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CD Projekt Red is changing how it makes games, starting with the next Witcher trilogy. They aim for each new title to take about six years after pre-production begins, a goal more than a hard deadline. Work on the first game is already in this early phase, letting them solidify teams and plan...

TEAMGROUP and ADATA have stopped giving price quotes for RAM kits. Industry watchers see this as a major red flag, signaling that a serious long-term shortage is kicking in. Supply is getting tight because chipmakers are focusing on high-profit server and AI memory, like high-bandwidth modules...

A research group in Zimbabwe wants international investors to fund a 45 million dollar vaccine factory. The commercial arm of the SIRDC, called Zimbabwe Technological Solutions, needs the money to build a plant for foot-and-mouth disease shots. They currently import all their livestock vaccines...

The head of Zimbabwe's national business chamber, Chris Mugaga, is blasting a planned tax hike. He says raising the value-added tax to 15.5 percent will crush the formal sector in an already brutal tax climate. The government wants the increase to offset a small cut to another levy, targeting...

The karaoke tech startup Singa just got a big licensing deal with Merlin, the major independent music licensing group. This gives them thousands of original master recordings from indie labels worldwide. It follows a similar pact with Warner Music Group signed earlier this year. Before this...

An app called Hook Music is accusing the AI music generator Suno of copying its whole deal. Hook's founder, Gaurav Sharma, backed by investors like Kygo's fund and Edgar Bronfman Jr., says Suno's new "Create Hook" feature directly mirrors their own brand and tech for remixing music. Hook claims...

Lisa Hresko got a major promotion at the indie music group A2IM. She is now its Chief Operating Officer after serving as General Manager. The organization's new charitable arm, the Foundation of Independent Music, also named her its first President. Hresko joined back in 2017 and has been key...

Deezer dropped its year-end listening recap before Spotify or Apple Music. Their "My Deezer Year 2025" feature, using a rom-com theme, shows users their top artists and songs. Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Billie Eilish were the most-streamed artists globally on the platform. The data shows...

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could wreck your internet. It involves Cox Communications and a massive lawsuit from big record labels like Sony, Universal, and Warner. The labels say Cox knew its customers were pirating tons of songs but refused to cut them off, even with a manager...

Megan Thee Stallion just won a defamation case against a blogger named Milagro Cooper, who posts as Milagro Gramz. A federal jury in Florida decided Cooper lied about the rapper, whose legal name is Megan Pete, regarding the 2020 shooting by Tory Lanez. They also said Cooper caused emotional...

The president pardoned former Honduran leader Juan Orlando Hernandez. He was convicted last year for running a massive drug trafficking conspiracy. The pardon followed a flattering letter from Hernandez, delivered by advisor Roger Stone, which framed his prosecution as political persecution akin...

Costco is suing the administration over its import tariffs. The retailer filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade, arguing the president overstepped by using a 1977 emergency powers law for these levies. It claims only Congress holds that authority. The lawsuit seeks refunds should the...

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu is suing ten major food corporations. The lawsuit targets Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and others like Nestlé and General Mills over their ultraprocessed products. It argues these companies knowingly market harmful foods, burdening the city with...

A special election in Tennessee's Seventh District is the last major political test this year. Republican Matt Van Epps and Democrat Aftyn Behn are competing for Mark Green's old seat. National groups poured money into it, with Trump's super PAC spending heavily despite the district's usual red...

The Supreme Court is hearing a case from First Choice Women's Resource Centers, an anti-abortion nonprofit in New Jersey. The state attorney general subpoenaed their donor lists, investigating whether the group misled people about providing abortion services. First Choice, backed by the Alliance...

Tennessee's Seventh District special election is getting weirdly interesting. Republicans usually dominate this area, which includes bits of Nashville, Clarksville, and Franklin. The GOP rep won by 22 points last cycle, matching Trump's margin. But Democrat Aftyn Behn is facing Republican Matt...

The JUCE framework received a minor update, adding MIDI 2.0 UMP support, demonstrated in a new diagnostic demo. This version also bundles the now open-source Windows ASIO headers and updates several key dependencies like the VST3 SDK under an MIT license. Platform improvements include a Visual...

Kush Audio unveiled the Clariphonic Mk3, a parallel mastering EQ plugin for Mac and Windows. It blends algorithms from their Magpha EQ with the original hardware's gain-dependent shelving for tailored brightness. The update replicates the MS hardware unit's features one-to-one. A new Cut option...

Psylus Audio launched Hard Kick, a plugin dedicated to crafting aggressive kick drums. It offers six-layered sound sources, including attack layers and rumble, all tagged by genre for quick stylistic filtering. Users can randomize sounds based on selected styles and then tweak individual layers...

Goodhertz released VCME, a mastering-grade vari-mu compressor based on their Vulf Compressor. It offers analog coloration, an advanced sidechain, stereo linking, and a hybrid soft clipper for precise control. This plugin lists for $199 with a thirty-day free trial available. The update also...