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Doom studio id Software responds to Xbox layoffs reports
“We’re going to keep building great games,” id Software says in response to mass Xbox layoffs at the Doom and Quake studio.
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Sexual assaults and scams plague top vacation hot spot, prompting urgent advisory
The updated Turks and Caicos Islands advisory warns of sexual assaults, aggressive vendors and strict firearms bans that could lead to arrest and detention for travelers.
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Fiona Apple Wants to Write About the ‘Endless Barrage of Horrors’ in Today’s World
“I just didn’t want you to think that I was turning a blind eye or that I didn’t care,” the singer-songwriter says in a rare update. “I fucking care”
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FCC grants approval for sun-reflecting space mirror that’s been widely criticized by astronomers
Reflect Orbital wants to direct sunlight at night with a network of satellites.
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Mamdani defends controversial NYC map after omitting iconic Little Italy, Jewish and Irish neighborhoods
Zohran Mamdani says the city immigrant enclaves map will be updated to include Little Italy after Italian American groups accused him of erasure.
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Many school kids are making the same confession after hearing heartbroken mother Jackie Fox talk about how cyberbullying led to the death of her tragic daughter Coco
Jackie Fox’s daughter Nicole ‘Coco’ Fox Fenlon took her own life aged 21 after relentless bullying online. Now a flimmaker has made a documentary about her journey.
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id Software provides proof of life, says it ‘still has the crew we need to build the games and tech we’re known for’ after massive layoffs
“The team today is about the same size we were when making DOOM (2016).”
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AI backlash reaches major university with bold ban on laptops and phones for law students
The University of Chicago will bar first year law students from using laptops, tablets and phones in class starting this fall to combat AI reliance.
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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple…