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Microsoft’s Game Pass service is easily worth the price of admission. Many might balk at the concept of having their video game library locked behind a subscription service, but the fact is subscribers get access to an incredible selection of titles spanning from indie darlings to triple-A blockbusters for a surprisingly affordable monthly fee. Related Xbox Game Pass: How To Subscribe And What Games Are Available Xbox Game Pass packs a lot of value into its subscription model — here are all the details you need to know, from price to recently added games. With such a dizzying array of…

Duolingo announced plans this week to replace contractors with AI and become an “AI-first” company — a move that journalist Brian Merchant pointed to as a sign that the AI jobs crisis “is here, now.” In fact, Merchant spoke to a former Duolingo contractor who said this isn’t even a new policy. The company cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, and Merchant said there was another round of cuts in October 2024. In both cases, contractors (first translators, then writers) were replaced with AI. Merchant also noted reporting in The Atlantic around the unusually…

The city is planning to put panic buttons linked to the NYPD in about 500 bodegas across the five boroughs, the mayor and police commissioner announced Sunday. Mayor Adams and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the city will allocate $1.6 million through an emergency grant to the United Bodegas of America, as part of the city budget, to equip the bodegas with “Silent Shield” buttons that would link cameras in the food stores to the Police Department in real time. The move comes after a string of recent killings in city bodegas, including a fatal stabbing in Harlem early Saturday,…

Newark Airport was again plagued by dozens of cancellations and delays Sunday, the latest in a series of issues that prompted United Airlines to cut 35 daily flights from the airport. As of Sunday afternoon, more than 100 total flights in and out of Newark were canceled, while more than 300 were delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Newark had the highest cancellation and delay percentages in the world Sunday, according to FlightAware. Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, the second on the list, was hit with a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Newark has been hampered by…

Roswell, New Mexico, made history once again this week by becoming the first city in the world to document the acceptance of a bitcoin donation. A physical receipt signifying the city’s acceptance of the gift was ceremonially signed Tuesday by Roswell Mayor Pro Tem Juliana Halvorson.Halvorson signed the receipt for the bitcoin donation at the local newspaper, the Roswell Daily Record, family-owned and in print since 1891, and the newspaper which famously reported on a recovered flying disc in 1947. Filmed while signing the receipt, Halvorson stated that the city of Roswell is, “… going to become the first municipality…

The government of Maldives signed an agreement with MBS Global Investments, a Dubai-based family office, to develop a $9 billion crypto and blockchain hub in Malé, the capital of the South Pacific archipelago nation.According to a report from the Financial Times, the agreement, which was signed on May 4, was done in the hopes of moving the Maldives away from reliance on tourism and fisheries by attracting foreign direct investment into blockchain and Web3 technologies.The project outlines plans for the Maldives International Financial Centre, an 830,000-square-meter facility that will reportedly employ up to 16,000 individuals.Completing the project will take an…

Jerusalem CNN  —  United States and Israeli officials are discussing a mechanism to deliver aid to Gaza that bypasses Hamas, an Israeli source familiar with the matter and a State Department official told CNN. The official said an announcement could be made “in the coming days.” The initiative to deliver aid comes as a total Israeli blockade of aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave approaches its third month, and after US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late last month that “we’ve got to be good to Gaza.” The delivery mechanism in the works would allow aid…

Summary Matthew Lillard teases that Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 will have more jump scares and action-packed scenes. Lillard adds that FNAF creator Scott Cawthon listens to fans’ feedback on the first film. Cawthon is known for listening to fan feedback and making necessary adjustments for games and movies. Five Nights at Freddy’s fans can’t wait to watch its sequel. One of its stars, Matthew Lillard, just shared an exciting update about Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. Five Nights at Freddy’s is a live-action adaptation of the hit video game of the same name by Scott Cawthon. The first FNAF…

The Trump administration’s funding shell game over the health program that treats 9/11 first responders with Ground Zero-related illnesses continued this weekend with a fresh round of layoffs — and New York’s Senate delegation is calling on their Republican colleagues to step up and save the program. Friday’s mass layoffs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health became the latest blow to the World Trade Center Health Program, which is caught in a back-and-forth funding drama as Trump and Heath and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take a buzzsaw to key health and research programs. “Basically,…

Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor hinted at an impending Bitcoin (BTC) purchase, marking the fourth consecutive week of purchases by the BTC treasury company.The company’s most recent acquisition occurred on April 28 when Strategy purchased 15,355 BTC, valued at over $1.4 billion at the time, bringing the company’s total holdings to 553,555 BTC.According to data from SaylorTracker, Strategy is up approximately 39% on its investment, representing over $15 billion in unrealized gains.Strategy’s history of Bitcoin acquisition. Source: SaylorTrackerBitcoin investors continue closely monitoring the company, which has been a major driver of direct institutional exposure to BTC by popularizing the Bitcoin corporate…