Live-service games are a mess
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The $100,000 fee for H-1Bs is causing all sorts of problems
Last fall, President Donald Trump's executive order raising the fee for H-1B visas to $100,000 - like many of his immigration policies - led to …
Trump administration is allegedly collecting $10 billion on the TikTok deal
In September, Donald Trump claimed that "the United States is getting a tremendous fee " for brokering the TikTok deal. Now sources tell t…
Meta is reportedly laying off up to 20 percent of its staff
According to Reuters , Meta is looking to offset spending on AI and data centers with a massive round of layoffs. Sources familiar with the matter…
Instagram is getting rid of end-to-end encrypted DMs that ‘very few’ people used
Instagram will no longer support end-to-end encrypted messages starting May 8th. In a statement to The Verge , Meta spokesperson Dina El-Kassaby Luc…
Adobe will pay $75 million to settle US cancellation fee lawsuit
Adobe says it will pay $75 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the US government alleging that the creative software giant harmed consumers by ma…
KPop Demon Hunters is getting a sequel, obviously
The girl group is coming back. Get ready to get even more K-pop, demonier, and as huntery as possible. Netflix's smash-hit, Oscar-nominated an…