on stage in all its complexity. The Ode Islands Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Pleasance at EICC, Lammermuir Theatre, 31 July – 16 Aug 2025 (not 4, 5, 11 & 12), 16.00 (16.45) Blending live performance with responsive virtual reality, this new one-woman show unfolds in a fully digital environment that shifts in real time with the performer's movement and emotional state. At its centre is a woman, Ornagh, caught in a storm and cast adrift across a chain of surreal islands—each representing a different facet of her identity, from domestic roles to sexuality, gender, and body image. As she journeys through these shifting landscapes, she confronts the societal expectations that have shaped her, seeking to shed them and rediscover who she truly is. With a supporting cast of digital characters also performed by Ornagh, the narrative is carried entirely through the artist's body, voice, and the digital worlds that surround her. Motion capture brings to life a series of fantastical characters she meets along the way, AI manipulation shapes their voices, and satellite data – provided by Imperative Space, European Space Agency, Copernicus and NASA – forms the striking virtual terrain. The result is a fragmented yet visceral exploration of memory, myth, and the boundaries of self. What If They Ate The Baby? the SpaceUK @ Niddry St (Upper), 1 – 23 Aug 2025 (not 10 & 17), see press release for timings What If They Ate The Baby? is an absurd and dystopian take on the 1950's American housewife, where audiences are put into the position of surveillant. Created largely in response to the changing laws surrounding reproductive rights in America, the show explores the same menial conversations between neighbours in the context of surveillance, cannibalism, and queerness, all during an idealised period in American history that was marked by paranoia. Playing two post-war suburban housewives, Xhloe and Natasha use double entendre, green spaghetti and a soundtrack complete with Vaudeville to Rap to interrogate gender expectations and the relationship between surveillance and bodily autonomy. Lolo's Boyfriend Show Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad theSpaceUK @ Surgeons Hall, Haldane Theatre, 1 – 16 Aug 2025 (not 10), 20:30 (21:30) A high-energy solo performance blending sharp character work, physical comedy, and quickfire costume changes follows Lolo – daughter of a hardworking single mother and raised by TV – as she recounts past dates to see where she went wrong. With no father figure and a head full of silver-screen love stories, she's stumbled from one romantic disaster to the next. Set in Lolo's childhood bedroom after a failed career move, performer Lauren O'Brien takes on 18 characters, drawing from real, imagined, and exaggerated dating stories. Winner of the Audience Choice Award at the NYC Fringe Festival 2024, Lolo's Boyfriend Show uses minimal set and maximum versatility – featuring projections, music, and fast-paced transitions – to explore identity, love, and self-worth through the lens of a modern woman navigating romance.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jade Cargill flashes impressive power moves in victory over Naomi
Last week, Jade Cargill spoke to CBS Sports about her WrestleMania 41 match with Naomi. Of her first 'Mania singles match (and just the seventh of her WWE career), Cargill said: 'I'm ready to go out there, show people what I've learned and how much I've grown. I think people are really going to be shocked.' The match certainly had a long, emotionally-charged story going in its favor. It started last November with a mystery attack that wrote Jade off television for still mysterious reasons. The mystery continued during her months-long absence, with Naomi being revealed as her attacker when Jade returned and attacked her former friend at Elimination Chamber last month. Advertisement That's why, after a weather report gimmick teed up her entrance... ...The Storm went right in for a double-leg takedown at the bell and slammed the now-heel Naomi. Cargill controlled the early going, but her nemesis was able to get in plenty of offense in the middle portion of the match. The tide turned for good when Jade caught a blockbuster attempt and threw Naomi down with a Jackhammer. That was first of two spots where the taller woman caught her opponent's aerial attempt and converting it into power move. It was followed by a more impressive bulldog after the top after the two traded reversals in the corner. Then came an even more jaw-dropping moment when Cargill busted out an electric chair powerbomb, popped Naomi in the air from her shoulders, then spinning and catching her an slamming her flatbacked on the mat. Advertisement Jaded ended things after that. We've seen Cargill's power — in WWE and, some of us, before that in AEW. People probably won't be 'shocked' that she impressed with a couple practice-able spots, but this performance did what it needed to do. Now we'll see what's next for That Bitch (her words, not mine). Hopefully they have something for Naomi as well after her eye-opening heel work over the last month. Get complete WrestleMania 41 Night One results and coverage of the entire card right here. More from
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Topples the McLaren Senna's VIR Lap Time
It was good while it lasted, but our production-car lap record around Virginia International Raceway's challenging 4.1-mile Grand Course has finally fallen. We're actually a little surprised the 789-hp McLaren Senna's 2:34.9 lap stood this long, but nevertheless, records are set to be broken, and the 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1's 2:32.3 has claimed the top step of the podium. Where does the ZR1 get ahead of the Senna? Some side-by-side video analysis reveals a little bit here and a little there. First off, horsepower is a hell of a thing, and the ZR1 isn't short of it. The 1064 horses from its twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8—275 more than the Senna's twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 could muster—are on full display along the front straight where the ZR1 reaches a staggering 180 mph (in the video above) to the Senna's 173 mph (in the video below). Without a proper data reduction, there's no way to tell exactly how many g's the ZR1 pulls through Turn 1, but it certainly looks to be every bit of the Corvette Z06's 1.22 g's worth of lateral acceleration. In the uphill esses is where Corvette test pilot Aaron Link flexes on the Senna, entering the puckering corner complex north of 165 mph without touching the brakes until the final right-hander. For reference, the Senna enters the uphill esses at a still-impressive 154 mph. While our minimum speed through Turn 10—a blind corner with a massive drop-off—dropped to 92 mph, the ZR1 maintains triple-digit speeds with the help of its massive Michelin Pilot Cup 2R tires. The ZR1's horsepower blows the doors off the Senna on the back straight too, hitting 173 mph to the McLaren's 169 before getting into the binders and braking into Bitch. As with the Senna, Link battles the ZR1's mega power out of the slower corners to avoid wheelspin. The rear tires light up exiting Bitch, likely costing him a little time and keeping him from a 2:31. Interestingly, the Senna appears to outpace the ZR1 in the squiggles while exiting the infield. We're anxious to get behind the wheel of the $175K-plus American powerhouse—and even more excited to see what we can get out of the ZR1 ourselves when we take one to Lightning Lap. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
