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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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Pixies respond to Dave Grohl’s claim that ‘Surfer Rosa’ is “the perfect record”
Speaking to NME backstage at Mad Cool festival 2026, the band also gave us an update on new music The post Pixies respond to Dave Grohl’s claim that ‘Surfer Rosa’ is “the perfect record” appeared first on NME.
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TennoCon 2026: Every Big Warframe And Soulframe Announcement
The annual TennoCon event was held on the weekend, and once again, developer Digital Extremes had plenty of announcements regarding its two games, Warframe and Soulframe. The highlight was an extended look at Warframe’s Tau expansion, followed by a closer look at Soulframe’s new narrative questline and player-requested content like mounts. In case you missed…
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Uber’s robotaxi lobbying effort puts it on a collision course with Waymo
Washington, D.C. has become a battleground for Uber and Waymo’s competing views.
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Bomberman’s Brilliant Retro Compilation Adds an 8th Game for Free on PS5
Konami dropping bombs. Konami’s superb Super Bomberman Collection is already one of the best retro compilations you can buy on the PS5, but it’s about to get even better on 20th August. A free update on the aforementioned date will add an eighth game to the bundle: Panic Bomber W. Read the full article on…
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Expensive and pointless? Black Ops 1 and 2 PS4 and PS5 ports cost a lot of money and barely offer any upgrades over the originals
The promised PlayStation 4 and 5 ports of Call of Duty: Black Ops 1 and 2 have arrived. But unfortunately, these updated releases have left players disappointed at the quality offered for the price. Activision is charging £35 ($40) for each Black Ops re-release, meaning a total of £70 ($80) if you want both. These…
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Obsidian still have “the same DNA” that went into New Vegas and KOTOR 2, The Outer Worlds 2 director insists, following chatter around layoffs
Last week, Avowed and The Outer Worlds 2 developers Obsidian lost around quarter of their staff to Microsoft’s mass layoffs. The studio were subsequently reported to be pivoting to start work on a new Fallout game helmed by New Vegas director Josh Sawyer, with a sequel to Avowed all but canned in the process. Cue,…
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Xbox cuts “not the end” for The Elder Scrolls Online, insists ZeniMax, despite a drastic reduction in size
Last week’s sweeping Xbox layoffs have affected The Elder Scrolls Online studio ZeniMax Online, a studio that had already faced cuts a year ago. This has reignited fears amongst the community that the game is being moved into ‘maintenance mode’, in which no substantial new adventures or updates will be developed for it. Read more
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The last retro console I’d expect to run DOOM is the girly pop Casio Loopy, and yet, it can now run DOOM
A developer has succeeded in getting DOOM running on the Casio Loopy, an unusual Japan-only 1990s console better known for its built-in sticker printer and marketing towards girls than for action games. The story matters mainly as another striking example of the enduring fascination with porting DOOM to unlikely hardware, but also because it shows…
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Young men report more ‘sextortion’ than any other age group, Australia’s online safety watchdog says
Australia’s online safety regulator says young men aged 18 to 24 are reporting more cases of sexual extortion than any other age group, while warnings are also growing about teenagers being increasingly targeted. The report argues that major technology companies are still not doing enough to prevent this abuse, despite having access to tools that…