Employee fraud grew significantly last year thanks to the opportunities afforded by remote working and the pressures of a cost-of-living crisis in the UK, according to Cifas. The anti-fraud non-profit claimed that the number of individuals recorded in its cross-sector Insider Threat Database (ITD) increased 14% year-on-year (YoY) in 2023, with the most common reason […]
The U.S. food and agriculture sector dealt with at least 167 ransomware attacks last year, according to the leading industry group. In its first annual report, the Food and Agriculture-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) said the industry was the seventh most targeted sector in the country, behind manufacturing, financial services and others. […]
Last updated 16 April, 2024 Recently, there have been developments in the world of low-latency wireless speaker systems for DJs, which mean that you can now feasibly DJ without wires from your DJ equipment to your loudspeakers, as well as link those speakers without wires. Doing this can be convenient for quick set-up and breakdown, […]
Last updated 15 April, 2024 DJs who stream on Twitch may soon have to share any money they earn with record labels, according to Twitch CEO Dan Clancy. Interviewed by channel TweakMusicTips, Clancy revealed that Twitch is close to agreeing a deal where both DJs and Twitch itself will have to share money with labels […]
Financial services firms have been hit with $12bn in losses over the last two decades as a result of cyber attacks, according to a recently published report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The data shows little sign that the risk is about to reduce and has led to the IMF to call for greater […]
Last updated 11 April, 2024 Enjoy this latest edition of our podcast, where digital DJ students get to ask questions across all the big areas of DJing and get answers in our live community. About this podcast This is the video version of our monthly Your Questions show, where Digital DJ Tips course owners get […]
Last updated 9 April, 2024 Whether you play music that’s labelled “bootleg”, “mashup”, “re-edit” or “remix” and have wondered what these terms mean, or you’re dabbling yourself in altering or making your own versions of tunes that you own, you may have wondered what the differences are between these often-used labels. So here I’m going […]
Last updated 3 April, 2024 On our podcast recently, one of our students, Sam, asked about the sync button in DJing. He said: “Please help me to understand something. I started DJing in later life, now aged 52. I love the technology. I rip samples, I use stems, I loop on three decks, and so […]
Last updated 3 April, 2024 Breaking news today: not one but TWO major DJ software manufacturers have implemented OpenAI’s new visual tools, enabling DJ software to “crowd read”, saving busy DJs having to figure out what song the dancefloor wants to hear next. VirtualDJ’s “VibeCheck” and Djay Pro’s “Neural Crowd” both use a simple webcam […]