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Frankfurt – October 15, 2026 -- Creality has added two printers to its Ender-3 series: the large-format Ender-3 V3 Mega, with early-bird pricing of $669 for the Combo, and the entry-level Ender-3 V3 Neo, at $329 for the Combo. Both are available to order from October 15 through Creality's official stores.

The series is nine years old and has shipped more than 4 million units. The Mega is aimed at batch production and flexible materials, while the Neo targets first-time buyers.

Mega prints 420 mm objects in one piece

The Ender-3 V3 Mega has a 420 × 420 × 420 mm build volume. Large models can be printed whole, which cuts down on splitting, assembly and visible seams. For batch work, multiple objects fit on one build plate, so print farms and design studios can finish more jobs in fewer runs. Creality names large cosplay props, furniture components and batches of functional prototypes as suitable uses.

Singapore – October 13, 2026 -- VPN Proxy Master has added 62 server locations across its Windows and Mac apps, giving desktop users more city-level connection choices in 105 countries.

Windows server locations jump 40.5% to 163

Windows gets the largest share of the upgrade. Server locations rise from 116 to 163, and country coverage grows from 94 to 105. That adds 11 countries and 47 server locations.

The new servers span Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. They include Frankfurt, Kyiv, Buenos Aires, Luanda, Dhaka, Manama, Mumbai, and Osaka.

US users get nine new city options

The United States sees the most extensive city-level expansion, with new locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Washington.

Frankfurt – – September 21, 2026 -- Creality has launched the SPARKX i8, a multi-color 3D printer, on Indiegogo at a super early-bird price of $289, well below its planned $399 MSRP.

A single toolhead replaces bulky multi-nozzle systems

The i8 uses Creality's QuarTeks Color Change System, which packs four independent filament channels into one compact toolhead instead of requiring multiple toolheads or external filament swapping. Filaments are pre-loaded directly into the quad-channel head.

Color switches happen in under one second

Near the nozzle tip, the shared filament path measures less than 1 mm, or roughly 2 mm3, which Creality says is at least 30 times shorter than shared paths common elsewhere in the market. That short path cuts retraction, feeding and purging time, letting the printer switch color channels in under a second.

Frankfurt – September 10, 2026 -- Club Med is rolling out a new global brand platform called "The Art of Free Time," set to launch worldwide on September 7, 2026. The campaign reframes free time as a modern luxury and updates the brand's founding motto, "Happiness Here and Now," for today's travelers.

The campaign centers on choice over constant productivity

Rather than promoting specific destinations or amenities, the concept invites travelers to decide freely between activity and rest, adventure and doing nothing at all. Club Med frames this flexibility itself as the new form of luxury, contrasting it with a culture of constant availability and performance pressure.

Frankfurt – September 07, 2026 -- Youth clubs, associations, and groups across Germany are reporting break-ins, threats, and physical attacks linked to far-right extremists, according to a new study cited exclusively by the Frankfurter Rundschau.

The findings come from the "Bedrohungsstudie 2026" (Threat Study 2026), compiled by education researcher Benno Hafeneger, education expert Jana Sämann, and Deutscher Bundesjugendring (DBJR) staff members Maximilian Lorenz and Lars Reisner. The study is set to be published in the November issue of the trade journal "deutsche jugend," though the Frankfurter Rundschau has already obtained a copy.