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Ofcom opens inquiry into Meta's Instants over child-safety filing
Bit Reactor Furloughed 80% Before Its Game Sold 1M Copies
Maryland studio Bit Reactor furloughed ~80% of its staff weeks before Star Wars: Zero Company shipped, after running out of money. The game then hit #3 on Steam's best-sellers list and sold about a million units in its first month, bringing over half the team back by early October. The launch…
Alfalfa seed recall hits two growers
A single contaminated alfalfa seed lot has sparked a 15-state Salmonella and E. coli outbreak with at least 55 confirmed cases and four hospitalizations. The recall has moved from the sprout producer to International Sprout Holdings, whose voluntarily recalled 43,799 pounds of seeds are still under…
Trump approves first U.S. military execution in six decades
President Donald Trump approved the execution by firing squad of former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the Nov. 5, 2009, shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the order, which followed a recommendation from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
D&D and Magic staff push Wizards to recognize union by Oct. 13
Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering staff are pressing Wizards of the Coast to recognize their entry into the UWOTC-CWA union by October 13, warning that a miss would send the matter to an NLRB proceeding. As of October 8, the company had not formally acknowledged the demand.
