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Software engineer switched to cybersecurity and landed at Google

Prerit Pathak worked as a software engineer before switching to cybersecurity and joining Google. He shared his advice for making the pivot.

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Oct 1 • 5:29 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Yankees news: Clarke Schmidt shut down for the season

Yankees shut down Schmidt; Judge hits live pitching again; The AFL starts up; Rice has blossomed into an elite analytical hitter.

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Oct 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
September Monthly Review: Health MCP Guy?

For all the time I spend talking about APIs and data exchange, this newsletter has had embarrassingly little interoperability of its own. It’s old-school SaaS, baby - UI or bust. Not all of that is my fault! Substack, for all its popularity, is (as mentioned before) really frustrating as my system of record. The primary user it optimizes towards is the reader, whose attention feeds the app, the Notes feed, and the recommendation network that Substack is actually selling. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe They’re falling into the same trap that Medium once sprinted into, albeit at a much more glacial speed. Younger generations may not remember (or never knew) it, but Medium once lured publications like The Ringer and Signal v. Noise onto its platform, only to lose them as it rebuilt itself around a paywall and an algorithmic feed. Substack’s original pitch circa 2020 was the antidote (you own your list), but every new feed feature chips away at it. I get it: writers are generic supply in the eyes of the Substack product team. Generic supply follows demand, so the consistent pressure on the PMs is to generate demand, which leads to every product cycle going toward discovery (Notes, recommendations, the app, live video). The end result lackluster author tools (laggy and broken analytics are truly crippling) all despite the premium price point. The archive is where it crosses from authorial gripes to actual reader impact, though. Across Substack and LinkedIn, I’ve published 1,218 posts and nearly 900,000 words since 2018. Substack’s native search can see only the 464 posts that live on Substack, and even there it’s woefully inadequate at surfacing relevant content (even for the guy who wrote it)! Readers have the same problem, writ large. Ask the Archive Fixing search (for both my readers and my own use) turned out to be extremely non-trivial, unfortunately: There’s no public API for readers to access content RSS exists for new content notification, but it only carries the 20 most recent posts and cuts paid ones off at the preview The only Substack MCP is an admin tool for analytics The export exists for authors, but it’s painfully awkward and slow. So I built something to work around that: the Health API Guy MCP. It’s a private MCP server holding the full text of everything I’ve written across Substack and LinkedIn. Add it to Claude or ChatGPT as a connector and you can ask things like: It pairs keyword search (for acronyms and case names, of which we have many) with semantic search. Every post is also labeled by topic, form, and court case, so you can pull a lawsuit’s (or multiple cases’) entire docket across Substack and LinkedIn in one query: Hail, Healthapiguyhydra This is also a bit of me eating my own cooking. I’ve spent the year arguing that headless healthcare is arriving and that developers want primitives over abstractions. Last week in Hail, Benihydra, I watched Salesforce plug its platform into Claude and bet that the records underneath outlive whatever interface sits on top: Salesforce must believe that the Hydra’s immortal head is the records, permissions, and business logic (in that they will survive whatever happens to the interface). It felt a bit hypocritical to keep my own archive behind a Substack search bar. The archive is the body. Substack is one head, and now whatever tool you might use is another. Will the EHRs follow my lead? Probably not imminently, but one can hope! Why Founding Members Only The MCP is available to Founding Member subscribers. A few reasons: It costs money and time to run. Hosting, the database, Clerk usage and AI compute for search and labeling are significant operational costs (that increase with usage). Substack gives me no way to automate access. There’s no API to check whether someone is a paid subscriber, so every user is manual operations for now. It’s a beta. We’ll need to improve things and parts will break. I’d rather they break for a small group of dedicated readers who will tell me about it. The Founding tier deserved a real benefit. Until now it was mostly