Monthly Archives: August 2022

Xbox Game Pass family plan leak hints at support for account sharing among friends

Microsoft’s forthcoming Xbox Game Pass Ultimate family plan could allow you to share the subscription with your friends. In a tweet spotted by The Verge, frequent Microsoft Store leaker Aggiornamenti Lumia shared an image that indicates the tier will carry a “Friends and Family” branding. This is something we thought the company was working towards….

Texas judge overrules ban on 18-to-20-year-olds carrying handguns because they were ‘part of the militia in the founding era’

Man holding a handgun Getty Images A federal judge in Texas has overturned the state’s ban on allowing people 18 to 20 to carry a handgun.  Firearms Policy Coalition challenged the Texan law, saying it violated the Second Amendment.  The ban only applied to handguns, with 18-year-old Texans permitted to carry long guns for 60…

The SEC boss says staff is performing well under ‘voluntary remote work’

SEC Chair Gary Gensler speaking Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP SEC Chair Gary Gensler was asked about remote work in a CNBC interview Friday. His staff is under a voluntary remote work policy – ‘that’s where we are,’ Gensler says Other Wall Street executives aren’t so…

Ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows called to testify by Georgia district attorney investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn 2020 election

Then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows looks on in the Oval Office in April 2020. Evan Vucci/AP The Georgia DA investigating Trump called for testimony from Mark Meadows. Fani Willis ordered Trump’s former Chief of Staff to testify next month.  Willis is looking into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.  The Georgia…

Nightdive Studios says the fate of a third System Shock game lies in Tencent’s hands

Nightdive Studios has confirmed that the fate of the third instalment of the eagerly-anticipated System Shock series still lies with Tencent. In an interview at Gamescom, CEO Stephen Kick confirmed that whilst his studio retains the right to remake the first – and potentially second – game from the series, rights to the third game…