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Swatch’s New Gold MoonSwatch Solves the Problem of the Nightmare Royal Pop Launch
Swatch and Omega have launched a new gold-edition MoonSwatch, the Mission to the Moon 1969, using an application system designed to avoid the chaotic scenes that marred previous limited-edition launches. The watch commemorates the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing and follows the fraught release of the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop in May, after…
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No Joy & Fire-Tooz – “Barking At The Sun”
Montreal musician No Joy has released a new track, “Barking At The Sun,” made in collaboration with experimental Chicago producer Fire-Toolz. The song serves as the opening track for the upcoming three-song EP Big Life, Big Leaf, marking the pair’s latest collaboration following their work together on No Joy’s acclaimed 2025 album Bugland. The new…
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Nintendo Download: 16th July (North America)
Nintendo has published its Nintendo Download update for North America for the week of 16th July, listing the newest additions to the Switch and Switch 2 eShops. The publisher noted last week’s regular update was skipped, so this instalment covers a larger-than-usual batch of new releases across genres including fitness, adventure and platforming titles. Highlights…
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Where to find the Nangan region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
PC Gamer explains how to complete the Nangan region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6’s Series 3 Festival Playlist. The guide matters for players seeking the weekly rewards and progress towards the series’ car unlocks. The chest is beside warehouses and silos north-east of Irokawa Space Center, near the rocket launch pad on Nangan’s southern…
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Clash Live Returns To STEREO Bringing Andre Power, Pia Collada, Talk Nice Sounds & CLASH DJs To The Dancefloor Thursday 13th August
CLASH Magazine is teaming up with London restaurant Roti King for a one-off Clash Live club night at STEREO in Covent Garden on Thursday 13th August 2026. The event pairs a curated DJ line-up with Roti King’s Malaysian food offering, forming part of Clash’s ongoing series of club nights celebrating London’s music and food culture,…
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Moonshot’s upcoming Kimi 3 is expected to close the gap with Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
Chinese AI lab Moonshot AI is preparing to release Kimi K3, an open-weight model reportedly expected to match or even exceed the performance of Anthropic’s Opus 4.8, according to the Financial Times citing anonymous sources. This matters because it would mark another significant step by a Chinese developer to close the performance gap with leading…
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Standing On The Corner – “Mr. Postman, wait!” & “Splitting Moonlight”
Brooklyn collective Standing On The Corner have announced a proper release for their album SOTC (“II”), which was previously only sold as a $50 DVD from a street vendor in Times Square last year. The record will now come out on 9 September 2026 (US date “9/11”), exactly a year after that unconventional debut, giving…
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“It’s not that we don’t care about PC” – Former Rockstar developer suggests why GTA 6 is only coming to consoles at launch
Former Rockstar Games producer John Ricchio has offered an explanation for why GTA 6 is launching only on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, without a simultaneous PC version. Speaking to YouTuber KiwiTalkz, Ricchio said Rockstar’s approach of building for consoles first, rather than scaling down a PC-first build, avoids the significant problems that arise…
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Beck Announces First Album in Seven Years, ‘Ride Lonesome,’ Drops Meditative Video For ‘In the Night’ Single
Beck has announced his 16th studio album, “Ride Lonesome,” his first in seven years since the Grammy-winning “Hyperspace” in 2019. The album, out on 18 September via Capitol Records, sees him reunite with the band who played on his acclaimed records “Sea Change,” “Morning Phase” and “Mutations,” alongside producer Nigel Godrich, and marks a significant…
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Now Labour wants to ban ‘noisy’ fireworks from shops as ministers push plans to slash decibel level of rockets by 50%
The UK government is reportedly considering plans to ban particularly loud fireworks from sale in shops, as part of a wider push to curb noise from displays sold to the public. Ministers are said to be examining measures that would cut the permitted decibel level of rockets and similar fireworks by as much as half,…