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An opinion column argues that with multiple stars injured and the Lakers effectively out of playoff contention, the team should shut down the remainder of the season to protect players’ health and refocus on rebuilding for the next era, rather than chase a doomed playoff run.
Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5B, is closing on June 1 after failing to reach profitability despite serving more than 150 million players. The platform will halt new accounts, subscriptions, and monetization, with creator earnings ending in May and a final payout on June 1, as staff reductions from 2025 are part of the wind-down. Snap is reportedly acquiring assets as part of the shutdown.
Thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees are working without pay during a partial government shutdown, after President Trump ordered TSA workers to be paid. About 92% of DHS’s roughly 272,000 staff remain on duty with no clear end in sight. CNN is asking DHS employees who haven’t received pay to share how the shutdown has affected them for a future story.
OpenAI shut down its video platform Sora after reports it was losing roughly $1 million per day. The service, launched last fall, drew up to about 1 million daily users who created AI-generated clips that often copied copyrighted material, then declined to under 500,000 users as costs mounted. Wall Street Journal sources say the ongoing losses were unsustainable; Disney had been linked to licensing plans that would have tied Sora to a broader Disney IP strategy, but executives reportedly learned of the shutdown only shortly before the announcement.
The Elder Scrolls: Blades, Bethesda’s free-to-play mobile RPG released in 2020, will permanently shut down on June 30, 2026. Following the earlier closure of The Elder Scrolls: Legends, Blades will be the second Elder Scrolls mobile title to end, leaving The Elder Scrolls: Castles as the only remaining mobile entry. Critics cited long wait times and aggressive microtransactions as factors in its decline, though some praised its early core gameplay loop.
PUBG: Blindspot, a free-to-play 5v5 top-down shooter from ARC Team, released in early access in February but failed to attract a sustainable player base, leading to a shutdown on March 30, 2026.
TSA officers received back pay during the federal shutdown, easing security bottlenecks at major hubs as airport lines begin to move more smoothly, with LaGuardia and other airports seeing shorter waits while the shutdown’s broader impacts persist.
House-approved a two-month DHS stopgap sets up a Senate test of unanimous-consent passage; a single objection could keep the department funded only after an April mid-recess, prolonging the shutdown. Meanwhile, TSA officers are beginning to receive emergency pay under an executive order, though not all workers have been paid, and airports warn of longer security lines as travelers are urged to arrive early during the shutdown (now about 45 days in).
Krafton's free-to-play spin-off PUBG: Blindspot has been cancelled after two months in Early Access, with servers set to close on March 30. Arc Team cited an inability to sustain the intended player experience and will regroup for future projects, thanking the community for their support.
House Republicans accuse some Senate colleagues of ‘buyer’s remorse’ after voting for a DHS funding package that funds most of the department but shortchanges immigration enforcement, as the two chambers remain at odds and a short-term extension is pushed to avert a protracted shutdown ahead of a recess.
Bethesda has announced that The Elder Scrolls: Blades, its free-to-play mobile game, will permanently shut down servers on June 30, 2026 across all platforms, including the Switch eShop. Until then, in-game items will be discounted to 1 gem or 1 sigil each, allowing players to access content before the servers go dark. The shutdown ends cross-play and cross-progression features and will render the game inaccessible on the final date.
A busy spring-break travel weekend unfolds as the Homeland Security Department says TSA workers should start receiving paychecks on Monday after weeks of a partial government shutdown, though union officials warn of confusion over rollout. The shutdown has led to thousands of TSA staff quitting or working unpaid, contributing to long lines at major airports nationwide. ICE has deployed agents to 14 airports to assist with security and crowd management, but officials say funding alone won’t instantly end delays. Even with an end to the shutdown, it could take days to restore full staffing and remove the lines, as House Republicans push a short-term DHS funding bill and Senate Democrats push back amid ongoing disputes. Public support and donations have helped TSA workers cope, with several workers describing financial strain and some taking second jobs while awaiting pay.
Amid a partial government shutdown, the Trump administration said TSA screeners who have worked without pay will start receiving pay as soon as Monday, even as Congress remains deadlocked on DHS funding and immigration enforcement, contributing to ongoing airport delays and staff departures.
The Senate unanimously approved a DHS funding package that funds all of the department except ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and parts of CBP, effectively ending a 40-day shutdown; House action is uncertain, Democrats demand immigration reforms before funding ICE, and Trump backed paying TSA workers via executive action while ICE funding will be pursued separately.
After weeks of stalled talks, the Senate approved a DHS funding package that funds all of the department except ICE and part of CBP, effectively ending the shutdown for most agencies. The House could vote on Friday to avert a record-long lapse, while Democrats push for reforms and Republicans consider a separate reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement; Trump’s decision to pay TSA workers added urgency to the negotiations.