Standing on the Corner are raising the stakes

Gio Escobar talks to The FADER about bringing the avant-garde collective’s elusive third album to streaming. Standing on the Corner.   via publicist. If you wanted to listen to Standing on the Corner II over the past year, you had to buy the full-length album, complete with an accompanying film, on DVD. But actually purchasing…

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Why ‘La Gradiva,’ the Surprise Sensation of Cannes, Is Now the Essential Debut of the Fall

This year’s Cannes Film Festival was overstuffed with masters of European and Asian cinema — Hamaguchi, Farhadi, Almodóvar, Kore-eda, Mungiu, Pawlikowski, Zvyagintsev and so on. Some of their anticipated new works landed better than others; a select few are now making the fall-festival rounds in hopes of gaining some Oscar momentum. But on the Croisette…

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Advertisers report Google Ads credits being revoked after spending

Advertisers report Google Ads promotional credits being invalidated after they’ve already spent budget to qualify for them. Some Google Ads promotional credits are reportedly being invalidated after advertisers have already spent the amount required to qualify, potentially leaving businesses with higher advertising costs than they expected. Report of lost credits after spending. PPC consultant David…

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Novel drug-releasing electrode protects hearing during cochlear implantation

Cochlear implants are life-changing biomedical devices that restore sound perception for individuals with severe to profound hearing loss. However, the surgical insertion of standard electrodes into the delicate inner ear often triggers acute inflammation, tissue scarring and secondary damage to remaining sensory hair cells and auditory neurons. This trauma can compromise electrical stimulation efficiency and…

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