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AMD added a low-power version of its RX 9060 XT graphics card. The new Radeon RX 9060 XT LP model cuts the typical board power to 140 watts, down from 160 watts on the standard 16GB card. This also lowers the recommended power supply requirement to 450 watts. The trade-off is a slight...

Sapphire thinks the messy memory market might calm down a bit in about six to eight months. Company rep Edward Crisler said prices could stabilize, but not necessarily drop back to what consumers want. He described the current volatility as a supply issue mixed with major uncertainty, causing...

An early Geekbench listing shows Intel's upcoming Panther Lake mobile chip, the Core Ultra 7 365, might be slower than current models. The eight-core processor, with four performance and four efficiency cores, was spotted in a Lenovo test system. It scored 2451 in single-core and 9714 in...

FSP launched a new small form factor case called the S210 series. This microATX tower, with a volume of around 23 liters, aims for space efficiency without sacrificing standard parts compatibility. The black model measures 350 by 212 by 310 millimeters and uses SPCC steel with a tempered glass...

Kingston is warning that SSD shortages are about to get worse. Cameron Crandall, a company manager, said on a podcast that NAND flash supply constraints will likely intensify within a month, pushing prices even higher. Costs for this crucial component have already skyrocketed this year, jumping...

Zimbabwe might be on the verge of an investment shift, thanks to carbon credit insurance. This financial tool, while still new locally, is seen as a way to unlock foreign cash for green projects. Officials like Zida CEO Tafadzwa Chinamo say it can de-risk investments, making the country more...

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe wants to bail from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. This delisting, needing shareholder approval, would erase over 700 million dollars from the market's total value. Analysts, like Kuda Taimo, warn that this guts one of the exchange's most liquid and popular stocks, further...

Audulus just went permanently free. The modular audio app, which runs on iOS, iPad, Mac, and now iPhone again, dropped version 4.7 with no subscriptions or paywalls. You get the full node-based environment for building synths and effects. They added a new tier of paid content called Pro...

Variety of Sound dropped a new plugin, FerricTDS mkIII. It is an update to their old tape dynamics simulator, which won some developer challenge years back. This thing aims to emulate the warmth and compression of vintage tape machines. The plugin is meant to glue a mix together and shape tone...

Another free plugin just dropped. Dawesome Music, teaming up with some guy named Chris Bryant, put out a thing called Sol. It is a textural effects engine for Windows and Mac, with VST3 and AU support. This plugin is basically a box of shiny, atmospheric sounds. It focuses on illumination...

Dotec-Audio has a new plugin called DeeTrans that mimics analog transformer hardware. It aims to add natural warmth and harmonic density to digital audio tracks. The tool offers simple one-click presets alongside seventeen deeper parameters for detailed tone shaping. Key features include...

Kiive Audio dropped a new equalizer plugin modeled on a rare British unit. The VX-Q focuses on clean, detailed tone shaping for precise sources like a master bus. It features five distinct saturation modes alongside its EQ controls for adding color. The advanced section lets users tweak...

Pulsar Modular updated their Lunar Lander delay plugin. Version 2.5 adds a modern bucket brigade mode for cleaner, wider repeats with an analog vibe. It also ships with over a hundred new presets covering classic hardware and modern ambient styles. The preset system got a full overhaul, now...

Steinberg dropped a major update for its mobile recording app alongside two new piano instruments. Cubasis 3.8 adds new amp model suites for guitar and bass, complete with effects pedals and a tuner. The update also enables Bluetooth audio recording and better MIDI file support for tempo data...

Sonora Cinematic released a new instrument called Refraction, a heavily processed piano library. It uses samples from a real upright but transforms them into pads and electronic textures instead of classic piano sounds. A spectral resonator engine makes notes bloom and morph by generating...

ACE Studio just dropped a big update. This all-in-one AI music software version 2.0 packs way more synthetic voices and instruments. The new vocal library includes over a hundred forty AI models, adding styles like rap and country across eight languages. They also threw in new AI instruments...

A crash on the Harare-Nyamapanda road has left ten people dead. Police say a Honda Fit and a haulage truck collided head-on near the Suswe area in Mashonaland East province. All occupants of the smaller vehicle died at the scene. Authorities report the Honda Fit may have crossed into the wrong...

Local officials in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central province say focusing on women's daily struggles is essential for improving broken public services. Bindura's Mayor, Jacob Gwature, stated that failures in healthcare and justice systems hit women hardest. He credited a partnership with a women's...

Richard Mahomva is jumping from a government gig to a top corporate PR job. The longtime Director for International Communications Services will become Head of Public Relations at the mobile carrier NetOne starting next January. The move was confirmed by a senior ministry official on social...

The US is slapping new travel restrictions on Zimbabweans starting next year. The Trump administration added Zimbabwe to a list of nations facing tighter entry controls, citing security screening weaknesses and high visa overstay rates. The move imposes partial restrictions, not a full ban...