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The UK Best Places to Work Awards 2026 recognized 25 video game companies for employee support, with Rare, Snap Finger Click, and Dink securing multiple special honors at the Royal Institution in London.
The New York Times reports that researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta, and Google have been increasingly discussing the risks of powerful AI after a colleague resigned, prompting a flurry of internal messages about safety, governance, and the potential for a doomsday scenario.
Argentina’s industrial base is sputtering after President Javier Milei dismantled protectionist policies and opened the economy to global competition. A surge of imports, a weak peso regime, and high rates have left many plants with idle capacity and shrinking output, with examples like a shoe factory cutting workers from ~120 to 14. The decline has driven tens of thousands of industrial job losses and thousands of company closures in recent years, even as the government frames the shift as necessary “creative destruction” toward a more prosperous future and critics warn of an uneven playing field and worsening living standards.
Sony and Microsoft have asked courts to dismiss consumer class actions that claim 2025 PS5 and Xbox price hikes were driven by U.S. tariffs. The companies argue there is no direct tariff-to-price link and that inflation, currency swings, component costs, logistics, competition, and demand influenced pricing. Sony notes tariff refunds totaling about $508 million, but says that does not automatically translate into consumer rebates, while Microsoft says customers paid the advertised price and received the product they chose. Nintendo has sought dismissal in a separate case. The rulings could affect whether hardware makers must pass tariff windfalls back to consumers as pricing shocks are absorbed.
Industry's fifth and final season adds seven new cast members—Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Cary Elwes, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill, and Eduard Poliakov—with Agron as Skip Binksy and Elwes as Padgett Stillman; Scrubs' Season 2 adds SNL veteran John Higgins as chief resident Grant, premiering Sept. 30, 2026. No premiere date for Industry Season 5 was announced.
The fifth and final season of HBO/BBC’s Industry is adding seven new cast members, including Cary Elwes, Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill, and Eduard Poliakov; Elwes will play investor Padgett Stillman, Agron as CFO Skip Binksy, Riley as Solomon Kerr, and Brown Findlay as Marina St. Clair, with production underway in the UK.
Industry's fifth and final season adds Cary Elwes, Dianna Agron, Sam Riley, Jessica Brown Findlay, Luke Manley, Bally Gill and Eduard Poliakov as guest stars, with Zosia Mamet returning as Carmen Dame; Agron plays CFO Skip Binksy and Elwes is investor Padgett Stillman, signaling a new arc for the HBO/BBC financial thriller as it wraps up.
Ukraine says it struck the Samara region’s Roscosmos-linked Progress Center rocket facility and the Savasleyka air base with Flamingo missiles, marking a deep strike into Russia; Russia says air defences repelled the attack with localized industrial damage and some casualties.
UK tattoo artists warn that cheap, “bottomless” micro-tattoo sessions (promoted for as little as £150 for a three-hour slot) devalue the craft, with clients later regretting small tattoos and removal services reporting a rise in requests to erase them, highlighting concerns about market pressure and the erosion of artistic skill.
The 2026 Emmy nominations exclude HBO’s Industry despite Season 4 being widely praised as its strongest yet, tackling bold topics and delivering standout performances. While critics' groups and BAFTA recognized the show, the Emmys did not nominate it in major drama categories. Voters' unfamiliarity or misalignment with Emmy tastes are suggested reasons. HBO has renewed Industry for a fifth and final season, meaning one last shot at Emmys next year.
Capcom will host a 30-minute Capcom Spotlight on June 25 (2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET; June 27 JST) on YouTube to update fans on its announced lineup, featuring Dragon’s Dogma II: Dark Arisen, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, and Onimusha: Way of the Sword, with a teaser trailer released beforehand.
GungHo Online Entertainment announced Anime Expo 2026 plans for July 2–5 at the LA Convention Center, featuring a hands-on Ninjala 2: The Uncharted Planet demo with two courses, a prize giveaway including a Nintendo Switch 2, and a merch lineup tied to Ninjala 2 and other titles like Trails in the Sky and Puzzle & Dragons.
Mark Gordon is stepping down as Treyarch’s studio head after 22 years with the company, having joined in 2005 as CTO and becoming studio head in 2016. He will be succeeded by co-studio heads Kevin Hendrickson and Yale Miller, as Treyarch continues to steer the Call of Duty franchise and its creative direction.
After Stephen Colbert’s exit, CBS leased the 11:35 p.m. slot to Byron Allen for Comics Unleashed, but Nielsen data show late-night ratings collapsed—down about 64% from Colbert’s end—raising concerns that the loss could drag down CBS’s morning shows and local news, even as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel absorbs some of Colbert’s former audience; CBS defends the arrangement as a more profitable time-buy despite the slump.
The 42nd Television Critics Association Awards nominations are led by Heated Rivalry, Industry and Widow’s Bay with five nominations each; Hacks, The Pitt and Pluribus follow with four, and The Comeback, Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Shrinking have three apiece. HBO Max tops the nominations with 30, Apple TV with 20, and Netflix with 14. Heated Rivalry is ineligible for the Emmys due to foreign production criteria. The TCAs are expanding to 14 categories, adding Outstanding Animation and Outstanding International Series, with nominees spanning both US and international programs.