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'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail

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Doom designer Sandy Petersen alleges former Xbox boss Don Mattrick killed Ensemble Studios and its Halo MMO to protect his personal stock bonus: 'Don started as an EA hatchet man so what would you expect?'

Problematic social media use linked to loneliness and death anxiety

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Cloudflare Raves About Performance Gains After Rust Rewrite

Meta readies $25B bond sale as soaring AI costs trigger stock sell-off