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Would David Ellison Really Pull Paramount Out of California if the State Tries to Block Warner Bros. Merger?
Is David Ellison considering a nuclear option of relocating Paramount’s headquarters from California — and potentially diverting billions of production dollars from the Golden State — if California Attorney General Rob Bonta files an expected challenge to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery deal? That was the suggestion in an anonymously sourced item published by Semafor on…
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LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire, citing ‘serious concerns’ over civil liberties and privacy
The LAPD, one of Flock’s biggest government customers, is ending its contract with the company citing civil liberties concerns.
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World Cup scouting report: the lowdown on England’s semi-final opponents Argentina | Nick Ames
Defending champions will pose a threat with Messi’s genius but their lack of width and energy in the midfield offers encouragement for Thomas Tuchel Switzerland knew how to deal with Lionel Messi. They congested the centre of the pitch and made it impossible for him to find angles for threaded passes or rapier finishes. One…
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Killings continue on Del Monte farm in Kenya, families say, after G4S hired for security
Exclusive: Three men killed in incidents over past year allegedly involving G4S guards, who replaced in-house team after previous deaths Bereaved families and politicians have raised alarm about continued killings on Del Monte’s pineapple farm in Kenya despite the company hiring G4S to replace its in-house security team after previous deaths were exposed by the…
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Britons to use e-gates in Switzerland as Starmer seals £5.2bn trade deal
Roaming charges also scrapped and trading terms continue for medicines, cars, art, jewellery and other goods British nationals can expect shorter passport queues at Swiss airports and border crossings after a £5.2bn trade deal was sealed by Keir Starmer, likely his last big international agreement as prime minister. As part of the deal they will…
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False Echo, an Alternate-History Cryptography Thriller, Announced for PC
Introducing False Echo, a Papers, Please-inspired 2D pixel-art cryptographic narrative adventure set aboard a WWII submarine. In short, you will man communications via the Obscura machine, figure out what’s true and what’s false, and use your intuition and deduction prowess to make critical decisions. Multiple endings await based on your choices.
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VW chief confirms plan to cut 50,000 jobs as board rejects plant closures
Oliver Blume tells staff restructuring proposal includes ‘controversial decisions’ but he has broad support Business live – latest updates The chief executive of Volkswagen has confirmed plans to cut 50,000 more jobs despite the carmaker’s supervisory board rejecting his plan to shut four factories in Germany. Oliver Blume told staff on Monday that proposals for…
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Amid Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced furore, Ubisoft’s latest financial report removes widely mocked claim microtransactions make games “more fun”
Did you know that microtransactions make games more fun? That might seem like a dubious statement, but it was one Ubisoft was more than happy to put its name to last year. However, it appears the company might have learned a lesson from the pushback it subsequently endured across the internet: as complaints around the…
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Digger Trailer Reveals Tom Cruise in What May Be His Least Recognizable Role Ever — And I Can’t Wait to See More
Today’s first trailer for Digger shows Top Gun star Tom Cruise in his least recognizable role yet — as an aging CEO who realizes he must save the planet from a natural disaster he created.