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One of Netflix’s most intriguing video game studios is no more, Game File reported. The company’s Southern California game studio, one of a handful of internal studios assembled by Netflix in recent years as part of its expansion into video games, has been shut down, Game File has learned. The studio, also known as team “Blue,” seemed poised to break
Apple announced a trio of major new hearing health features for the AirPods Pro 2 in September, including clinical-grade hearing aid functionality, a hearing test, and more robust hearing protection, The Verge reported. All three will roll out with the release of iOS 18.1, and they could mark a watershed moment for hearing health awareness. Apple is about to instantly
Tech billionaire Elon Musk gave a $1 million check to an audience member at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he’s been Trump-stumping, on Saturday. And he said he will continue to give that prize to one random voter per day until the Presidential election on November 5th. The move could very well break US election law, The Verge reported.
DJI, the world’s largest drone company, is suing to avoid being seen as a tool of the Chinese government, The Verge reported. On Friday, it sued the US Department of Defense to delete its name from a list of “Chinese Military Companies,” claiming it has no such relationship to Chinese authorities and has suffered unfairly as a result of that
A handful of changes coming to X may be pushing users to its competitor. Bluesky, the decentralized social media platform, says it added 500,000 new users in a day this week. The new wave of signups could be related to several controversial changes on X in the last few days, The Verge reported. This week, X users got a pop-up
Tim Cook and Donald Trump recently discussed the EU’s rulings against Apple, with fines totaling $17-18 billion. Cook expressed concerns about the EU using these funds to support their enterprises. On the Patrick Bet-David podcast, Trump recalled the conversation, stating that he promised to address these issues if re-elected. Cook has historically maintained relationships with political leaders to represent Apple’s
Meta has begun laying off employees across various departments, including WhatsApp, Instagram, and Reality Labs, according to people familiar with the matter. Rather than a mass, companywide layoff, these smaller cuts seem to coincide with reorganizations of specific teams, The Verge reported. Some Meta employees have started posting that they’ve been laid off. Among them is Jan Manchun Wong, who