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Published By: Niranjana VBLast Updated: July 15, 2023, 17:30 ISTPassengers wait for the check-in of their flights during a nationwide strike of airports ground staff, and check-in services at Rome's Fiumicino International airport in Fumicino, Italy, Saturday, July 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Summertime in Italy is often the peak season for transport strikes, stranding commuters and tourists alike as unions press demands for better work contracts and conditions. This year, the strikes are taking their toll amid a…

"Store Closing" signs at a Buy Buy Baby store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBed Bath & Beyond canceled a Friday auction for its Buy Buy Baby chain because it failed to secure a buyer willing to keep its stores running – but it's not quite over for the baby retailer just yet, CNBC has learned.Bidders backed out of the auction after they determined the chain was no longer worth buying because its value had deteriorated so much, but there are…

Beyoncé’s upcoming show in Pittsburgh has been canceled, the concert venue announced Wednesday.Acrisure Stadium explained in a statement that the Aug. 3 stop on the singer’s Renaissance world tour has been scrapped “due to production logistics and scheduling issues.” Vendors will “automatically” issue refunds to those who purchased tickets for the Pittsburgh show, according to the announcement.It’s unclear whether the concert will be rescheduled. A representative for Beyoncé did not immediately respond Wednesday to The…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6 to 3 on June 30, 2023, that the secretary of education does not have the authority to forgive US$430 billion of student loans under the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act. …

Square Enix has announced that its free-to-play Just Cause game for mobile devices is being discontinued before its official global release.Just Cause Mobile was announced at The Game Awards 2020 and promised a story campaign with co-op missions and competitive multiplayer. The game was made using Unreal Engine 4 and billed itself as a mobile extension of the over-the-top series, allowing players to zoom around using a parachute, a wingsuit, and a grapple hook.The game's website and Twitter account have…

Daedalic Entertainment, the German developer behind The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, is undergoing many changes following the poor reception to the game earlier this year.The studio has canceled a new Lord of the Rings game that was in development, and in fact, Daedalic will no longer make games at all. Going forward, Daedalic will be a publisher only. The company said it has eight "promising" releases set for release this financial year. You need a javascript enabled browser…

Jimmy Buffett‘s headlining Summerfest performance has been canceled.Organizers for the Milwaukee music festival announced Tuesday that Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band’s July 6 act was nixed from the lineup “due to circumstances out of our control.” Indie pop trio AJR, who will also open for Imagine Dragons on July 8, has been tapped as a replacement.Although the festival did not disclose the reason for the cancellation, Buffett was hospitalized last month in Boston for for unspecified health “issues that needed…

Google reportedly canceled its own augmented reality headset after working on it for several years.The headset, dubbed Iris internally, was thought to be closer to a pair of glasses than a pair of ski goggles, the format that most AR/VR headsets take today. That's also the format that Apple chose for its Vision Pro headset.However, Iris is thought to have been more akin to Google Glass, a pair of augmented glasses that were ultimately canceled themselves years ago.Focusing elsewhereBusiness Insider reports that Google's…

In response to newly mandated environmental rules, several Fourth of July fireworks shows along Los Angeles County’s coastline have been canceled.The decisions come just a month after the L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted a protective fireworks display permit in late May, which requires new best practices aimed at reducing plastics and other pollution that could fall into oceans or marinas from fireworks displays. The catalyst for the new permit came from a federal lawsuit brought by environmental…

The Pixel Fold officially launches tomorrow, June 27. Many customers who pre-ordered the first-gen Google foldable were expecting to receive it this week. But instead of a shiny new foldable, some of them are receiving cancelation alerts. The company seems to have canceled some Pixel Fold pre-orders because it couldn’t verify the payment. “Ordered May 10th and order canceled early this morning because payment couldn’t be verified. Geeze I’m glad a random $2,000 charge won’t go through at 3 am on a Sunday and now I get…