Kerensa Cadenas opened Slack on Friday morning to an expletive-laden message from a colleague that said essentially: “I got let go.” Cadenas, steeling herself, checked her email. Then she typed out her own expletive. She’d been laid off, too. Alone in her New York City apartment. Cadenas, with more than 100 of her Vox Media … Read more
Modern Warfare 2 IW Sony is once again reportedly trying to convince regulators to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and once again, citing the fact that they don’t believe Microsoft will offer them parity on Call of Duty once they own it. Microsoft has repeatedly promised that isn’t the case, even offering Sony decade-long … Read more
After the pandemic boom of a few years, technology companies ended 2022 with a bleak outlook. Across the sector thousands of jobs were cut to correct the over-hiring of the Covid period, and brace for, what experts call, a period of slower growth for the sector. The layoff wave has swept not only startups and … Read more
This is the slow time in the world of gadgets and consumer tech, a product purgatory between CES and Phone Announcement Season that makes for a dearth of device news. Right now, there’s only one thing to do on this week’s roundup of gadget news: Dive into the rumor well and figure out what Apple … Read more
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Image: 343 Industries / Microsoft Things haven’t been going great for Xbox recently. Microsoft is facing stiff resistance in its attempt to acquire Activision Blizzard. It released hardly any big exclusive blockbusters last year. And it just cut over 10,000 jobs last week, including many senior developers at Halo Infinite studio 343 Industries. Microsoft Gaming … Read more
WSJ News Exclusive Media & Marketing CEO Jonah Peretti intends for artificial intelligence to play a larger role in the company this year
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Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) In 1982, the Department of Justice wrapped up a 13-year antitrust case against IBM. The DOJ lost, but so did IBM. The tech landscape changed, and IBM was distracted and had to move slowly under the increased scrutiny. Microsoft and Apple swooped in and knocked IBM off its perch. 20 … Read more
CNN — James Bond fans may be waiting on the next actor who will play the British spy onscreen, but a beloved Bond adventure of yore is making its return. “GoldenEye 007,” a classic first-person shooter made for Nintendo 64 in 1997, is being revived for Nintendo Switch and Xbox more than 25 years later. … Read more