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Ticketmaster parent Live Nation agrees to DOJ antitrust settlement

Signs are seen at the Live Nation NYC headquarters on May 23, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Live Nation Entertainment has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns surrounding its Ticketmaster platform, the parties said Monday. The settlement would see Ticketmaster unwind some of its

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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA has laid off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands. Individuals are being informed that the layoffs are taking place as part of a “realignment” across the Battlefield studios, as the team continues its ongoing, live service support for

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Economy

Paramount President Jeff Shell Sued for $150 Million

Jeff Shell, the president of Paramount Skydance, was sued Monday by a man who claims he is owed $150 million for crisis communications services and for Shell’s refusal to help produce a TV show. The plaintiff, R.J. Cipriani, alleges in the lawsuit that he had a relationship with Shell for 18 months, in which Cipriani

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Design

The Island at the Heart of Iran’s War Machine

In the northern Persian Gulf, just 16 miles off Iran’s coast, sits Kharg Island, and its fate in the coming weeks could play a crucial role in the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. Middle East states and colonial powers have battled over this strategic strip of land for millennia. The Dutch, British, Arabs, and Persians coveted

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Panic’s gaming ambitions hinge on the weird and whimsical

A game about an annoying goose with a button dedicated entirely to honking isn’t the obvious recipe for a hit. But doing the less-obvious thing has become the norm for Panic’s gaming efforts, which have included everything from the Playdate handheld to the surprisingly popular Untitled Goose Game. So when it came time for developer

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Iranians deeply divided over Mojtaba Khamenei's rise to power – BBC

Iranians deeply divided over Mojtaba Khamenei’s rise to power  BBC Iran Live Updates: Oil Prices Soar as Fighting Escalates; Iran Picks Khamenei’s Son as Leader, Defying Trump  The New York Times What to know about Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader  NPR ‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’  The Atlantic Where things stand after another weekend of war  AP

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Valve Confirms Steam Frame is Still Coming This Year, Now Marked as “coming soon”

Valve’s upcoming standalone VR headset Steam Frame is still shipping sometime this year, the company says, as it is now marked as “coming soon” on the Steam backend. In a hardware news update last month, Valve announced that Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller are all being affected by the wider RAM and storage component shortage.

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Bapco declares force majeure as Iran sets Bahrain’s only refinery ablaze

Published on 09/03/2026 – 11:19 GMT+1 Bahrain’s state energy company declared force majeure on its oil shipments on Monday after an Iranian attack set its only refinery ablaze, becoming the latest Gulf state to invoke the clause as Iran widens its campaign against regional energy infrastructure. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT A strike targeting Bahrain’s sprawling Al-Ma’ameer oil

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Economy

Meghan Markle Shares New Photo of Daughter Lilibet, Taken by ‘Papa Sussex,’ to Celebrate International Women’s Day

Meghan Markle shared a new photo of herself with her daughter, Princess Lilibet, in celebration of International Women’s Day —  and it was taken by none other than “Papa Sussex” himself (a.k.a. Prince Harry). Meghan, 44, posted the photo — which features herself and 4-year-old Lilibet snuggling on a beach — on Instagram on Sunday,

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Chevrolet killed it then brought it back, now we drive it: The 2027 Bolt

For most charging networks, recharging is as simple as plugging in and letting the car and charger talk to each other using plug and charge (ISO 15118); this is still being implemented for Tesla Superchargers, but you can initiate a charge from the Bolt’s charging app. A word of caution though: The charge socket is

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