Microsoft just hit reset on its gaming identity, and in a way, it feels like going back to basics. Because “Microsoft Gaming” is out, and Xbox is officially back at the center of everything.
Why is Microsoft ditching “Microsoft Gaming” for Xbox again?
In a recent internal shift, Microsoft has rebranded its entire gaming division back to Xbox, effectively dropping the “Microsoft Gaming” label altogether.
In a historic reversal, the number of Americans moving to Ireland last year was higher than the number of Irish people migrating to the US. Was this just a blip or the start of a more profound trend?
Michael Sable is an American stand-up comedian and communications manager who moved from Washington DC to Dublin in 2016.
Sable, who draws on his experience of being an American living in the Republic of Ireland in his stand-up routine, says that, when he first arrived, many Irish people he met were surprised he’d made the move, but now they don’t question it.
Sweden’s government is championing a renewed focus on physical books, paper, and pens in classrooms, designed to reverse falling literacy levels.
But doubling down on analogue tools has drawn criticism from tech companies, educators, and computer scientists, who argue it could impact pupils’ employment prospects, and even damage the Nordic nation’s economy.
At a high school in Nacka just outside Stockholm, final-year students are unpacking laptops from rucksacks and tote bags, alongside items they say they used less frequently a few years ago.
Volkswagen will no longer produce the all-electric ID.4 at its U.S. factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as the German automaker shifts its resources into high-volume vehicles like its upcoming gas-powered Atlas SUV.
The company said Thursday that U.S. customers will be able to buy the ID.4 until the current inventory runs out. VW said it expects U.S. inventory to last into 2027.
Volkswagen, along with other legacy automakers, has pulled back on once-ambitious plans to shift their portfolios from gas-powered vehicles to battery electric cars, trucks, and SUVs. While some EVs have been hits, demand hasn’t met the lofty expectations that automakers forecasted. The removal of the $7,500 federal tax credit last year further dampened demand, especially for higher-priced models.
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At a time when workers everywhere are feeling uneasy about the future of their jobs, and experts keep warning that white-collar careers could be the next casualty of AI, one unlikely field is coming out on top.
Accounting, often dismissed as dull and number-heavy, has spent years struggling to attract young talent. The profession’s aging workforce hasn’t helped, and between 2019 and 2022, more than 300,000 accountants left the field to move into other sectors, like finance and technology. That exodus forced firms to scramble to fill openings.
Now, the story is starting to change.
If you needed more proof of just how bad the DarkSword spyware is, Apple is about to issue a rare patch (via Wired) that addresses the issue on phones running iOS 18.
Why is this rare? Well, typically Apple will simply tell iPhone users to upgrade to the latest version of iOS (that’s iOS 26.4 right now). But this time, everyone running iOS 18 on their phones is getting a patch of their own.
DarkSword is a web-based tool that enables malicious hackers to steal data from iPhones, and it’s publicly available for everyone to use. Apple already patched iOS 26 against DarkSword, but iOS 18 remains unprotected at writing time. As for why anyone would want to run iOS 18, there are folks who are simply slow to update their phone, and then there are those who may not want to switch to Apple’s new “Liquid Glass” user interface that debuted in iOS 26.
For the first time, a woman and a Black astronaut are headed into deep space, breaking through the glass ceiling of low-Earth orbit as they attempt to circle the moon.
At 6:35 p.m. ET on April 1, NASA’s 32-story Space Launch System lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. With the horsepower of 160,000 Corvettes, the rocket sent up a column of fire and vapor over the Atlantic Coast. This was no April Fool’s Day gag, but a signal that the United States has returned to human-led space exploration.
Gas prices are grabbing the headlines, but jet fuel prices have doubled in the last two months. So far, air fares are only up modestly.
But that could change in the next couple of months.
“We are seeing prices for summer increasing as a result of higher fuel prices,” said Hayley Berg, lead economist at air travel booking site Hopper. “For domestic trips, the higher fuel costs have pushed trips for summer up by about 10%.”
The latest jobs report showed that the US economy likely added 178,000 jobs in March, nearly triple expectations.
The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. Forecasts had it holding steady at 4.4% or even rising to 4.5%.
Health care and social assistance was once again the workhorse sector, accounting for half of the month’s gains; however, job growth was the most widespread across industries since December 2023.
The seven U.S. states that make up the Colorado River basin are struggling to agree on how best to manage the river’s water as its supply dwindles due to climate change and a period of prolonged drought. Their negotiations, which are not open to the public, missed a Feb. 14, 2026, deadline the federal government had established, after which federal officials said they would impose their own plan.
The federal government has not yet done so, but the prospect of such an action is not good news for the nearly 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River for water, energy, agriculture, and recreation, nor for the estimated US$1.4 trillion in economic activity the river supports.
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