Music hardware and software manufacturer Native Instruments has entered into preliminary insolvency proceedings, according to a report by Create Digital Music. This is the company behind iconic software like Massive, Traktor and Kontakt and hardware like Maschine+. Native Instruments also owns the brands iZotope, Brainworx and Plugin Alliance.
We don't have many specifics as to what this entails
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- Amazon is cutting 16,000 corporate jobs.
- Internal memos show how some Amazon executives are communicating about the layoffs.
- The memos include identical language about becoming the "world's largest startup."
Internal memos from Amazon executives explained the company's decision to lay off 16,000

Apple has released the latest update to its iPhone operating system, and users with compatible devices can update to iOS 26.2.1 immediately.
Compared to the previous iOS 26 updates, the new upgrade is extremely light. The official description is a single short sentence: "This update provides support for AirTag (2nd generation) along with bug fixes."
Apple recently announced the launch of the AirTag
Following its recent AI makeover of Gmail, Google is bringing more Gemini-powered tools to Chrome. Starting today, a host of new features are rolling out for the browser, with more to come over the next few months.
The first of the new features is a sidebar. Available to all Gemini in Chrome users, the interface allows you to chat with Gemini and keep a conversation going across multiple tabs

TL;DR: Live stream Napoli vs. Chelsea in the Champions League for free on Virgin Media Player. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.
The Champions League group stage is coming to an end. We've got a final round of fixtures to get through before the knockout rounds.
Napoli face Chelsea in one of the most interesting matchups from this round of games. Napoli

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