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These Indie Artists Are Quietly Worth Millions—and You’ve Never Heard Their Names

In an industry often dominated by chart-topping superstars, a growing number of independent artists are quietly amassing fortunes without mainstream recognition. Leveraging platforms like Bandcamp, YouTube, and Patreon, these musicians have built dedicated fan bases and sustainable careers on their own terms. Their success stories challenge traditional notions of fame…

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Vladimir Putin says Russia needs to 'strangle' Western tech companies still operating in his country

Many U.S. firms cut back or eliminated operations in Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Fortune

One Tech Tip: These are the apps that can now avoid Apple's in-app payment system

Apple users are starting to get ways out of the iPhone maker’s so-called “walled garden" which imposes restrictions and fees on payments through iOS apps

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An MVP of ultrawide patches for triple-A games just had their entire library nuked from GitHub, and nobody seems to know why

Lyall says that they are appealing the decision that saw the patches go up in smoke.

PC Gamer

“One of the most unbelievable things I’ve ever seen in music”: Popular social media guitarist Giacomo Turra accused of stealing other musicians’ songs for content

The funk and R&B guitarist has responded to the accusations

Guitar World

'It could die off': Frame-builder sets out to make the craft more accessible to Gen-Z via online learning

Paul Gibson of longstanding UK bike maker Ellis Briggs has created a hub to help preserve the skills involved

Cycling Weekly

"Exul ended up being recorded at 10 different studios over two and a half years." Ne Obliviscaris and the heroic story of their fourth album

Australian prog metallers Ne Obliviscaris tell how without their Patreon-funding they might not have got to make album number four, Exul

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The Easiest Way to Make Money on TikTok (Without Selling Anything)

Want to make money on TikTok easily without selling anything? Discover TikTok money-making tricks that work. Learn how to earn on TikTok without selling!

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Adult game dev reveals annual gamer 'kink survey' results: 'Monster Girls' are on top, but 'Tentacles dropped out of the top 25'

Developer HotPink Games shares which kinks its players are most into in 2025 compared to other years.

PC Gamer

Tom Holland and Zendaya 'will make a successful union'

Dominic Holland has taken to Patreon to heap praise on his son and Zendaya.

BANG Premier

A tabletop RPG designer made a game about the way FromSoft NPCs say cryptic stuff and go 'heh heh heh' all the time, and the result is a love letter to the 'grubby little weirdos'

Roleplay their "earnest but often fumbling tragedy."

PC Gamer

I Left My Marketing Job To Be A Full-Time Taylor Swift Content Creator, Here’s What My Life Is Like

Taylor Swift fan Zachary Hourihane quit his marketing job to be a full-time Swiftologist aka to be a Swiftie as his main career. Here's how.

Pedestrian.tv

Inzoi's delay into 2025 has officially dashed all hope of this being the year of the Sims killers… what the hell happened?

The Sims continues to hold a monopoly over the genre despite everyone very much wanting the opposite.

PC Gamer

Dave Bainbridge details new solo album On The Edge (Of What Could Be)

Dave Bainbridge will release his fifth solo album, On The Edge (Of What Could Be)

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The Conversation

DIY musicians: how digital ‘bedroom pop’ has transformed the music industry

The ever-advancing technologies of our digital age have transformed many industries, including – and perhaps especially – music. One of the most significant shifts has been the rise of DIY artists. These independent musicians take on roles traditionally held by record labels and managers, such as producing, recording, promoting and…

Louder

“They arrested a girl who had a blank piece of paper. She was making the point that even doing that would send someone to jail”: Iamthemorning’s Marjana Semkina hated mixing politics with art – until her native Russia’s war on Ukraine

Her second solo album, Sirin, finds her in a more confident and assertive place – she’s even reverted to the original spelling of her name

Metal Hammer

"I’ve spent a few years writing songs with little to no sense of direction, I think I’ve started to find my own sound again." Charlotte Wessels on restarting after Delain, dream collabs and why there are no guilty pleasures

Charlotte Wessels reinvented herself as a solo artist after leaving Delain in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Fortnite is back on mobiles after four years thanks to EU law

Players in EU can access game blocked by Apple and Google by installing it from app store of publisher Epic Games

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Apple faces fierce backlash over Patreon pricing policy

Taking money from creators seems like a step too far.

iMore

Your next Patreon sub might cost more — if you're paying with iPhone

Apple has told Patreon it must use in-app purchases for new subscriptions from November, which means they might be 30 percent more expensive.

GamesRadar

Remember when Humble Games said its mass layoffs won't affect devs? Well, one of those devs has turned to Patreon amid fears of losing "critical post-launch support"

Squid Shock says the lack of resources "may put our studio's future at risk"

PC Gamer

Devs turn to Patreon after Humble Games collapse leaves studio without support: 'We lost access to the pipeline of critical systems without warning'

Working against the odds.

Player One

Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus Goes on Patreon Following Humble Games' Layoffs

Humble Games' layoffs last week resulted in developer Squid Shock's Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus to go on Patreon and ask for support from the community.

GamesRadar

The Sims 4's most beloved adult mod is causing community civil war as players take aim at "unhinged" fans

This is all over *checks notes* a sex mod?

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“It was great fun to let loose wearing pink wigs in ball pits and marshmallow pools”: See Charlotte Wessels (ex-Delain) and Simone Simons (Epica) team up in flamboyant Dopamine music video

The song is from Wessels’ upcoming solo album The Obsession, which comes out in September

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