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Bob Iger steps back in as Disney CEO, replacing Bob Chapek

2022-11-21T18:03:32-05:00

In a sudden turn of events, Disney has reversed the CEO swap that surprised us in early 2020, with Bob Iger returning to his post, replacing his own successor, Bob Chapek. Iger, who is also the company's largest shareholder, is now set to serve a new two-year term as CEO. Part of Iger's job in those two years will be to pick and groom his long-term successor.

Of course, Chapek was an Iger choice too. Chapek had been called the "Tim Cook to Iger's Steve Jobs," but during his tenure, their handover got off to a rocky start, while blowups like the Scarlett Johansson Black Widow lawsuit and Disney's initial lack of reaction to the "Don't Say Ga …

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Ubisoft is back to releasing games on Steam, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

2022-11-21T14:52:44-05:00

Key art for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. | Image: Ubisoft

Ubisoft is bringing Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800, and Roller Champions to Steam, arguably its first major releases on Valve's PC distribution platform since 2019.

"We're constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through Ubisoft Connect," reads part of a statement from Ubisoft spokesperson Jessica Roache to The Verge. Roache declined to say whether that means Ubisoft will now regularly bring games to Steam or if it'll be on a case-by-case basis.

It's not clear why Ubisoft stopped putting its PC games on Steam or why it's coming back now, but i …

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Elon Musk is laying off even more Twitter workers

2022-11-21T13:04:59-05:00

Elon Musk announced a new wave of layoffs affecting Twitter's sales teams on Monday, according to a report from Bloomberg. Sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg that Musk is cutting more workers to balance out each team, but it's still not clear how many people lost their jobs.

Musk began weighing additional layoffs last week and fired Robin Wheeler, the company's head of ad sales, and Maggie McLean Suniewick, Twitter's vice president of partnerships, after they didn't agree to terminate more workers. Sarah Rosen, Twitter's head of US content partnerships, also left the company last Friday. Platformer was the first to report th …

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Elon Musk says he’s letting Donald Trump back on Twitter

2022-11-19T21:26:55-05:00

Donald Trump is allowed to rejoin Twitter, Elon Musk has announced. Musk justified that decision based on the results of his own personal Twitter poll. The @realDonaldTrump account and its tweets are fully visible again, just days after Trump confirmed he will run for president again in 2024.

Shortly after taking control of the social network, Musk said he wouldn't be reinstating any banned accounts until the company had set up and convened a content moderation council with "widely diverse viewpoints."

Instead, on Friday evening, as people drifted off for the pre-Thanksgiving weekend, he decided to poll his own followers on Twitter. "Reins …

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