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The Royal Conservatory of Music confirmed the registration deadline for the December 2026 / January 2027 exam session is November 3, 2026, with theory exams scheduled for December 11–12, 2026 and practical exams taking place January 18–30, 2027.
Announced October 22, 2026, Dave Amels' new Osetra DI ($425 USD) uses a transformerless Class-A tube circuit powered by 48V phantom power and a 12V adapter to record electric guitar, bass, and acousti...
Launched on October 22, 2026 ($119–$126 USD), DiMarzio's Chopper T Neck and Cruiser T Neck fit standard metal-covered Telecaster neck slots while using neodymium magnets and twin-blade coils to elimin...
Released October 20, 2026 at $149.99 USD, the MXR Turbo Tuner combines Sonic Research's analog true-strobe pitch engine with a switchable high-fidelity buffer, 9V power passthrough, and five programma...
Announced October 20, 2026, PRS's new bolt-on Tekton series ($2,899–$2,999 USD) features a thin D-profile maple neck, 16-inch ebony fretboard radius, stainless steel frets, and Stylus pickups voiced f...
On October 15, 2026, Bohemia Interactive released the Badlands expansion on PC and consoles, introducing the massive 267 km² Nasdara desert map, motorbikes with ragdoll physics, Morse code bunker game...
The show's 10-episode eighteenth season aired on FXX and FX from August 17 to October 12, 2026—its first 10-episode run since 2019—featuring guest appearances by Guillermo del Toro and Jimmi Simpson a...
Global Chauvet rooms can switch between GLCH TV, GLCH MV and GLCH Radio. A moderator turns the dial and everyone in the room hears the same station, so the whole room listens together.
The radio now looks and feels like the real thing: a glowing tuning dial, a volume knob, static between stations, a magic eye and car-style presets. Nine new genre, era and season stations arrived the...
The dial got busier. 231 MP3 recordings from the Global Chalet home-page player now play on the radio, alongside songs and clips from the Global Chalet YouTube channels. A second station, 694849, join...
The first station launched with Global Chalet's own recordings. globalchalet.ca/radio
GLCH TV now has channels for the 90s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, plus a Pranks channel with 90 videos.
GLCH TV now has a searchable sketch comedy catalog and a wrestling catalog of matches and promotions.
An unofficial native PC port of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the 2023 Nintendo Switch game, is running on a PC without emulation, XDA Developers reports. YouTuber Belamante shows the game at about 60 fra...
GLCH MV now carries a library of live concert sessions cut from the Global Juke channel: 38 sessions and 468 songs. Browse by series, session or song, and each one plays on its own channel.
A Global Chauvet room with nothing queued used to go blank. Now it falls back to a live GLCH MV or GLCH TV channel, and moderators can change the channel for everyone with the number pad.
Global Chalet has its own calendar app. Anyone can open it and read the public calendars. Signed-in members get calendars of their own with sharing, repeating events and reminders, and it imports and...
Global Calendrier can publish a calendar as a secret feed link that other calendar apps can follow. It can also follow a calendar from another app by link and show it read-only.
The GLCH Sync browser extension lets a Chauvet room watch videos found on other sites. It now has a page with the download and step-by-step install help for Firefox and Chrome. Find it at globalchalet...
Registration for the December 2026/January 2027 RCM session opened on September 9, 2026 and closes on November 3, 2026, with Theory exams on December 11–12, 2026 and Practical exams running January 18...
Downtown Barrie's free Troubadour Festival series wrapped its 2026 season at Meridian Place on September 12 with a Local Opener Showcase featuring Barrie country-rock band Barstool Confession, Evan De...
The Royal Conservatory updated its official Certificate Program Abbreviations guide in 2026 while keeping the Classical Guitar Series (2018 Edition) and the revised Musicianship Addendum for ear-train...
On August 10, 2026, the Simcoe County Archives in Midhurst launched its new online Digital Collections portal and a 60-record virtual exhibit celebrating 60 years of preserving local Simcoe County his...
Weekly npm downloads for Three.js jumped to 14.1 million (over 2 million per day) in August 2026 as developers use AI coding agents and GLTFExporter to generate 3D scenes, rigs, and animation clips di...
Bohemia Interactive released DayZ Update 1.29 on August 4, 2026 with a complete automatic rifle and pistol sound overhaul, improved terrain blending, and a 2026 roadmap leading up to the arid Nasdara...
The Canadian progressive metal band released their new record WITHIN in stores and online on July 17, 2026 and launched a cross-Canada November tour that stops at The Opera House in Toronto on Saturda...
The Bank of Canada detailed its supervisory mandate under the Consumer-Driven Banking Act, setting operational resilience, security, and governance standards for participating financial institutions,...
Following their 2026 tour announcements, Horse the Band announced the first-ever vinyl pressings of their albums R. Borlax and Desperate Living alongside a GoFundMe supporting frontman Nathan Winneke...
Neural DSP unveiled the Quad Cortex Mini at NAMM, delivering full Quad Cortex processing, Neural Capture V1/V2, a 7-inch touchscreen, and a 16-channel USB-C audio interface in an ultra-compact 1.5 kg...
Under the Consumer-Driven Banking Act supervised by the Bank of Canada, participating banks, credit unions, and accredited fintechs must share chequing, savings, lending, and both registered and non-r...