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Trade relations between the United States and Canada deteriorated after Ontario aired an advertisement using edited audio from Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs. The former president's foundation confirmed the clips were manipulated without authorization, prompting the White House to accuse...

Gilbert Arenas rejected speculation about his connection to an FBI gambling investigation on Thursday through his podcast Gil's Arena. FBI Director Kash Patel announced arrests of more than 30 individuals, among them Portland coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat player Terry Rozier, for sports...

KJ Smith and Skyh Black became parents to daughter Pryde JaNea Black on Friday, Oct. 4, with the baby weighing 5 pounds 11 ounces at birth. The couple faced complications after 48 hours of labor at home, prompting Smith to contact filmmaker Tyler Perry, who arranged emergency transport to...

Target cuts 1,800 corporate positions as incoming CEO Michael Fiddelke restructures the retailer's headquarters operations. The reduction affects 1,000 current employees plus 800 unfilled roles, representing 8 percent of global office staff, with most losses concentrated in the United States...

Meta eliminated approximately 600 positions from its Superintelligence Labs division ahead of the holiday period. Chief AI officer Alexandr Wang confirmed the cuts in an internal memo first reported by Axios, stating the company aims to accelerate decision-making through smaller team structures...

Shake Shack runs a buy-one-get-one promotion on Double ShackBurgers through Thursday, Oct. 31, which requires customers to enter code SPOOKY when ordering via the mobile app, website, or restaurant kiosks. The sandwich contains two quarter-pound beef patties with American cheese, lettuce, tomato...

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith suggested on his program that FBI arrests of NBA players may connect to former President Donald Trump's political agenda. Smith referenced Trump's decades-long ties to sports through casino operations and personal relationships with athletes and entertainers as...

Dynaudio partners with Digital Audio Denmark to release Control series audio processors with the Control 01 and Control 02 rack units plus Control Link remote panel. Both one-rack-space devices merge monitor control with digital routing, equalization, conversion and headphone amplification...

Austrian Audio introduced the CC8-SC supercardioid pencil microphone at the AES 2025 show in Long Beach, California. The device combines the OCC7 capsule with transformerless circuits and handles sound pressure levels reaching 155 decibels without distortion. The microphone provides better side...

Native Instruments launches Traktor Play on Sunday, Nov. 3 for $49, marking the first time third-party controllers work with Traktor software. The entry-level DJ platform runs without external hardware and provides two decks, sync functions, key detection and effects such as reverb, delay and...

Avid has released Pro Tools 2025.10, which supports Sony 360 Reality Audio, enabling creators to position sounds around listeners using object-based spatial technology. The software converts Dolby Atmos projects to 360 Reality Audio while preserving stems and settings, and subscribers receive...

Spitfire Audio has released Mervyn Warren Choir, a virtual instrument developed with five-time Grammy Award winner Mervyn Warren. The software captures Black choir vocals outside traditional gospel settings for use in pop, R&B, film, television and video game production. Recording took place at...

Sonarworks introduced Virtual Monitoring PRO, a software that recreates studio acoustics through headphones by measuring rooms with a USB binaural microphone. Users capture their mixing environment using over-ear headphones and the measurement device, and the software then generates a...

Universal Audio released LUNA 2.0 with ARA support, integrating third-party vocal editing tools into the timeline and connecting with the Volt 876 USB audio interface for direct preamp and cue-mix control. The free DAW update adds automatic icon placement via upgraded instrument detection, which...

Berlin-based 10K Audio launched Gyro, a loop manipulation instrument that combines multi-sampled sounds and wavetables through a four-layer engine with modulation and effects. The software offers 1,450 presets in the Pro version and 350 in the Play edition, limiting users to a Perform view with...

GIK Acoustics replaced its Alpha and Impression product lines with the Amplitude series that incorporates customer feedback and design research into acoustic treatment panels. The recessed plate design creates flush surfaces with frames, resulting in cleaner profiles than previous hybrid...

Sonuscore released LUX, a string library that records a 70-piece ensemble with 18 first violins, 16 second violins, 14 violas, 12 cellos and 10 basses across four microphone positions. The software introduces Seamless Articulation Transitioning technology that adjusts articulation changes based...

Synthogy released two upright piano instruments on the Ivory 3 platform for $59 each or $99 as a bundle through ILIO. The Modern Upright samples a Yamaha U5 while the Vintage Upright captures a 1914 Hume upright piano with stereo recording. Both instruments operate through the RGB Engine with...

Node Audio updated Tonebank to version 1.1 with AAX support for Pro Tools and a Linux release. The MIDI plugin generates music through rhythmic and harmonic patterns derived from traditional African musical systems, which operate within harmonic loops. The update preserves freeze states in...

Impact Soundworks released Tokyo Scoring Solo Strings, a sample library that records five string players from the Koichiro Muroya Strings ensemble at Studio City with engineer Mitsunori Aizawa. The collection features Koichiro Muroya performing violin 1, violin 2 and viola alongside cellist...