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Ny teknisk direktør for Xbox slutter etter bare to måneder i stillingen
Xbox' nye tekniske sjef, Jared Palmer, har allerede forlatt selskapet. Mens Xbox fortsetter sin siste bølge av nedbemanninger, der tusenvis av ansatte blir sagt opp som en del av den nye administrerende direktøren Asha Sharmas «reset», fremstår Palmers avgang som noe av et unntak. Ikke bare var han knapt mer enn to måneder i selskapet, men hans tid hos Xbox avsluttes med at han går over til en ny stilling.
På Palmers sosiale medier (som oppdaget av GamesRadar) kunngjorde han at han skal begynne hos Cognition, et selskap som kaller seg «hjemmet til den første autonome programvareingeniøren». Det er et AI-fokusert selskap som tar for seg de «vanskeligste problemene» teknologien byr på.
Andre ledere, blant annet David Schloss, Jonathan McKay, Tim Allen og Evan Chaki, antas alle fortsatt å være en del av Xbox. Det er foreløpig uklart hvem som vil overta Palmers stilling, men Sharma har sannsynligvis allerede en kandidat klar.
Den drepte politikeren Ann Widdecome ble drept av 21 slag mot hodet med en hammer
Nå som rettssaken om drapet på den britiske politikeren Ann Widdecome er i gang, deler påtalemyndigheten mer offisiell informasjon om hendelsen. Ifølge BBC News dreier den siste utviklingen seg om hvordan Widdecome ble drept, og opplysningene avslører at hun ble slått 21 ganger i hodet med en hammer av den påståtte drapsmannen, den 28 år gamle Joshua Kerry.
De nye detaljene tyder på at Kerry kom seg inn i Widdecomes hjem i Devonshire 8. juli ved å gå inn gjennom hoveddøren. Han skal ha ankommet i en rød Vauxhall Corsa, gått inn med en hammer i hånden og iført svarte hansker, deretter brutalt drept Widdecome mens hun spiste lunsj, før han dyttet liket hennes ned fra stolen, stjal lommeboken hennes og forlot stedet – alt i løpet av to minutter.
I tillegg til dette viser de nyeste opplysningene at politiet fortsatt etterforsker om angrepet hadde et terrorrelatert eller politisk motiv, og selv om rettssaken for å avgjøre Kerrys skyld fortsatt pågår, finnes det overvåkningsopptak som beviser at Widdecome ble angrepet 8. juli, like før hun skulle opptre i et program på Channel 5.
🇮🇹 Golf, Genuss & Dolce Vita – Warum die Euganeischen Hügel auf eure Golf-Bucket-List gehören ⛳
Gemeinsam mit Golf Post durfte ich diese besondere Destination entdecken – und schnell wurde klar: Hier trifft abwechslungsreiches Golf auf italienischen Lifestyle, Kulinarik und Kultur. librea.one
Unser Zuhause: Galzignano Resort Terme & Golf
Während unseres Aufenthalts war das Galzignano Resort Terme & Golf der perfekte Ausgangspunkt. Eingebettet in die Natur der Euganeischen Hügel bietet das Resort alles, was das Golferherz begehrt: komfortable Zimmer, Thermalpools, ausgezeichnete Restaurants und einen Golfplatz direkt vor der Tür. Nach der Runde entspannen und den Abend bei italienischem Essen ausklingen lassen – besser geht’s kaum.
Drei Golfplätze – drei völlig unterschiedliche Erlebnisse
Galzignano Golf Club
Der 9-Loch-Platz direkt am Resort ist der perfekte Einstieg in den Golftrip. Ruhige Fairways, wunderschöne Natur und eine entspannte Atmosphäre machen jede Runde zum Genuss.
Golf della Montecchia
Wer es etwas anspruchsvoller mag, ist hier genau richtig. Der 27-Loch-Championship-Course überzeugt mit abwechslungsreichen Bahnen, strategischen Wasserhindernissen und exzellentem Pflegezustand – definitiv eines der Highlights der Region.
Frassanelle Golf Club
Zum Abschluss ging es auf einen der schönsten Plätze der Reise. Die Bahnen führen durch einen historischen Park mit altem Baumbestand, Seen und beeindruckender Natur – ein Platz, der landschaftlich lange in Erinnerung bleibt.
Mehr als nur Golf
Was diese Region so besonders macht? Golf ist hier nur ein Teil des Erlebnisses.
Zwischen den Runden besuchten wir die beeindruckende Villa dei Vescovi, genossen eine Weinverkostung im Quota 101 Winery und wurden überall mit regionaler Küche und herzlicher Gastfreundschaft empfangen. Ob Lunch im Fuoco Bistrot, Dinner im Resort oder feine italienische Spezialitäten nach der letzten Runde – kulinarisch blieben keine Wünsche offen. 
