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The members of ZeniMax Workers United-CWA, one of the largest video game unions in the United States, have gone on strike. The action involves workers in ZeniMax offices in Texas and Maryland, who do quality assurance work for games including Fallout and Elder Scrolls. Workers are striking over claims that ZeniMax leadership has failed to address



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Elon Musk has started crowdsourcing suggestions for government spending cuts.
  • Elon Musk will co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency, which aims to cut federal spending.
  • Musk said on X that he'll launch a "leaderboard" to track spending and crowdsource ideas for cuts.
  • Some business leaders are offering their two cents, with one taking a dig

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An F-35C Lightning II attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in August.
An F-35C Lightning II attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in August.
  • The Pentagon said F-35C stealth aircraft took part in strikes against the Houthis last weekend.
  • A defense official told BI that it was the first operational combat flight for the F



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A former Air National Guard member will serve prison time because of his activities in a gaming-focused chat app.

Jack Teixeira, who previously served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for pilfering classified documents from the Department of Defense and sharing them to a Discord server, per NBC News.

The sentence was slightly less than the roughly 17



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A pink house in the distance with a sunset behind it.
The Pink House, a landmark in Newbury, Massachusetts, was planned to be torn down.
  • A "spite house" in Massachusetts was set to be torn down until residents stepped in.
  • The US Fish & Wildlife Service, which owns the home, wants to remove it to better support wildlife.
  • A resident donated up to $1 million to make necessary repairs to the Pink House.

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  • The US debt could reach a tipping point as soon as the end of next year, BlackRock's Rick Rieder said.
  • Trump's policies could add $10 trillion in debt over the next decade, according to one estimate.
  • Rieder said he was watching Treasury auctions "like a hawk" for signs of waning demand for US debt.

The mountain of government debt could swell to levels the US won't be able to


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Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman shakes Donald Trump's hand.
Donald Trump cultivated connections with Saudi Arabia during his time as president and after he left office. Mohammed bin Salman seemed to welcome his brash style.
  • Saudi leader Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Donald Trump's first election win.
  • But this time round, Gulf leaders may be wary about his victory.
  • Arab leaders fear he could hasten the region's descent into all-out war, say

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Xbox is exploring a PC gaming handheld, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer told Bloomberg. In an earlier interview with IGN, Spencer had mentioned a hypothetical “Xbox gaming handheld PC device,” which now appears to be in the early research and prototyping stage.

Spencer told IGN that he liked his Asus ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go and Steam Deck and that local play would be important to include if