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gamedeveloper.com - Nicole Carpenter - A risk-averse video game industry is failing marginalised devs
A risk-averse video game industry is failing marginalised devs
Game Developer

The Arab League of Misfits is a satirical card game born out of Arabic identity, heritage, and culture. Creative director Nazih Fares assembled a team of roughly 12 people—all Arab developers from across the globe—to build out a…

thenyledger.com - Press Room - GTA VI won't solve the video-game industry's problems
GTA VI won't solve the video-game industry's problems
The New York Ledger

Microsoft is rethinking its gaming business, and one of its first steps is shedding staff. The tech giant laid off 4,800 employees on Monday, accounting for roughly 2.1% of its global workforce. The cuts, which BI's Ashley Stewart first reported…

nytimes.com - Levi Weaver - Have we seen our last 300-game winner? Plus: It's not hard to lose a no-hitter
Have we seen our last 300-game winner? Plus: It's not hard to lose a no-hitter
The New York Times

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic 's MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. Justin Verlander is going to be an All-Star, but that's burying the lede: He's also retiring after this year. Plus:…

standard.co.uk - Jack Tanner - Best payout casinos: Find the highest payout casino sites and games
Best payout casinos: Find the highest payout casino sites and games
Evening Standard

Bettors always want to be playing with the best payout casino, but the sheer amount of casino sites available in the UK can make it difficult to determine the cream of the crop. However, by using the return-to-player - or RTP - metric, bettors can…

nytimes.com - Cody Stavenhagen - Pitchers who came up idolizing Justin Verlander accept they're now playing a different game
Pitchers who came up idolizing Justin Verlander accept they're now playing a different game
The New York Times

DETROIT — Way back in spring training, 14 Detroit Tigers players and staffers gathered behind a bullpen mound to watch a legend go to work. This was Justin Verlander's first bullpen session after his return to the Tigers. He had toured the…

mlb.com - Michael Avallone - Bucs' No. 1 prospect Hernandez impresses in Futures Game tuneup
Bucs' No. 1 prospect Hernandez impresses in Futures Game tuneup
MLB.com

As Seth Hernandez approaches the one-year anniversary of his first-day selection in the 2025 Draft, he has a goal in mind: getting to the Majors... quickly. To that end, MLB's No. 6 overall prospect appears to be on schedule, even as he competes in…

forbes.com - Paul Lamkin - iRobot Is Now In The Non-Robot Game: First Manual Floor Cleaner Goes Live
iRobot Is Now In The Non-Robot Game: First Manual Floor Cleaner Goes Live
Forbes

The new Roomba Electro Plus 5-in-1 Disinfecting Hard Floor Cleaner For the past couple of years it seemed that every brand in consumer tech wanted to make a robot, but iRobot has taken the reverse path. After spending more than two decades…

theatlantic.com - Charlie Warzel - Something Incredible Every Single Game
Something Incredible Every Single Game
The Atlantic

Two hundred fifty years and two days into the American experiment, a 55-year-old bespectacled bald man from Liverpool enters a sterile hotel conference room in Atlanta, shaking his head. “It's all gone to hell, hasn't it?” he mutters.

forbes.com - Chuck Murr - Dodgers Prospect Josue De Paula Seeks Second All-Star Futures Game MVP
Dodgers Prospect Josue De Paula Seeks Second All-Star Futures Game MVP
Forbes

ATLANTA: Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Josue De Paula reacts after hitting a three-run home run during the 2025 All-Star Futures Game at Truist Park on July 12, 2025. He won the Larry Doby Award as the game's MVP. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty…

scmp.com - Laura Zhou - Why AI race with US is a 'knockout game' China cannot afford to lose
Why AI race with US is a 'knockout game' China cannot afford to lose
South China Morning Post

China must fundamentally overhaul its innovation ecosystem or risk losing technological sovereignty and national security in an existential AI “knockout game” with the US, a Chinese academic has warned. Huang Ping, assistant dean of…

forbes.com - Laura Sirikul - Amazon Music Presents: 'In The Paint' With LE SSERAFIM After WNBA Game
Amazon Music Presents: 'In The Paint' With LE SSERAFIM After WNBA Game
Forbes

Amazon Music Presents 'In The Paint' with LE SSERAFIM On Thursday, July 9, following Prime Video's exclusive coverage of the WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Phoenix Mercury, Amazon Music will release LE SSERAFIM's headlining performance…

scmp.com - Coco Feng - Game-changer? Why China is finally letting its AI firms buy the Nvidia H200
Game-changer? Why China is finally letting its AI firms buy the Nvidia H200
South China Morning Post

For months, the United States and China have been locked in an unusual stand-off over cutting-edge chips – the building blocks of the artificial intelligence industry. In early 2026, Washington took the rare step of approving Nvidia's H200…

eurogamer.net - Connor Makar - 'A hammer blow for games retail' - Experts weigh in on PlayStation's discless future, and the impact it will have on traditional game stores
'A hammer blow for games retail' - Experts weigh in on PlayStation's discless future, and the impact it will have on traditional game stores
Eurogamer.net

Last week, Sony announced that in January 2028, large-scale production of physical discs for new games would cease. This sent waves throughout the industry, raising questions about what it meant for other console manufacturers, game preservation…

mirror.co.uk - Ben Pawlowski - Reason FIFA president Gianni Infantino can watch almost every World Cup game
Reason FIFA president Gianni Infantino can watch almost every World Cup game
Daily Mirror

Constant TV appearances: With television cameras cutting to Gianni Infantino sat in the crowd during almost every single game, football fans have been cracking jokes about how the FIFA president manages to attend so many fixtures. Some supporters…

bbc.co.uk - KT Tunstall and Nathan Evans to headline Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
KT Tunstall and Nathan Evans to headline Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
BBC

KT Tunstall, Nathan Evans and Saint Phnx are set to headline Glasgow's Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. The event will take place in the OVO Hydro on 23 July and officially kick-off 10 days of sporting action. Singer songwriter Callum Beattie…

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