a generous tip. Now it comes with something. If you’re already a Founding Member, reply to this email with the address you’d like provisioned. If you’re not and want in, upgrade here. Larger teams (such as companies) can get access too: group subscriptions at the Founding tier come with the group discount. The admin for the subscription can reply with the list of addresses to provision. Get 20% off a group subscription Pricing Founding membership is now a flat $200 a year, replacing the old suggested $150 that readers could adjust. Existing Founding Members will have access grandfathered in at their previous rate. Month in Review Articles Published Make Networks Dumb Again (Sep 11): AI is making old analog networks cheaper to use and flooding them with machine traffic in the process. A plea for agent-native rails with the intelligence at the endpoints, and for Washington to drag them to ubiquity. Interoperability, Unbuttoned (Sep 29): Interoperability is a series of workflows in a trenchcoat, and this post finally takes the trenchcoat off. A color-coded map shows which provider workflows went digital, which are fragmented, and which still run on fax. Video Content Antitrust’s System of Record Problem (Sep 3): The FTC’s investigation into Epic prompted a ninety-minute webinar, now posted with chapters and a smoothed transcript. We get into why market definition, missing B2B share data, and the SSNIP test leave antitrust poorly suited to systems of record, plus why information blocking may be doing more than any pending lawsuit. The Information Exchange: Cerner Milking Edition (Sep 18): This was so fucking fun. Ryan Tucker, Ryan Brickner, Brad Thorson, and I try an Around the Horn format, complete with points, penalties, and a mute button. We debate whether Oracle Health is dead, who would actually buy Cerner (IBM enters the chat), p(Doom), and why the front desk still hands you a clipboard. Regulatory Ask Not What Your Network Can Do (Sep 23): CDC’s RFI on public health data intermediaries lists use cases already served, unevenly, by eCR, lab reporting, IZ Gateway, and syndromic surveillance. The real opportunity sits in one question about AI: a network that can handle the next emergency without another interface project. Court cases Particle v. Epic: The Naughty Schoolteacher (Sep 4): After a summer-long vigil, the answer on Epic’s early summary judgment bid is two paragraphs and a remedial assignment. Particle advances to the next grade, and market definition gets another year of discovery. The Epic Discovery Files (Sep 8): Texas’s motions to compel arrive with a 251-page appendix of requests, objections, and meet-and-confer letters with Cravath. Inside: Epic using generative AI for document review, denied interoperability requests in scope, and Noerr-Pennington raised against lobbying discovery. Epic v. Health Gorilla: “Working as Designed” (Sep 9): Epic wants nothing to do with the data breach MDL, and explaining why puts fresh discovery on the public docket. The spiciest allegation: Health Gorilla told GuardDog to scrub its law firm business from its website instead of cutting off access. Veeva v. Epic: Legal Bypass Surgery (Sep 15): Veeva asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to skip the Court of Appeals, while law professors and three policy groups line up as amici. Meanwhile, Epic’s lawyers apologize for another round of citation errors, including a quote that never existed. Texas v. Epic: Behind the Black Bars (Sep 17): The court portal served up Epic’s unredacted filings, revealing a $5 million document review budget and the AI workflow behind it. Also inside: the 200-plus company names Texas wants searched, and one very expensive Zoom invitation. OpenEvidence v. Doximity: Consequences Will Follow (Sep 25): OpenEvidence tells the court it will not comply with a discovery order, and its own lawyers at Quinn Emanuel say they won’t defend the choice. Add years of Slack reported unrecoverable, and Rule 37 sanctions come into view. Health Tech Keeps Choosing Violence (Sep 28): Doximity moves to end OpenEvidence’s case, Epic asks Texas to show its work, and a sleepy Audacious Inquiry patent fight sprouts antitrust and information blocking counterclaims. The main event is a long-sealed Cognizant v. Infosys ruling that hints where system of record antitrust claims can survive. EHRs One Verb for Oracle Health (Sep 14): Oracle’s earnings call quantifies every data center to the decimal point, while Oracle Health gets a single verb: “accelerate.” Panning the few healthcare mentions turns up an agentic care management system, a research-to-care ledger play, and the question of whether healthcare gets Larry’s patience. Epic’s Forretress Under Siege (Sep 30): Judy Faulkner tells a panel Epic paused hundreds of projects