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The Comesa Yellow Card Council of Bureaux Secretariat rolled out a USSD verification app in Zimbabwe that lets border officers check if yellow cards are legit using just a regular phone. The system works without internet and aims to cut down on fake insurance cards while speeding up crossings...

TBProAudio dropped TBPAClip, which is a dynamics plugin that handles clipping and saturation for mixing and mastering work. The thing runs on individual tracks, busses, or the master channel, and it goes from light saturation all the way to hard brickwall limiting depending on what you need...

Fanan Team put out Playlisted 2, which turns a DAW channel into a media player that handles audio and video files without bouncing between programs during live sets. The plugin lets you run backing tracks through VST effects and route them wherever you want, and everything gets controlled...

MeldaProduction pushed version 17.07 of its plugin bundle with MMicSim, a new mic simulation tool, and the final release of MTrackAlign for phase correction. MMicSim converts your existing mic signal into profiles from over 100 vintage and modern models using tech from MMatcher instead of basic...

u-he dropped the official release of Zebralette 3 as freeware and opened up the first public beta for Zebra 3. The free synth pulls one oscillator from the bigger Zebra 3 setup and wraps it in a stripped-down environment with ADSR and MSEG envelopes, two LFOs, a six-slot mod matrix, and delay...

Sampleson just put out Funkastic, which is their first AI-powered generative plugin that spits out funk grooves. The thing is trained on funky patterns and mostly targets clavinet-style parts, but it also handles electric pianos, organs, and bass lines. The plugin acts like a session musician...

NextMIDI dropped Divisimate Core, which is a mid-tier orchestration plugin that lets you spread notes across virtual instruments in real time. The plugin gives you 16 parts per instance, and you can run as many instances as you want, which means you can set up separate groups for different...

Hit'n'Mix pushed out RipX DAW 8 with a quick 8.0.1 patch that fixes some broken stuff from the main drop. The AI-powered software lets users mess with individual notes and harmonics instead of just splitting stems, and version 8 added Track Starter for auto-generating loops that match your scale...

MuseScore 4.6 dropped with instant AI vocal playback that lets composers type lyrics and hear them sung in real time through a partnership with Cantai. The free notation software became the first desktop app to pull this off, and Muse Group stressed that the feature exists to help the...

Strymon dropped the Fairfax overdrive pedal as their first all-analog effect after spending years making DSP stuff, and it recreates a weird valve drive unit that Garnet Amplifiers built for Randy Bachman back in 1965. The company engineered a miniaturized preamp and Class-A power amp with...

Arturia's new MiniFuse 2 OTG is a dual-USB audio interface with On-The-Go connectivity that lets creators route computer audio straight to phones or tablets. Both inputs handle mics, line signals, or instruments with phantom power on each channel, and there's a headphone jack up front plus...

Modartt released Syngular for Pianoteq 9, which uses physical modeling to make synth pads and keys instead of copying real pianos like their other stuff. The pack twists familiar parameters from the acoustic engine to build experimental sounds that ignore real-world physics while keeping an...

Sound Radix dropped their first synth called Radical1 after years of making mixing plugins, and the additive synthesis engine can supposedly run tens of thousands of oscillators without melting your CPU. The Mac-only preview version lets you morph between timbres with fluid oscillators, draw...

Political scientist Kaloyan Metodiev says Rosen Zhelyazkov's government had zero options left after 250,000 protesters showed up across three demonstrations, representing maybe a million people when you count their families and online supporters. The cabinet made a bunch of dumb moves and...

Bulgarian Deputy PM Grozdan Karadjov wrote to EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Dzidzikostas, complaining that Greek farmers blocking border crossings are creating 30-kilometer truck queues on the Maritsa highway. The blockades are mixing up vehicles trying to reach Greece with ones headed to...

Bulgaria's Fiscal Council torched the 2026 budget draft and told lawmakers to scrap it after PM Rosen Zhelyazkov got booted from office. The watchdog says revenue projections are way too optimistic and could miss targets by up to 4.7 billion euros, while spending keeps ballooning to around 5...

Bulgaria dropped 1.2 million leva to yank the grounded tanker Kairos off the rocks near Ahtopol after the Turkish-flagged vessel beached itself last week. The Transport Ministry lined up three tugboats and a generator to power up the ship's hydraulic systems and haul anchor, with the whole...

BSP leader Atanas Zafirov said his party heard the protesters and pushed the government to resign because citizens were fed up with corruption. The Socialist coalition joined the ruling majority for stability but bailed when public anger hit a breaking point, and Zafirov claimed left-wing...

The European Commission said Bulgaria is locked into joining the eurozone, no matter what happens with the government collapsing right before the switch. An EC spokesperson confirmed that every decision got finalized already, and the country had checked off all the requirements for the currency...

Bulgarian lawmakers unanimously dumped Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov with 227 votes after a debate that turned into a total shitshow between coalition partners. Former allies from There Is Such a People and PP-DB went at each other with some absolutely unhinged insults while Boyko Borisov and...