Unity is ending a service agreement with Peter Jackson’s Weta FX visual effects company, which will result in laying off 265 workers

What you need to know Unity Software is a company best known for the development of its game engine, Unity, which has been used to create several games on various platforms.  Today, it was revealed that Unity Software is terminating a service agreement made with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson’s Weta FX visual […]

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Report: Fortnite and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games is laying off hundreds of employees

What you need to know Epic Games is the developer and publisher of Fortnite, as well as the team responsible for developing and maintaining Unreal Engine.  According to Bloomberg, Epic Games is laying off 870 employees, or around 16% of its total workforce.  Epic Games is also reportedly divesting two prior acquisitions, selling music website […]

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Apple Laying Off Some Corporate Retail Employees

Apple is planning to cut a small number of corporate retail employees that are on its development and preservation teams, reports Bloomberg. The employees that are part of the downsizing handle the construction and upkeep of Apple retail locations worldwide. It is not clear how many positions Apple is eliminating, but Bloomberg says the cuts […]

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Electronic Arts is laying off hundreds for ‘restructuring’

What you need to know Electronic Arts is laying off 6% of its workers, or around 774 of its current employees.  This comes right after Electronic Arts already laid off hundreds of testers, who primarily worked on Apex Legends.  The company launched the Dead Space remake earlier this year to critical acclaim and commercial success. […]

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Apple Laying Groundwork for Apple Music Classical Feature Launching in 2022

Apple appears to be preparing for the upcoming launch of Apple Music Classical, a standalone classical music app that will be available alongside the ‌Apple Music‌ app. Mentions of Apple Classical have appeared in backend code used by Apple, suggesting that we could perhaps be seeing ‌Apple Music‌ Classical debut in the near future. ‌Apple […]

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Apple Laying Groundwork for Apple Music Classical Feature Launching in 2022

Apple appears to be preparing for the upcoming launch of Apple Music Classical, a standalone classical music app that will be available alongside the ‌Apple Music‌ app. Mentions of Apple Classical have appeared in backend code used by Apple, suggesting that we could perhaps be seeing ‌Apple Music‌ Classical debut in the near future. ‌Apple […]

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iOS 16.1 Begins Laying Groundwork for Matter Launch

Wednesday September 14, 2022 10:42 am PDT by Juli Clover The iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1 betas that were released to developers today add a new “Matter Accessories” section to the Settings app as Apple begins preparing for the launch of the new Matter smart home standard. Tapping into the Matter Accessories section suggests that […]

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