Tech
- You can now claim your piece of Apple’s $95 million Siri privacy settlement
- Panasonic will slash its global workforce by 10,000
- Google settles lawsuit that accused it of fostering systemic bias against Black employees
- Mexico is suing Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change for US users
- “Google wanted that”: Nextcloud decries Android permissions as “gatekeeping”
- Google introduces Advanced Protection mode for its most at-risk Android users
- SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
- xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
- Report: Terrorists seem to be paying X to generate propaganda with Grok
- Microsoft laying off 3% of workforce in biggest round of cuts since 2023 – report
Gaming
- EA pushes office return, largely phasing out remote roles
- Blizzard’s Overwatch Team Has Unionized: “We’re Not Just A Number On An Excel Sheet”
- Video Game Companies Make Key AI Concession In Latest Offer To End Actors’ Strike
- GoldenEye 007 and Quake join the World Video Game Hall of Fame
- New Switch 2 specs show large performance dip in undocked mode
- Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following “unauthorised use”, in bid to prevent piracy
- Publisher Promises Its Switch 2 Game Carts Will Have Full Games On Them
- Tekken 8 director reveals attempts to create a Waffle House stage to no avail, will “seriously reconsider” if fans are happy with a different name
- Epic has submitted Fortnite to the US App Store
- Valve announce SteamOS Compatibility ratings, an extension of Steam Deck Verified for more devices
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