to harden its software and calls it a “shame,” while a spokesperson insists the roadmap hasn’t changed. Project Glasswing, a Pokémon-branded QAN sprint, and a trove of Jodel grievances reconcile the two Epics and preview the Jevons paradox coming for all software. Industry Analysis Scanning for a Network (Sep 1): Scan.com raises $220M to build the imaging network labs never got, speedrunning Zocdoc’s consumer-to-B2B pivot. Its wedge to network density may be the most American one available: personal injury litigation. The Front Desk Wants the Damn Whole Building (Sep 16): Hello Patient buys Converse Health, pushing its AI front desk into referrals, chart work, and prior auth. The copilot categories keep blurring, and your distribution partner is still your final boss. Cross-industry Comparisons A Different Patchwork Quilt (Sep 10): Healthcare loves to envy open banking, but the US version has no mandate, a toll booth at Chase, and data quality problems of its own. The grass isn’t greener; it’s another American patchwork quilt, and perhaps a worse one. Hail, Benihydra (Sep 21): Salesforce brings its platform into Claude, Slack, and its own agent, inviting the interfaces that might replace it. Cut off one head and more grow back, so long as the records underneath stay put. Living on A Trade Secret Prayer (Sep 22): Six credit unions are suing Fiserv, the Epic of core banking, by claiming their own member records as trade secrets. Banking has no Cures Act, so its lawyers reach for legal alchemy that healthcare has already tried. Other News None this month External Media Nabla Accelerate NYC: I kicked off fall conference season at Nabla’s Accelerate event in New York, where Delphine Groll opened by asking the room to picture the company it wants to become and the one it doesn’t. I liked her framework of bureaucracy, fear, and ego as the blockers. I also love vendor conferences/events in general - different vibe than industry biggies. Healthcare 101 with Nikhil Krishnan: I briefly guest lectured Out-Of-Pocket’s Healthcare 101 class. Appreciated Nikhil’s takeaways cover whether AI doctors can query HIEs, why healthcare’s data-liberation rules beat most industries’, and the hi-res graphic is in the comments. HCN: Epic Probed by the FTC: I joined the HCN guys to talk through the FTC’s investigation into Epic. Cedric’s new hairdo was an unexpected plot twist. The episode also covers MFN drug pricing, healthcare M&A and Eli Lilly’s acquisition streak. Fall Conferences: At eHealth Exchange’s Annual Meeting in Austin on Oct 27, I’ll moderate a panel on the tensions between AI, HIEs, and timely patient access with Jean Ross (Primary Record), Therasa Bell (Kno2), Byron Crowe (Doctronic), and Michael Marchant (Freenome). Here’s the rest of my schedule if you want to meet up: CommonWell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Will be participating in a fun Jeopardy event Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 20-23 Will be enjoying Verona, Willy Street, and other local adventures eHealth Exchange and Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 27-29 Yeehaw HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 Groundhog Day, Venetian Edition RSNA (Chicago): Nov 30-Dec 2 See me at “Governing AI in Breast Imaging: What Health Systems Are Actually Doing” Digital Health Counsel 2026 AI Summit (Seattle): December 2-3 Will likely be speaking to a bunch of lawyers about information blocking Posts I Liked ChatGPT’s Epic integration: game changer or nothing burger?: Joshua Liu, MD offers five thoughts on OpenAI’s Epic launch, starting from the point that it rides the same open APIs available to anyone. He argues read-only access leaves ordering to Art and the ambient startups, and asks why HCA is piloting it alongside Commure. He’s sorta a must-follow at this point - consistently excellent, thought-provoking takes. Epic, Lilly, and the Discovery pass: Seth Chaney reads Epic’s first major Discovery deal (with Eli Lilly), as well as its revised developer terms on commercial displays, as the pipe finally opening between EHRs and pharma. Life sciences and health continue to collide. Scott Rossignol on EHR payer platforms and ePA fees: Scott argues the top ambulatory EHR vendors are turning the prior auth mandate into a per-member-per-year toll on payers, for an API whose operating cost has nothing to do with covered lives. His fix is two lines of regulatory text: put the CRD/DTR/PAS certification criteria in the Base EHR definition, and bring payer-facing ePA connectivity under § 170.404’s cost-based fee rules. It’s a good solution. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Oct 1 • 4:36 AM EDT • Health • healthapiguy.substack.com
In Shanghai's 'Science City,' China's ascendant biotechs make their pitch to the world

