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Jay Peters

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    The Prince won’t be purple.

    The Rogue Prince of Persia is getting a major update on November 21st that, among other things, revamps the art style so that the Prince isn’t purple. The update also adds more biomes, bosses, enemies, and more.

    I’ve been meaning to play the game since it came out earlier this year — this big update might be the time for me to jump in.

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    Jay Peters
    The FBI reportedly seized the phone of Polymarket’s CEO.

    It wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the FBI’s search of [Shayne] Coplan, the 26-year-old entrepreneur behind one of the most successful prediction markets in history. But Polymarket quickly tied the raid to its track record in the recent presidential election, in which bettors on its platform correctly anticipated that Donald Trump would beat Vice President Kamala Harris.

    Bloomberg also reports that Polymarket is being investigated by the DOJ for allegedly letting users in the US place bets on the site.

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    Jay Peters
    A big win for unions.

    The National Labor Relations Board ruled that captive audience meetings, or meetings employees must attend where the employer expresses how it feels about unionization, are unlawful. The ruling came in a case involving Amazon, which hasn’t been a fan of unions.

    Board Rules Captive-Audience Meetings Unlawful

    [National Labor Relations Board]

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    Jay Peters
    You can now use your itch.io URL as your username on Bluesky.

    It’s not a bad option if you don’t already own your own custom domain to use. Itch.io spelled out the instructions here, though you’ll need to have spent at least $10 on the platform to be able to do it. Pretty cool!

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    Jay Peters
    Instagram is having issues playing Mark Zuckerberg’s song he made with T-Pain.

    Zuck worked with T-Pain on a new version of “Get Low,” but the song initially wasn’t playing for me and some Verge colleagues on his Instagram carousel.

    Now, the song works for me on iOS, but not on desktop. Meta spokesperson Sienna La Rocca confirms that this isn’t a copyright issue, however.

    Update: The song is working on iOS but not on desktop.

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    Jay Peters
    Layoffs at AMD.

    The company is laying off 4 percent of its staff, which translates to about 1,000 employees, reports CNBC. AMD has been transitioning into an AI chip company as it works to compete with Nvidia, which is now the most valuable company in the world thanks in large part to its AI chips.