Another day, another strike in the game industry as employees try to exercise their leverage against their companies' work conditions. This time, it is the ZeniMax team that is taking a stand against the remote working policies implemented by parent company Microsoft.

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Image: Apple The first season of Silo ended on a truly great cliffhanger. The Apple TV Plus series, an adaptation of Hugh Howey’s trilogy of postapocalyptic novels, tells the story of the remnants of humanity, who live deep underground in silos designed to protect them from a poisoned planet. Season 1 had the feeling of a small-town mystery, as mechanic-turned-sheriff Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) stumbled upon a secret that completely upended her worldview. Her quest to uncover that mystery ultimately led her outside of the silo’s protective walls, which is right where the season ended. Silo’s second season picks up in the aftermath and ramps things up by both raising the stakes and raising a big heap of new mysteries to obsess over. This piece... Continue reading…

Sony designed its flagship headset to pair perfectly with a PlayStation household. | Image: Sony It’s inordinately rare to find the PlayStation Pulse Elite on sale, but Black Friday season is always a good opportunity for retailers to break the rules. Sony’s flagship wireless headset is discounted to $129.99 ($20 off) at Walmart right now as part of its early Black Friday sale. Although the discount doesn’t appear massive, that still represents the lowest price we’ve seen so far. The Pulse Elite launched in late 2023 alongside a slate of other mid-cycle PlayStation 5 accessories, including the $199.99 Pulse Explore earbuds and the once-elusive PlayStation Portal handheld companion. While many third-party wireless headsets support 3D Audio (PlayStation’s take on simulated spatial audio), Pulse Elite supports what Sony considers the... Continue reading…

Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images The password manager NordPass has once again released its annual list of the world’s most popular passwords — and the lack of creativity is just a little disheartening. For the second year in a row, “123456” has been crowned the most common password. The same numbers topped the chart five out of the six times NordPass has compiled its lists, only to be usurped by the famed “password” in 2022. But once you get past all the QWERTYs, ABCs, and 123s, we get a little insight into what humanity thinks about when creating the line of text that protects their most personal information. Image: NordPass There are those who choose “iloveyou” and those who opt for “fuckyou.” Others have distinct interests, like “pokemon,”... Continue reading…

Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., praised President-elect Donald Trump's initial picks to staff his new administration, telling Newsmax on Wednesday that he has chosen leaders who know how to put together a good team.

An Arizona judge announced Tuesday that he is recusing himself from the state's election subversion case against fake electors after he sent an email urging colleagues to call out attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, the Hill reported.