YouTube’s next big upgrade could make videos use 30% less data

YouTube plans to introduce AV2 streaming in early 2027. The new codec promises around 30% better compression than AV1, potentially improving video quality and reducing data use.

I cloned my voice with free AI tools – and tested a scam call on my family

Chrome warns you about suspicious websites now – how to turn on Google’s new scam protection Until recently, impersonating a ...

Vibe coding is turning the music gear world upside down

New mods and firmwares hit the web almost every day now. If there’s a favorite piece of gear in your arsenal that you wish ...
5mag

Multitrack editing in the browser, free with AudioMass

Free, open source and works offline: the latest upgrade to AudioMass, a lightweight but surprisingly robust audio editor.
notebookcheck

Free open-source audio editor lets AI agents cut and rearrange tracks, with edits kept undoable

Audionaut is a free open-source multitrack audio editor for Windows, macOS and Linux. Audionaut's latest agent-editing tools allow MCP-compatible AI agents to alter an open multitrack audio project, ...
9to5linux

Audacity 4.0.1 Audio Editor Restores Keyboard Shortcuts from Audacity 3

Audacity 4.0.1 has been released today as the first maintenance update to the latest Audacity 4.0 series of this open-source, free, and cross-platform audio editing software for Linux, macOS, and ...
NPR

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour ...
Nature

Bigger than CRISPR? A guide to the latest genome editors

A decade ago, Ying Zhang found herself on the cusp of a medical revolution. CRISPR crops are coming to Europe — why bolder would be better Zhang was one of the first scientists to be hired by CRISPR ...