The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation into HR and payroll startup Deel over allegations that it hired a corporate spy to leak information on its biggest rival, Rippling, reports The Wall Street Journal. In an emailed statement to TechCrunch, Deel says that it is “not aware of any investigation. We will always cooperate with the relevant authorities and provide any necessary information in response to valid inquiries.” Deel’s statement then makes its own allegations against Rippling. It points to its own lawsuit that alleges its rival has been on a “smear campaign,” claiming it’s beating the…
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Battlefield 6’s Season 2 was recently pushed back by a month to give Battlefield Studios time to polish up its content. Now, the developer has revealed how it plans to use some of that time, and the first port of call is Battlefield Labs. As discussed in the initial delay message, BF Studios wants the community’s involvement earlier and more consistently in the development of future content. This includes Season 2, of course, and a big component of what it’s bringing to the game is headed to Labs. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The…
What you need to knowMeta CTO Andrew Bosworth explained that Meta is changing focus from first-party development to focus mainly on third-party games for Meta Quest headsets.Horizon Worlds is now taking a mobile-only approach and will be scaled back from the Meta Quest’s Horizon OS.Oculus Founder Luckey Palmer says, “the narrative that Meta is abandoning VR is obviously false.”In a move that will have lots of Meta Quest gamers screaming “HALLELUJAH,” Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced that the company would be paring back its investments into the VR version of Horizon Worlds, a Roblox-like metaverse, and focusing its efforts on…
Horizon Feed is being sunset by MetaThe response is mixed as it’s being replace by NavigatorSome users wonder if this is a sign of more Horizon-related closuresYour Meta Quest 3 is getting a UI overhaul, again – and this might be an upgrade VR users will appreciate.Currently, when you boot up your headset your default landing experience – the very first screen you see – would be the Horizon Feed. This social window highlights popular Horizon Worlds, apps, and what your contacts are up to; and it’s a window that I and many other users instantly close, so that we…
Meta finally addresses its VR layoffsThe Reality Labs CTO also explains its new focus on glasses… and suggested its metaverse has a new home on mobileMeta Reality Labs’ CTO Andrew Bosworth has spoken publicly about the recent major VR layoffs at the company, and it really does sound like Meta isn’t fussed about VR anymore – but its metaverse sounds like a top priority still.While in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, Axios interviewed Bosworthand almost instantly the discussion homed in on the major restructuring we’ve all seen from Reality Labs, which caused the division to shut down multiple…
Looking for a different day?A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Friday, January 23 (game #1460).Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,400 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers.Enjoy playing word games? You can…
An ongoing Microsoft outage is preventing enterprise customers from accessing email inboxes, files, meetings, and other Microsoft cloud services. The technology giant said in a post on X around 2:30 p.m. ET that the outage was caused by a “portion of service infrastructure in North America that is not processing traffic as expected.” Microsoft didn’t provide specific details of the cause of the outage, but said it was “working to restore the infrastructure to a healthy state to achieve recovery.” Microsoft said on its status page that the outage affects its Exchange Online email service, searching files within SharePoint Online…
Image via Massive Monster | Published: Jan 22, 2026 03:01 pm The Woolhaven expansion for Cult of the Lamb has introduced winter, and your task as a leader is to help your cultists survive the harsh winter conditions to the best of your abilities. Surviving the chill will feel very harsh when you’re starting. You won’t have many ways to protect your flock, and resources will be limited. However, the winter can become much more manageable if you know what needs to be done. Best ways to survive the winter in Cult of the Lamb Woolhaven The winter in Cult…
South Korea has launched a landmark set of laws to regulate AI before any other country or bloc (the EU’s regulations are set to go into effect in stages through next year). Under Korea’s AI Basic Act, companies must ensure there is human oversight for “high-impact” AI in fields like nuclear safety, drinking water, transport, healthcare, and financial uses like credit evaluation and loan screening. Companies must also give users advance notice about products or services using high-impact or generative AI, and clearly label AI-generated output that is difficult to distinguish from reality. Companies will be given a grace period…
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