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Brian Eno. Photo: Supplied For over 50 years, Brian Eno has been on the cutting edge of music, art and technology. To document his unconventional and relentlessly creative journey, filmmaker Gary Hustwit had to come up with an idea as ground-breaking as Eno himself. Thanks to new generative software, his new documentary Eno appears as a different version at every screening. "There can be billions of potential versions of the film but you'll learn a different kind of set of ideas about Brian every time you watch it," Hustwit told Music 101. Although he's been a fan of Eno's music for years, Hustwit said it was the British musician and producer's highly original approach to creativity that he really wanted to capture in Eno. "He's been able to spend the past 50-plus years exploring exac...

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on 13 July 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP By Andrew Goudsward and Costas Pitas, Reuters The US Secret Service's acting director said on Friday that local police in Pennsylvania warned that there was a man with a gun on a roof before the 13 July attempted assassination of Donald Trump, but the message did not reach its agents on time. Local authorities and Secret Service agents were using different communications channels, which prevented the warning from getting through before a 20-year-old assailant opened fire on the Republican presidential candidate, Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe told reporters. "In the final 30 seconds - which has ...

US Vice Presidential possible candidates Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shaprio, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Photo: AFP US Vice President Kamala Harris plans to meet in person this weekend with the top contenders vying to become her presidential running mate for November's election as she nears a final decision on her pick, according to two sources familiar with the process. On Friday the Democratic candidate met one-on-one with US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, one of the leading contenders, and the meeting lasted roughly 90 minutes, according to two other sources familiar with the meeting. Harris was expected to make her choice by Monday (Tuesday NZ time) ahead of her first public appearance with the new vice presidential nominee on Tuesday (...

Clouds of smoke rise as the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York crumble following suicide attacks by Islamic terrorists with hijacked planes on 11 September 2001. Photo: DPA / Picture-Alliance via AFP US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the 11 September 2001 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two accomplices, who are held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Pentagon said on Wednesday the plea deals had been entered into but did not elaborate on details. A US official said they almost certainly involved guilty pleas in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. However on Friday, Austin relieved Susan Escallier, who oversees the Pentagon's Guantanamo w...

Activists are performing drama while taking part in a protest march against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government to demand justice for more than 200 people killed in last month's violent demonstrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 2 August, 2024. Photo: Zabed Hasnain Chowdhury / NurPhoto / AFP At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the UN's children's agency has said. The youngest child killed had yet to turn five years old, a Unicef spokesperson said, adding that most of those who died were bystanders. They were among more than 200 people who were killed during demonstrations against job quotas in the civil service, according to figures verified by BBC Bangla. The quota system has now been scaled back by the government followi...

A Northumbria police officer. Photo: X / Northumbria Police A police office has been attacked and the property next to it set alight as protesters clashed with police in Sunderland during a demonstration linked to the Southport knife attack. Clashes between the force and rioters led to three injured officers being taken to hospital, though one had since been discharged, Northumbria police said. It follows beer cans and stones being thrown at police in riot gear outside a mosque, and other clashes between officers and demonstrators around the city. Eight people have been arrested for a range of offences, including violent disorder and burglary. Northumbria police Chief Superintendent Helena Barron said officers had been met with "serious and sustained" levels of violence, which was "utte...