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Doom developer id reportedly cut in half as part of Xbox layoffs
As part of the mass layoffs hitting Xbox, Doom developer id Software has laid off around 50 percent of its staff, according to Game Developer. One source claimed to the publication that the cuts equate to more than 90 redundancies. Another source said that id's ...
theverge.comDiscord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images
A Reddit users says they were banned on Discord after uploading this picture of a chessboard. | Image: u/Laskof via Reddit
Discord says a bug affecting its safety system caused it to mistakenly ban more than 8,000 accounts since May. The platform's statement foll...
theverge.comAnker’s noise-blocking earbuds for sleeping are nearly half off
You might have a great bed and a good sleepy time routine, but if you’re still struggling to fall (or stay) asleep, Anker’s Soundcore Sleep A20 are worth considering. They’re designed to help muffle distracting sounds, and they’ve hit a new all-time low pr...
theverge.comiRobot’s newest floor cleaner isn’t a robot
The Roomba Electro Plus is iRobot’s first manually-operated floor cleaner. | Image: iRobot
iRobot just announced its first-ever non-robotic floor cleaner. The $399 Roomba Electro Plus is a 5-in-1 hard-floor cleaner that combines vacuuming, mopping, and disinfecti...
theverge.comMicrosoft fixes storage-hogging Windows 11 folder
Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. As spotted earlier by Windows Latest, Microsoft included the patch in its optional June 2026 update (KB5095093), which "improves disk space usage for th...
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