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66% of CEOs are freezing hiring while betting billions on AI. It's a costly miscalculation

As agentic AI reshapes hierarchies, a new role — the Chief Workforce Architect — may be the only thing standing between AI ROI and operational gridlock.

Fortune

Author Mark Billingham awarded Diamond Dagger for ‘sustained excellence’ in crime writing

‘Presuming this is not an administrative error, I could not be more thrilled or honoured,’ joked the author upon receiving the award

The Independent UK

As Ubisoft shuts down a freshly-unionized studio, worker's union says it will "pursue every legal recourse" to protect employees' rights

Ubisoft Halifax's demise prompts the CWA to get involved

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Kick off 2026 with these 10 photography competitions open for entries from January to May

From landscapes and street to architecture, portraits, and beyond – these international photography contests want to see your images, open to photographers of all levels

Digital Camera World

Showcase your work and win awards: 10 photography competitions open for entries this December to May

From landscapes and street to architecture, portraits, and beyond – these international photography contests want to see your images, open to photographers of all levels

Digital Camera World

CWA Warns: Tropical Storm Fung-Wong Could Become Typhoon as It Nears Taiwan

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration has warned that Tropical Storm Fung-Wong may strengthen into a typhoon by Friday and approach Taiwan midweek. Forecasts suggest heavy rainfall and possible sea and land warnings.

International Business Times UK

CWA Urges Regulators to Review EA’s $55 Billion Buyout

The union has voiced its concerns.

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Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble devs join the over 1900 Blizzard workers to unionize: 'We deserve to be heard and respected'

Workers at Blizzard continue to fight for their rights.

PC Gamer

"We are ready to begin fighting for real change alongside our Diablo colleagues." Over 450 Microsoft-owned Blizzard Entertainment developers unionize.

More Blizzard Entertainment employees are unionizing, with over 450 workers on the Diablo franchise joining the efforts.

Windows Central

Fed up with 'living in fear' of mass layoffs, Diablo developers take action against Microsoft: 'We are ready to begin fighting for real change'

Microsoft has already recognized the union.

PC Gamer

"No amount of hard work is enough to protect us": Over 450 Diablo devs sick of "the constant pressures of layoffs, passion tax, and crunch" under AI-obsessed Microsoft vote to unionize

"I've witnessed the dread"

GamesRadar

Typhoon Podul Pummels Taiwan

Typhoon Podul pounded Taiwan on Wednesday, shutting down businesses in the south, grounding hundreds of flights and knocking out power for tens of thousands of households.

International Business Times

New US Law Could Force Call Centres to Reveal If You're Speaking to A Human or AI — and Punish Firms That Send Jobs Overseas

New bipartisan US legislation would require firms to disclose their use of AI in customer service calls, limit federal support for offshoring call centre jobs, and give consumers the choice to speak to a US-based human representative if preferred.

International Business Times UK

Why Is the Army Corps Still Harassing Idaho Landowners?

Idaho landowners are facing ruinous fines because the Army Corps of Engineers refuses to follow the Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act ruling in Sackett v. EPA.

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ZeniMax QA testers face whiplash and "rancid" work morale following Microsoft's gaming layoffs — but the union still fights

ZeniMax Workers United ratified a historic contract with Microsoft just weeks before layoffs cut into the team, but the union is still pushing on.

PC Gamer

CWA union derides Microsoft layoffs when ‘the company is prospering’: 'We are living through a moment of profound corporate consolidation and disruption'

The media union once touted a positive relationship with Microsoft, but wave after wave of layoffs has changed its tune.

Inverse

'Overwatch 2' Developers Just Made A Historic Change

Game workers have formed another union at a Microsoft-owned studio, this time covering multiple departments at one of the most popular shooters around.

GamesRadar

Almost 200 members of Blizzard's Overwatch 2 team have unionized: "The biggest issue was the layoffs at the beginning of 2024"

This is the second wall-to-wall union to form at Blizzard since the World of Warcraft team organized in July 2024

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Nearly 200 Overwatch developers at Blizzard form a new union: The Overwatch Gamemakers Guild

The Communications Workers of America says Microsoft has already recognized the union.

Windows Central

Overwatch 2 developers at Blizzard Entertainment form union under Microsoft

The Overwatch 2 team at Blizzard Entertainment has formed a "wall-to-wall" union under Microsoft.

AAP

Women want street lights, phone service and health care

A survey of women across NSW has identified the major issues they face in healthcare, personal safety and housing.

PC Gamer

ZeniMax workers union votes to authorize a strike against Microsoft over stalled contract negotiations

After nearly two years of negotiations, a contract agreement still hasn't been reached.

Windows Central

"We're done playing" — United Videogame Workers-CWA union formed for industry employees in the US and Canada

North American workers have formed the first gaming industry-wide union in collaboration with the CWA.

Capital & Main

The Southern Women Handling 1-800-MEDICARE Calls Still Want a Union

Federal call center workers continue their fight after the Biden administration dialed back support for it.

Latin Times

Supreme Court Leaves Users Disgusted After Rolling Back Clean Water Act's Raw Sewage Discharge Limitations: 'Poop Is Back On the Menu'

The Supreme Court weakened restrictions on the discharge of raw sewage into water supplies in a 5-4 decision to roll back provisions of 1972's Clean Water Act.

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