A small conference with big ambitions mirrors the rapid growth of Chinese biotech, invites comparisons to U.S. biotech gathering also known for deal-making.

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Oct 1 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • statnews.com
Women's coaching: Why so many female coaches are quitting

Despite recent on-pitch successes and increased media exposure for women's sport in the UK, major barriers remain - particularly in coaching.

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Oct 1 • 2:43 AM EDT • Sports • bbc.com
Health officials address spoiled food issues at closed Happy Days

The state Health Department says spoiled food has been removed from the kitchen area of the shuttered Happy Days Chinese Seafood Restaurant in Kaimuki following a partial roof collapse.

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Sep 30 • 9:45 PM EDT • Health • staradvertiser.com
Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 23.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

It's not much, but it's something

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Sep 30 • 9:25 PM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch update 23.0.1 out now, patch notes

Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch has both received a new version 23.0.1 update, and the patch notes are right here.

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Sep 30 • 9:12 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Bryce Harper’s Heroics Erase Braves’ Pitching Dominance

Bryce Harper hit a huge home run to save the Phillies' season, but the Braves' bullpen blew a lead in an intense 10-inning battle in Atlanta.

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Sep 30 • 8:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Keaton Mitchell a limited participant at practice

Chargers RB Keaton Mitchell limited Wednesday because of ankle issue

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Sep 30 • 8:10 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Looking at the Ugly Side of the Paramount-Skydance Merger...And How I’d Fix It

A Message from Our Sponsor Certified Fresh with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, FX’s Adults is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York leaning on each other to navigate love, work, friendship and family. Don’t sleep on “The Sitcom of the Moment” - Awards Buzz All Episodes now streaming on Hulu on Disney+. Watch The Teaser Trailer... (Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industr(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Before we dive in, I wanted to congratulate Broadcast Now for being the first to report that Netflix’s How to Get to Heaven from Belfast has been cancelled. (I saw this in a write-up by Kasey Moore of Whats-On-Netflix.) More importantly, I wanted to note that, as of yesterday, none of the other trades had reported the news yet. I have half a guess that eventually one of them will report this. Anyways, it’s time to take a break from my deluge of streaming ratings reports to continue my analysis of the Paramount Skydance Warner Bros. Discovery (PSWbD) saga. As I noted last week, a lot of times when folks use the (sometimes cliched) “the good, the bad and the ugly” framing for an article, “the ugly” section is just more bad. Or very, very bad. In this case, yeah, I do think it’s ugly. In more than one way. Unfortunately, we’re only going to have time to tackle one of those ways today: the ugly pile of debt to finance this deal. (In a future article, I may cover the entire process for how it went down, which was very, very ugly.) Last issue, I explained why I liked this deal in a vacuum. Unfortunately, “vacuums” don’t exist outside of space. Let’s dive in. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - The Ugliness of the Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger More than one person sent me a note speculating that the big problem with Paramount Skydance buying Warner Bros. Discovery is the “Warner Bros.” portion of the deal. In fact, that’s a take I read a lot about Warner Bros., ever since they caught Netflix’s, and then Paramount-Skydance’s, eye. In short, multiple companies (Time, AOL, AT&T, Discovery) have bought and then regretted buying Warner Bros. Since it’s nearing Halloween, you could almost say it’s like the folks think WB is cursed! It’s a haunted studio—like the town of Derry in movie studio form—and whoever takes possession of it will fall into misery! Yet...I just don’t like that story, because it doesn’t explain the “why” behind why those deals fell through. Especially when Warner Bros. has continued to succeed as a TV and film studio in the intervening two decades. Lord of the Rings? Harry Potter? Game of Thrones? Everything HBO? Considering it never fully owned a broadcast TV channel, this media company has done pretty well. So what went wrong? Well, in recent years, companies bought Warner Bros. instead of the other, smarter option. Explaining POCD (And Applying It to Mergers & Acquisitions) As I explained last issue, one of my favorite frameworks is the POCD tool for evaluating venture capital investments: People Opportunity Context Deal The bar to invest as a VC is high. (Or I might say “was” since cheap interest rates made life easier last decade.) You review a thousand prospectuses, get pitched by a hundred, and invest in the ten best, with the hopes that one of those ten would pay for the rest. That means every element of a deal needed to pay off: you needed the right people running the companies, who could capitalize on the right opportunity, in the context of an industry that was ripe for disruption. If you could then not overpay, you could make some money in a smart deal. The analogy isn’t perfect here, but close enough. For a merger or acquisition to work, you need the combined company (which is the opportunity) to make more than the price you need to pay (which is the deal). Note: the people and context still matter, but with M&A, it’s a little more straightforward: does the opportunity exceed the cost? And usually with Warner Bros., it hasn’t. If you want to find out the single biggest mistake made by the Warner Bros. suitors over the last few years (and my simple fix) become a paid subscriber. I’ll also touch on who I think Paramount-Skydance could (shockingly) consider buying next, TBD, and more. Sign up here.

