Leftovers

• CBC ☛ 2026-06-20 [Older] Has the sun set on nightlife? How partying has moved into the daytime

• Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Women tackling coal dust and other eco wins this week

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] US probes Germany's 'persistent underpayment' for drugs

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] EU ban on BPA chemical in food packaging takes effect

  • CBC ☛ 2026-06-16 [Older] Competition Bureau to examine Canada's food supply chain

• Proprietary / SaaS

  • Dhaka Tribune ☛ The green light fades

    The descent began with a single, hubristic misstep in 2013. The reveal of the Xbox One will forever be remembered as a case study in corporate alienation.

    Focused heavily on television integration, a mandatory Kinect camera, restrictive digital rights management (DRM), and a higher price tag than the PlayStation 4, Microsoft forgot its core demographic: gamers.

    Though the corporation quickly backtracked on its anti-consumer DRM policies and decoupled the Kinect, the damage was done.

    The Xbox One finished the generation with an estimated 58 million units sold—nearly doubled by the PS4's 117 million.

    During this era, a more insidious issue took root: a subtle, systemic neglect of the platform's core identity.

    [...]

    By simultaneously lowering Game Pass subscription prices to win back frustrated users while porting former exclusives like Sea of Thieves, Hi-Fi Rush, and Indiana Jones to competing platforms like the PS5, Microsoft has further eroded the core reason to own an actual Xbox console.

  • Xbox Wants Elder Scrolls and Fallout Faster — Bethesda's Former Lead Designer Says That's the Wrong Question

    Bruce Nesmith designed Skyrim. He also worked on Daggerfall, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, Fallout 76, and Starfield. When Microsoft announced plans to accelerate development on Elder Scrolls and Fallout, he pushed back — not loudly, but with specifics.

    Nesmith spoke to FRVR about what faster development actually means in practice. The framing he uses comes from software engineering: every project has three variables — resources, time, and quality. A studio controls two of them. The third follows from whatever choices they make.

  • MSFT Stock Slides 4.5% — Microsoft Price Target Revision By Stifel And Xbox Pricing Changes In Focus

    Stifel lowered its price target on Microsoft, citing revised and weaker-than-expected margin assumptions for FY27.

    Apart from raising Xbox prices globally, Microsoft is also discontinuing its 2 TB Xbox model as part of the product lineup reset.

  • So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-21 [Older] AI scandal rocks the German media

• Security

  • 2026-06-16 [Older] One threat actor demanded $50 million from Novo Nordisk. Another one demanded $25 million. Neither got paid.

  • The Globe And Mail CA ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Canadian hacker pleads guilty to charges for cyberattack on Texas Republican website

  • Texas ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Blue Fish Pediatrics notifies 41,485 Texans about data breach last year

  • 2026-06-19 [Older] Amazon-Owned One Medical Faces Alleged 8.8TB Data Breach

  • TechCrunch ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports

  • BBC ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] UK: More than one year later, HCRG is first notifying patients of ransomware attack

  • 2026-06-18 [Older] Active FortiBleed Campaign Impacting Fortinet Devices Across 194 Countries

• Defence/Aggression

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-20 [Older] Terror police probe suspected anti-Muslim attacks in Edinburgh

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-20 [Older] Spain: PM's wife must face corruption trial, judge rules

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-20 [Older] Pakistan: Roadside bombs kill 7 in northwest

  • CBC ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] A white nationalist group visiting Canadian locations is trying to normalize extremism, says a former neo-Nazi

  • Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2026-06-17 [Older] The Imperial Plunder of Cuba Has Begun

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] The collapse of 'world order' as an opportunity for Asia?

  • Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Poland's president strips Zelenskyy of top honor

    • CBC ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] Hegseth orders review of U.S. troops deployed to NATO in fiery Brussels speech

• Environment

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] How cities are adapting to a warming world

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] Germany news: Heat alerts in effect for millions

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] As heat waves grow more frequent and fierce, cities worldwide are racing to cool streets and reshape urban life. But can they adapt quickly enough?

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-20 [Older] Germany news: Summer thunderstorms wreak havoc

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] Germany news: Could heatwave temperatures hit 40°C?

  • Energy/Transportation

    • CBC ☛ 2026-06-21 [Older] Gas prices and new incentives sparking more EV sales

    • CBC ☛ 2026-06-16 [Older] E-scooter injuries rising among children, B.C. hospital data shows

    • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] UK: Two trains collide north of London, injuries reported

  • Overpopulation

    • CBC ☛ 2026-06-17 [Older] Canada's population drops in first quarter of 2026

• Finance

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] Germany's pension plans draw praise and outrage

  • Older tech workers are retiring at 55. But claiming Social Security early offers smaller checks for life.

    Many tech workers who've been in the business since the pre-dot-com era are now considering retirement. Some by choice and some not.

    More than 113,000 tech workers have been laid off in 2026. Those layoffs span 179 companies, including Meta, Amazon, Microsoft and (1)Alphabet (1).

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] Berlin summit brings out private equity protesters

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] How inflation undermines Nigeria's sugar tax

  • HRW ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] Canada Delivers a Blow to Corporate Accountability

• AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] Former US Fed chair Alan Greenspan dies aged 100

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] The man who knew, but didn't say: Alan Greenspan (1926-2026)

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] Germany and UK rebuilding ties 10 years after Brexit vote

• Censorship/Free Speech

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-21 [Older] Germany could scrap law banning insults against politicians

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-06-16 [Older] Turkey's state broadcaster suspends commentator for confusing teams during World Cup match

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-06-17 [Older] Turkey blocks access to queer dating app Hornet

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] Turkey bans access to LGBTI+ groups' social media accounts

  • Counter Punch ☛ 2026-06-22 [Older] If the US Government Won’t Respect Freedom of Speech, AI Firms Should Move

  • EFF ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] EFF Thanks SerpApi For Helping Us Protect Free Speech Online

  • EFF ☛ 2026-06-18 [Older] A New Bill Takes Aim at Government Pressure to Silence Lawful Online Speech

• Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

  • Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-06-19 [Older] German journalist detained in Syria back home, lawyer says

• Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility

  • TruthOut ☛ 2026-06-17 [Older] Minnesota Trade Unionists Are Among the Federally Indicted ICE Observers

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-06-17 [Older] European Parliament adopts resolution seeking sanctions on Turkey’s justice minister

  • HRW ☛ 2026-06-16 [Older] Syrian Government Pledges Protection for Children with Disabilities

  • BIA Net ☛ 2026-06-16 [Older] Syrian migrants face barriers in accessing basic rights under repatriation pressure, report shows