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Labour urged to reverse frozen student loan repayment threshold, MPs say
The Commons Treasury Select Committee has said the Labour government has a “moral obligation” to reverse its student loans policy, which the cross-party group of MPs described as “unfair” and amounting to “mis-selling”. The row centres on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s autumn Budget decision to freeze the earnings threshold for repaying Plan 2 student loans for…
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Xbox to cut 3,200 jobs and close four studios in major restructure
Microsoft’s Xbox division has announced what its CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 3,200 jobs and closing four studios — Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. In a memo to staff, Sharma said the business was “not healthy”, operating at margins three to ten times…
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Orbital Studios to relocate operations to Television City lot
Orbital Studios has relocated its LED walls to Television City, the former CBS studio on Los Angeles’ Fairfax Avenue. The virtual production company moved its headquarters from the L.A. Arts District to the historic lot once home to “The Carol Burnett Show” and “The Price Is Right.” The move provides LED volume possibilities for Television…
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Fugazi confirm they never partnered with Vans on merchandise
An exec for the shoe company apologized after its collaboration with a streetwear brand, also named Fugazi, was confused for a partnership with the famously anti-consumerist punk band
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Vercel builds Eve and Sandbox to separate AI models from agents
“The reality is, when you’re optimizing for production, you start looking at a price/performance,” Guillermo Rauch tells TechCrunch.
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Scottish firm aims to establish Tayside cider using Somerset methods
A growing craft cider-maker based in Tayside is taking on the might of the English region in a bid to put Scotland on the map claiming it is a ‘sleeping giant’ that is now waking up.
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Johnny Galecki Sets Acting Return as Tennessee Williams in Chicago Presentation of ‘Kowalski’ (EXCLUSIVE)
After taking a seven-year break from acting, “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki is set to portray renowned playwright Tennessee Williams in the Chicago stage presentation of “Kowalski,” Variety has learned exclusively. Colin Hanlon (“Modern Family”) is directing the new play written by Gregg Ostrin for Chicago’s Lookingglass Theatre Company, with performances running Sept.…
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Rob Reiner appears posthumously in Larry David’s HBO comedy amid Trump jibe
The late director played George Washington, warning against a third presidential term alongside Jimmy Kimmel — on ‘Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness,’ executive produced in part by Barack and Michelle Obama through their Higher Ground production company.
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Xbox confirms which first-party studios survive following widespread layoffs
Here’s what we know about every studio remaining at Xbox following the company’s mass layoff announcement.
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Virtual production technology arrives at Los Angeles studio Television City
The historic L.A. complex is now housing Orbital Studios, the tech-savvy company that has worked on Netflix’s ‘Nemesis,’ and multiple LED walls.