{"slug": "audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s", "title": "Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000s", "summary": "The open-source audio editor Audacity has received a major visual overhaul, shedding its early-2000s appearance with a fresh interface and new features, as reported by The Register. The update aims to modernize the tool for current users while retaining its core functionality.", "body_md": "### TOP STORIES\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### Hugging Face is too important to fall into Nvidia's hands\n\n$12.9 billion deal will inevitably cement Nvidia's market dominance and harm competition in the process. Regulators should take note\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### Zuck's Muse to Spark joy with open weights release 'soon'\n\nWhile you wait, Meta says it’s taught the model to stop wasting tokens and ask for help a bit more often\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### With Gemini 3.8 Flash, Google reminds everyone it's still in the race\n\nAI model scores well, runs fast, and doesn't cost too much (yet)\n\n-\nsecurity\n\n#### AI agents carried out every step of this ransomware attack – then left the victim an 80-page security audit\n\nAdding insult to injury\n\n-\nai and ml\n\n#### Anthropic promises zero data retention – but customers must check it worked\n\nMore compliance-friendly stance could boost appeal of Fable\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### Audacity audio-editing app no longer looks like it's from the early 2000s\n\nThe FOSS tool for audio editing has a fresh coat of paint, and new features to boot\n\n-\n#### Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fast\n\nA real alternative to running some kind of FOSS Unix clone\n\n-\n#### Offshoots of cancelled TrueNAS Core upgrade to FreeBSD 15\n\nExeunt zVault stage right; enter FreeCORE and BSDnas\n\n-\n#### Debian votes to let contributors code with AI\n\nDisclosure optional, quality mandatory\n\n-\n#### LibreOffice 26.8 is out – local first, and with no AI\n\nIt looks a bit clunky, but it does the job – and on your own computer\n\n-\n#### Keepers of Noble Numbats to be offered a Resolute Racoon: Ubuntu 26.04.1 is coming\n\nGRUB's up for furry new update", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/09/03/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-its-from-the-early-2000s/5294270", "published_at": "2026-09-03 16:26:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 22:23:54.731711+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["Audacity", "The Register"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audacity-audio-editing-app-no-longer-looks-like-it-s-from-the-early-2000s.jsonld"}}