Indian music director Santhosh Narayanan is calling out unrealistic goals from up-and-coming musicians. The composer, famous for Tamil movies like Pandiraj's *Thalaivan Irukkiran* and Karthik Subbaraj's *Retro*, has been swamped with messages since revealing plans for his own music streaming service. He says many emerging indie artists have expectations for themselves that are just not based in reality. Narayanan told these aspiring performers on social media that being unknown is perfectly fine, stressing that genuine artistic work will eventually connect with its own listeners.
His big project is a global streaming platform built and run from India, designed with fairness and low cost as top priorities. The service, which does not...
Mali will start their Africa Cup of Nations run without several important starters. Their captain, Yves Bissouma, and defenders Hamari Traore and Sikou Niakate are all missing for the first Group A game. Coach Tom Saintfiet acknowledged the absences but stressed his team still needs to beat Zambia to open their tournament.
Despite being regular participants, Mali has never won this championship. Their opponents, Zambia, are former champions hoping to improve on recent poor showings. After this match, Mali will then have to face the host nation, Morocco, which already won its opening fixture.
A Tamil director made an urgent, unplanned trip to Kerala to honor a late colleague. Parthiban canceled a Dubai visit to drive to the Chennai airport, barely catching a flight to Kochi after the death of filmmaker Sreenivasan. He described narrowly avoiding several car accidents during his rushed drive and pleading with airline staff for any available seat, eventually getting one after a crew member gave up their spot.
He checked into a basic hotel near the deceased director's home, unsure why he felt such a strong compulsion to be there in person. At the gathering, he noted the presence of major Malayalam stars but emphasized he came only to pay quiet respect with jasmine flowers, not expecting recognition. He believed the sincere...
Elton John and David Furnish celebrated a major relationship milestone. The couple marked two decades since their civil partnership, which they commemorated with posts on social media. John shared a vintage photo, noting the twenty-year mark for their partnership and eleven years of legal marriage. Furnish posted his own pictures, expressing gratitude for the life they built together.
The pair first connected at a dinner in 1993 and had their first date the following day. They entered a civil union in 2005 and later married when the law changed in their country. They are parents to two sons, both born via surrogate. Their relationship includes a weekly tradition of writing each other a note every Saturday, the day they originally met...
LG has a new home theater setup that does not care where you put your speakers. Their Sound Suite system uses Dolby Atmos FlexConnect technology. It combines a central soundbar with additional wireless speakers you can place anywhere. The software automatically maps the audio channels based on whatever layout you create, adjusting the sound in real time.
This is meant to ditch the complex wiring and strict placement rules of traditional surround sound. You can start with just the soundbar and add more speakers later. Every time you move a speaker or add a new one, the system recalibrates itself without any manual setup. It syncs with compatible LG televisions to line up the sound effects with the action on screen.
The goal is to...
Someone building their first PC got a nasty surprise from Amazon. They ordered a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 memory kit but got scammed. The heatsinks looked right, but the actual sticks inside were cheaper DDR4 modules. The buyer only noticed because the heat spreader felt loose and the memory physically would not fit their motherboard's DDR5 slots.
Inspection showed the internal circuit board matched a DDR4 design, meaning someone had cracked open the housing and swapped the parts. Since Amazon itself fulfilled the order, it points to a likely flaw in their returns process where a fraudulent item got resealed and resold without proper checks. The buyer wanted a direct replacement because the kit's price had jumped a hundred bucks since...
Steam just killed off its thirty two bit client on modern Windows. Valve dropped an update that officially ends support for the old version on Windows 10 and 11. The company said keeping the legacy version around made development and testing harder. From now on, they are only focusing on the sixty-four-bit app.
People still using a thirty-two-bit version of Windows will get updates for a little while longer, but that stops completely at the start of next year. After that date, no more official patches or fixes will come. Valve thinks almost nobody will be impacted, since most computers sold in the last ten years run sixty four bit operating systems. Anyone stuck on the old setup would need to upgrade their whole OS or their PC hardware...
AAEON unveiled a new industrial computer built for edge AI jobs. The system, called the GENESYSM-MTH6, uses Intel Core Ultra chips and packs a lot into a very small case. It is designed for tight spaces in factories or for surveillance setups, offering wall mounting options. A key upgrade is a built-in expansion card that adds two extra storage slots, letting the unit run several fast drives or AI accelerator cards at once.
Networking is a major focus, with three total Ethernet ports on board. Two of them are faster 2.5-gigabit connections that can support remote management features on certain processor models. The box also has slots for adding cellular or Wi Fi 6E wireless modules internally. For hooking up factory gear, it includes...
GMKtec is dropping a new mini PC that tries to bridge the gap between efficiency and expandability. The NucBox K15 runs on Intel's Core Ultra 5 125U chip, balancing its core types for low power use. It is built for office and development work, but has a trick for more demanding tasks. The system includes an OCuLink port, letting you hook up an external graphics card enclosure for a major GPU boost.
Inside the compact case, you can install up to three fast NVMe drives. It supports Wi-Fi 6E and has two high-speed Ethernet ports for networking. The unit can power four 4K monitors at once using its integrated Intel graphics. Its power draw is rated at a low fifteen watts normally, but can ramp up when needed for shorter bursts. The company...
