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Oklahoma Cop Caught Beating a Black Man on Video—But Police Chief Says It’s Not What It Looks Like
After a clip of a Black man being punched in the head by an Oklahoma cop went viral, the police chief is speaking out, and what he says may shock you.
Microsoft says today’s Xbox shake-up doesn’t mean game studio layoffs
Xbox has new leaders today, now that Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out - and you'd be forgiven for assuming that means yet another round of layoffs and shuttered studios, especially one day after Sony jettisoned a beloved developer. Not yet, it seems. "To be clear, there are no organizational changes underway for our […]
Xbox boss Phil Spencer retires, replaced by Microsoft AI exec, Asha Sharma
Sarah Bond is also leaving the company, after resigning from her role as the Xbox president.
Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Phil Spencer's heir, is leaving; Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is promoted to Chief Content Officer (Ryan McCaffrey/IGN)
Ryan McCaffrey / IGN:
Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Phil Spencer's heir, is leaving; Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is promoted to Chief Content Officer — Spencer's run with Xbox ends just months shy of the brand's 25th anniversary. — Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer …
SCOTUS rules Trump’s tariffs are illegal — but the fight is far from over
The US Supreme Court struck down some of Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign imports, which have become a hallmark of the chaos of the second Trump administration. The court's ruling deals specifically with duties levied using a law called the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), something no other president has done - the 1977 […]