EA shuts down BioWare and cancels next Mass Effect, cutting about 3% of workforce
The restructuring is EA's first major move since going private and ends the studio behind Mass Effect and Dragon Age, with Respawn and DICE picking up a Star Wa
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Getty Images files for bankruptcy amid AI competition and mounting debt
The photography licensing giant is restructuring after its planned merger with Shutterstock failed, with AI-generated imagery pressuring its core business.
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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion after New Mexico court finds Facebook misled users on data privacy
The penalty is among the largest state-level privacy rulings against a major platform and covers how Facebook collected and protected personal data.
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Spotify reaches 306 million paid subscribers in Q3, adds 6 million in the quarter
The streaming-audio company beat its key targets with healthier ad revenue growth, a common proxy for the health of the creator music economy.
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YouTube adds security feature that blocks suspected hacked channels from uploading or streaming
The automatic safeguard targets a rising wave of channel hijackings that have disrupted creators and their audiences.
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YouTube explains why the dislike button is disappearing from some videos
YouTube says it is testing a change that hides the dislike option for some users, drawing pushback from viewers who rely on it as a signal.
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YouTube is playing hardball to keep creators as Disney and Netflix court them
Rival streamers are increasingly offering talent deals, intensifying competition for the creator economy's biggest names.
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YouTuber Jason Samuel arrested in India after finance influencer's suicide and cyberbullying allegations
The death of Finance with Harish and the subsequent arrest put online harassment of creators back in focus in India.
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Spotify cracks down on account sharing, with unverified users facing ads and 12-month bans
The policy tightens enforcement of family and household limits that have long been tolerated by the platform.
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Ask: the lawyers, managers and agents driving the creator economy
A look at the representatives now shaping dealmaking for top digital talent as creator businesses professionalize.
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Stick Run creator Manuel Otto dies after apparent suicide during Twitch livestream
The death of a game creator during a live broadcast has renewed attention to moderation and mental health on streaming platforms.
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Final Fantasy 14 players water locked-out strangers' crops during outage
The gesture came as Pokemon and other Japanese titles went offline for emergency maintenance over a critical PHP vulnerability.
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Mass Effect 5 trailer leaks online a day after EA shut down BioWare
The purported footage surfaced on Reddit after the studio's closure and the cancellation of the game.
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Tech YouTubers MKBHD and MrWhoseTheBoss say most people should skip Apple's $2,000 iPhone Duo
Reviews of Apple's first foldable center on trade-offs and durability, with one creator folding the device 10,000 times to test the hinge.
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Trump says Google CEO rejected his request to rename the Atlantic Ocean on Google Maps
The remark, made at a Clemson rally, follows earlier US renamings of other bodies of water.
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FIFA opens tender for 2030 men's World Cup US media rights, bids due Nov 19
The package includes an option for rights to the 2034 tournament, with a winner to be chosen by year's end.
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Twitch streamer SkylineTV dies aged 36 after brain haemorrhage
The German streamer's death from a ruptured aneurysm was announced to his community.
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KSI says his Sidemen exit wasn't handled "great" after fan criticism
The YouTube star acknowledged missteps in how his departure from the group was communicated.
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