{
  "id": 5341862,
  "title": "Audacity 4.0 released",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/audacity-4-0-released",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-03T13:58:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1092439/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Version 4.0 of the Audacity audio editor has been released. Notable changes in this release include a rewritten interface using Qt, ability to save user-interface layouts as \"Workspaces\", improvements in working with audio clips, and a new .aup4 project format. The release is not fully feature-compatible with the Audacity 3.x series; see the compatibility notes for a list of missing features.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}