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America’s favorite beers — and the jobs tied to them — are at the center of a brewing trade fight
Report says beer tariffs would squeeze the most profitable segment of the U.S. market, putting American distributors and retailers at risk of job losses.
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GTA 6 developer Rockstar accused of enforcing crunch, weaponising bonus payments, and ignoring a widening gender pay gap
As Rockstar employees move to pursue official union recognition following a series of high-profile sackings in 2025, new allegations are emerging related to Rockstar’s treatment of its staff. In a new report published by Game Developer, multiple Rockstar developers have accused the company of failing to address gender-based pay inequity, actively pursuing and facilitating crunch…
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“Low-effort slop”: The creators of the Godot engine behind Slay the Spire 2 are cracking down on “vibe-coding” and now require genAI disclosures
The foundation behind the open source Godot game engine have announced a crackdown on the use of generative AI by contributors, following a wave of “demoralizing”, “low-effort slop” that has added to an already overwhelming quantity of requests for code review. While they’ll still let people deploy the chatbot technology for smaller, “menial” jobs such…
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Shrinks on the verge of a nervous breakdown: how horror movies came for therapists
From Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fearsThere is an old adage that “every therapist needs a therapist”. Even while the treatment was still in its infancy, Sigmund Freud said all…
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Developers at a Ubisoft studio have gone on strike in response to the publisher’s latest round of sweeping layoffs
Developers at Ubisoft Barcelona – which works on Rainbow Six: Siege following recent company restructuring – have gone on strike. Read more
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UK house prices stall for second straight month as agents warn of summer slump
Average price of typical home little changed at £277,484 in June, says Nationwide, while housebuilder shares fallBusiness live – latest updatesUK house price growth stalled for a second consecutive month in June as rising interest rates triggered by the war in Iran hurt homebuyer demand and agents warned of a summer slump.The average price of…
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Dishonored developer Arkane is reportedly one of five studios Microsoft is targeting to close down as part of its big ‘reset’
Arkane Studios, the developer behind the Dishonored series and the upcoming Blade, is among the studios Microsoft is currently considering closing down. That’s according to a new report from The Verge, citing sources familiar with the plan. Read more
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Call to suspend new EU border system in peak holiday period as planes leave half full
Airlines and airports say passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours for biometric checksAirlines and airports have called for the new EU biometric border check system to be suspended during the peak summer holiday period,saying some flights are leaving half full and passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours.In…
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Andy Burnham is about to have a crash course in hardcore geopolitics | Rafael Behr
The likely next prime minister would rather be in Warrington than Washington, but foreign policy will dominate his agenda more than he thinksIf Andy Burnham is lucky, he will get some time to adjust to the pace of life as prime minister before dealing with his first international crisis. It won’t be long.Donald Trump is…
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RSC casts Sharon D Clarke as black lesbian Othello in reimagining of play
Three-time Olivier winner to play general viewed through ‘urgent new lens’ of misogynoir in futuristic productionThe Royal Shakespeare Company has cast Sharon D Clarke as a black lesbian Othello in a futuristic reimagining of the play which is being billed as projecting the 400-year-old story through “an urgent new lens”.Clarke, who is a three-time Olivier…