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: Jul 7, 2026 9:03pm UTC

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has admitted Game Pass has failed to grow as Microsoft had expected, with reports indicating it is tens of millions of subscribers short of previous targets.

Back to the drawing board

Yesterday brought the news that Microsoft were cutting 1600 staff, spinning out four studios, and finding a further 1600 jobs to cut in the year to come. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said in an email to staff that she was "making reductions" and "shifting investment to focus on higher priority projects".Today, we're starting to learn what those cuts mean for the teams that Xbox retained, and the projects they were working on. The most public and immediate of these is Elder Scrolls Online.

For decades, biology textbooks have taught that human hair grows because cells at the base of the follicle divide and push the hair shaft upward. But new research suggests that explanation is incomplete. Scientists have now found evidence that hair growth is driven by a hidden pulling force generated by moving cells inside the follicle.

The Sarajevo Film Festival has introduced a new award: the Prix Cineplexx, given to the best feature in the Open Air Premiere program and chosen by audience members.

Established in partnership with Cineplexx — the leading cinema chain in Southeast Europe — the award has been created to “further strengthen the link between festival recognition and a film’s theatrical life,” underscoring a shared commitment to put movies in theaters.

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You might remember that Dodge leaned heavily on the "banned by NHRA" marketing when it launched the 2018 Challenger Demon. Though its quarter-mile elapsed time (ET) of 9.65 seconds at 140 mph was NHRA certified, the association at the time had certain safety requirements (roll cage, window nets, and the like) for cars that ran 9.99 seconds or quicker and/or exceeded 135 mph, equipment which a Demon — at least in its stock form — did not meet. It was entirely possible to make the car NHRA-compliant through modifications. 

A prototype quantum sensor developed by researchers at Imperial College London has provided the first real-world demonstration that a crucial concept behind future quantum detectors can work outside of idealized laboratory assumptions.

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: Jul 7, 2026 4:30pm UTC

Nintendo has confirmed its plans to continue selling Switch 1, after yesterday announcing that sales would be suspended in Europe.

Google's John Mueller offers opinion on the trend of mirroring HTML pages with markdown versions for AI SEO.

Google’s John Mueller responded to a post on Bluesky that lamented all the effort being wasted on AI agent accessibility instead of focusing on the more productive activity of making sites accessible for humans.

I left my job as a software engineer to be a baker. I joke that I threw my master's down the drain, but my choice has paid off.

As told to

Tess Martinelli