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Sony is cutting up to 90 jobs from its “merchandiser” and retail marketing teams as part of a “global transformation,” according to a new report by Axios .The layoffs come despite the continued growth of PlayStation thanks to the success of the PS5 , and some employees were caught off […]

Three more titles join the library of Nintendo Switch Online retro classics available to subscribers: Earthworm Jim, Dig Dug 2, and Mappy-Land.All three are available right now. Earthworm Jim, for Super NES, launched in 1994 and started a franchise of side-scrolling platformers that lasted for the next 15 years.Most recently, […]

Update March 31st, 4:45PM ET: Despite language on Amazon indicating a forthcoming restock event, the retailer has yet to open up its listing for the PlayStation 5.The Xbox Series X, on the other hand, is still available for Amazon Prime subscribers at this time . Yesterday’s restock of PlayStation 5 […]

Xbox Game Pass Reportedly Getting New Subscription Tier Xbox Game Pass is reportedly getting a new subscription tier that will be available to those on [Xbox](/category/xbox/) Series X, [Xbox One](/category/xbox-one/) , and [PC](/category/pc/) .At this point in time, [Xbox Game Pass](/category/xbox-game-pass/) is available in three different iterations; one is a […]

At least 90 jobs have been lost within PlayStation’s North American business, a new report has revealed. The roles were primarily based in the company’s sales and marketing divisions, Axios reported, largely in positions that dealt with physical retail stores. Included in the cuts was the company’s “merchandiser” team, responsible […]

New technology solves mystery of respiration in Tetrahymena Tetrahymena, a tiny single celled-organism, turns out to be hiding a surprising secret: it’s doing respiration—using oxygen to generate cellular energy—differently from other organisms such as plants, animals or yeasts.The discovery, published March 31 in Science, highlights the power of new techniques […]

Americans applying for a U.S.passport will be able to identify with the gender designation “X” beginning on April 11, the State Department announced Thursday, in recognition of Trans Visibility Day.The move intends to make federal documents more inclusive for transgender, intersex, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming people. “We’re setting a precedent as […]

U.S.citizens will be able to select the gender neutral “X” as a marker on their passport books starting April 11, the State Department said Wednesday.It made the announcement on the eve of Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual day on March 31 that celebrates transgender people.The U.S.special diplomatic envoy for […]

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions on a global network of individuals and shell companies it says are helping the Russian military to evade the multilateral controls on exports of advanced technology to Moscow while the Kremlin wages war against Ukraine.At the center of the network is […]

BAY SHORE, N.Y.– Cutting-edge DNA technology helped solve a 42-year-old cold case murder on Long Island. Wednesday, the family of a young woman murdered decades ago got their first look at pictures of the man who killed her.As CBS2’s Carolyn Gusoff reports, they are grateful for long-sought answers. It was […]