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Long-time UK games retailer GAME won’t be accepting trade-ins when February 16 rolls around, according to Eurogamer. GAME’s parent company Frasers Group has officially confirmed its plans to remove the trade-in program to BBC News on Tuesday. “As part of the integration of GAME, we will be phasing out the trade-in, pre-owned and Game Elite offerings in the UK over the coming months,” said a spokesperson of Frasers Group to BBC News. This effectively hands off mainstream game trading to CEX, a popular used media…

Google layoffs: The Alphabet-owned company on Tuesday confirmed it is eliminating "a few hundred" positions from its global ad team, amid a push to use artificial intelligence for efficiency and creativity. The job cuts to its "large customer" sales team are intended to result in better support for small and medium size businesses advertising on Google's platform, according to the internet giant.Expansion of small business ad teams at Google was expected by the company to result in increased hiring this year. Google made…

November 24, 20233 min readHeat pumps are ubiquitous in the form of air conditioners. Scientists just invented one that avoids harmful refrigerant gasesBy Davide Castelvecchi & Nature magazineAir conditioners around the world compress and vaporize environmentally damaging gases to cool and heat air. But a new heat pump technology could change all that. The use of environmentally damaging gases in air conditioners and refrigerators could become redundant if a new kind of heat pump lives up to its promise. A prototype,…

The European Union said Thursday that it has opened an antitrust investigation into Microsoft over concerns that bundling its Teams messaging and videoconferencing app with its Office productivity software gives it an unfair edge over competitors.The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc's top competition enforcer, said it would carry out its in-depth investigation “as a matter of priority.” The investigation stems from a complaint filed in 2020 by Slack Technologies, which makes popular workplace messaging software.…

Walt Disney's Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment "Lightyear," sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade.The cuts included "Lightyear" director Angus MacLane, a 26-year animator who was part of the senior creative team on such acclaimed films as "Toy Story 4" and "Coco." Galyn Susman, producer of "Lightyear," also departed. Susman had been at Pixar since the release of the original "Toy Story" movie…

A multi-institutional research team developed a novel cancer therapeutic, combining antibody fragments with molecularly engineered nanoparticles, which permanently eradicated gastric cancer in treated mice. The “hit and run” drug delivery system, termed Cornell prime dots (C’ dots), shows potential as a versatile and adaptable treatment for various cancer types, with minimal side effects and toxicity.A multi-institutional team of researchers discovered that a new cancer therapeutic, which combines antibody fragments with…

Mickey Mouse has left the metaverse. Walt Disney Co. DIS 1.64% has eliminated its next-generation storytelling and consumer experiences unit, the small division that was developing metaverse strategies, according to people familiar with the situation, as part of a broader restructuring that is expected to reduce head count by around 7,000 across the company over the next two months. Headed by Mike White, a former Disney consumer-products…

The EctoLife Artificial Womb Facility envisages a controversial new way to be pregnant, with the baby growing in an idealized, but completely inhuman environment: transparent "growth pods" arranged by their hundreds in human baby farming operations.To be clear from the outset: this is just a concept at this stage, the brainchild of Berlin-based "producer, filmmaker and science communicator" Hashem Al-Ghaili. There are no immediate plans to build an EctoLife facility, this is merely a piece of science fiction Al-Ghaili has…

A vaccine that blocks fentanyl from entering the brain in rats – thus stopping the addictive high – could one day be used to combat the opioid crisis.Importantly, the vaccine did not block the action of other, non-fentanyl opioids, suggesting that it may not prevent pain relief for humans via other means."We believe these findings could have a significant impact on a very serious problem plaguing society for years – opioid misuse," says University of Houston neuroscientist Colin Haile, the lead author of the study.In the…

Elon Musk has removed “days of rest” from Twitter Inc. staff calendars, according to people familiar with the matter. Tesla chief Elon Musk has removed “days of rest” from Twitter Inc. staff calendars, according to people familiar with the matter. The monthly, company-wide day off was introduced during the pandemic period. Its expiration is another sign of Musk's impatience with Twitter's existing work culture. Musk also plans to cancel Twitter's remote work policy and have staff that are spared from deep layoffs…