Ein Abstecher nach Venedig
Und wenn Venedig weniger als eine Stunde entfernt liegt, darf ein Abend dort natürlich nicht fehlen. Zwischen kleinen Gassen, Kanälen und italienischem Flair war das die perfekte Ergänzung zu unserem Golfwochenende. 
Fazit
Die Euganeischen Hügel sind ein echter Geheimtipp für alle, die Golf mit Erholung, gutem Essen und italienischem Lifestyle verbinden möchten. Drei ganz unterschiedliche Golfplätze, ein tolles Resort und zahlreiche Ausflugsmöglichkeiten machen die Region zu einem perfekten Ziel für einen abwechslungsreichen Golftrip.
Eine Destination, die definitiv mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdient.
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US judge closes the book on first big AI copyright suit, ordering Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion settlement
One reason I'm so anti-generative AI is because many models rely on a data set containing written or visual work used without the original creator's permission. As a writer myself, it's a small comfort then that the copyright suit brought against Anthropic has been settled in favour of the author plaintiffs.
Anthropic leveraged a library of millions of pirated books to train its Claude chatbot and, as a result, the AI company is now set to pay out a copyright settlement of $1.5 billion (via Euro News). Some of the affected authors argued this pay out was too small but, as of July 20, a US judge has now approved the deal, closing the book on one of the largest copyright class action lawsuits in US history.
Anthropic agreed to pay the $1.5 billion settlement back in September 2025, but a US judge only approved the deal this week. The settlement covers an approximate total of 500,000 works, with affected authors and publishers to be paid $3,000 for each pirated work. Anthropic says that 91% of those eligible have now filed a claim.
Flicking back to the beginning of this saga, writers Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson originally brought their lawsuit against Anthropic in 2024. The plaintiffs alleged that the AI company had used pirated books to train Claude.
In June 2025, a judge ruled that using the authors' work to train AI models fell under 'fair use' within US copyright law—however, Anthropic was not off the hook legally as many of the books that were fed to Claude were 'found' online and not lawfully acquired.
Considering the discovery of Anthropic's 'found' library originally exposed the company to statutory damages of up to $150,000 for each work, I can certainly see why some authors thought the settlement amount was too low.
Add to that the private AI company enjoyed a $965 billion valuation back in May, and the $1.5 billion settlement increasingly feels like a slap on the wrist for Anthropic (mind you, the company also recently predicted it would only just be seeing its first profitable quarter this year).
Still, I suppose it's not a completely bleak resolution for creatives in the age of AI. Google, OpenAI, and Meta are each facing similar court cases over their own AI training practices. If any of these or other AI companies are found to have infringed upon creatives' copyright, here's hoping for a resolution that results in a bit more than just stinging wrists.
The Elder Scrolls Online is already feeling the impact of Xbox's layoffs, ironically hurting the cash shop
Earlier this month, Microsoft gutted The Elder Scrolls Online, with 379 staff across ZeniMax gone. And this is the second time it's happened in two years. As Harvey and I put it a few weeks ago, ESO's developers deserved better. The developer, now claiming to be the same size it was 10 years ago (similar to id Software), has just debuted ESO's new seasonal structure but will have to continue carving that path with reduced capabilities.
Mere weeks after these layoffs, and we're already seeing their effects. Community manager Kevin Gbolie posted an update on the ESO forums outlining updates to the Crown Store, the game's premium cash shop.
"To help manage workload, we have decided to remove the Web Crown Store from the official elderscrollsonline.com website on Wednesday, July 22," Gbolie explains. "The ability to acquire crowns via the website will remain and, of course, this does not affect the items that will be offered on the Crown Store in The Elder Scrolls Online, you will just need to login into the game to view and purchase the latest offerings."
"Furthermore, for the same reason, the monthly Crown Store Showcase blog will also change."
It's ironic that, to combat the increased workload with fewer staff, ZeniMax has been forced to close the web version of the cash shop (forcing you to log into the game instead) and downsize the monthly promotional blog. It's unclear how the blog specifically will change going forward, but Gbolie notes that "due to team bandwidth … [the blog will] be more list-like than anything else."
In the comments, Gbolie discussed how these blogs were key to building the community Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages wiki for the game, since they included high-resolution screenshots of items.
"The goal is to provide what we can. Especially because we know folks like UESP do use those shots," Gbolie says. "But to be blunt, the team responsible for the blog and those screenshots doesn't have the capacity to provide those at the scale we could before. But we will provide what we can for now and adjust from there."
It's sad to see Xbox's heavy-handed layoffs not just see ZeniMax's promising Project Blackbird MMO cancelled, but its current game—my most played game of all time—struggling under the pressure too.
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