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Sep 30 • 6:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
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Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, with Progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker standing behind him, during an election event at the Congregation coffee shop on Aug. 3 in Detroit.

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Sep 30 • 4:53 PM EDT • Politics • yakimaherald.com
Adonai Mitchell won't practice on Wednesday

No Adonai Mitchell at Jets practice on Wednesday.

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Sep 30 • 3:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NFL Trade Pitch Ships Patriots ‘Vertical Threat’ WR

Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox named the New England Patriots a potential suitor for Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston. The post NFL Trade Pitch Ships Patriots ‘Vertical Threat’ WR appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 30 • 3:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
2026 General Election: What Business Leaders Need to Know

The Detroit Regional Chamber convened election administration experts, business leaders, and bipartisan former elected officials to discuss Michigan’s election processes, public confidence, and the business community’s role ahead of the November 2026 election.

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Sep 30 • 2:00 PM EDT • Business • detroitchamber.com
ICYMI: Ocarina of Time remake website has tons of footage showing areas, dungeons, items, and more

An abundance of gameplay footage for the upcoming Ocarina of Time remake is available on the game’s official Japanese website, showing many elements that were

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Sep 30 • 1:53 PM EDT • Technology • nintendowire.com
NL Wild Card Game Discussion: Phillies vs Braves Wednesday

It’s game 2 of the National League Wild Card series as the Atlanta Braves will try to eliminate the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday afternoon. LHP Cristopher Sánchez will make the start for the Phillies while the Braves will hope RHP Tyler Mahle can help them dispose of Philadelphia. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00pm central time […]

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Sep 30 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Democrats block data centers bill, derailing Senate GOP bid to act on affordability ahead of midterms

Senate Democrats on Wednesday blocked a GOP-led bill to combat rising energy costs driven by the data center boom, thwarting a last-ditch effort by Republicans to show they are taking voter concerns about affordability seriously.

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Sep 30 • 1:41 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Public health advocates pitch New Mexico lawmakers on heat, climate change initiatives

Public health advocates on Tuesday proposed initiatives to New Mexico lawmakers track the impact of climate change on public health.

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Sep 30 • 12:39 PM EDT • Health • sourcenm.com
With $20M gift, Dartmouth Health to launch institute and at-home primary care program

Richard Levy donated $20 million to Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth for the establishment of at-home primary care and palliative services and a Family Caregiver Institute to offer resources and train new members of the caregiver force.

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Sep 30 • 12:12 PM EDT • Health • nhpr.org
Yankees Birthday of the Day: Johnny Allen

Allen was an ultra competitive right handed pitcher for the Yankees in the 1930s.

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Sep 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Switch 2 players Can Claim a Free Copy of The Witcher 3 Thanks to a Loophole

Dig up those old cartridges

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Sep 30 • 9:27 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension Bundle Coming Soon

The Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension bundle is coming soon.

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Sep 30 • 9:10 AM EDT • Technology • pokemon.com
Arnold Schwarzenegger is Santa in Prime Video's 'The Man with the Bag' teaser trailer, coming this Christmas

Schwarzenegger stars alongside Alan Ritchson in this holiday heist movie premiering on Prime Video December 2.

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Sep 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • aboutamazon.com
Microsoft just cut out the middleman for running Linux tools on Windows 11

Windows 11 just made running Linux containers native so you can ditch extra desktop apps

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Sep 30 • 7:45 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
High gas prices have voters switching parties and voting for the first time

Gas prices are reshaping voter attitudes in a longtime Republican Georgia county, with some backing Democrats while others remain firmly loyal to Trump.

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Sep 30 • 7:37 AM EDT • Politics • scrippsnews.com
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The Witcher 3 Remastered Crushes GPUs With Path Tracing, but Free Mod Claws Back Up to 30% Performance

Following its surprise announcement during this year's gamescom Opening Night Live, The Witcher 3 Remastered is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. While the number of improvements to gameplay is staggering and well thought out, what most were looking forward to was the visual uplift, which includes very demanding path tracing support on PC. Thankfully, a mod has already come to the rescue, as it did after the launch of the Next-Gen update, optimizing both ray tracing and path tracing for better performance with minimal loss of quality. "Faster RT/PT in The Witcher […]

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Sep 30 • 6:07 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
With the Sox and Cubs both in the playoffs, sports bars are busier than ever: ‘It’s great for everyone’

Both teams in the playoffs means business is up at drinking spots around the city.

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Sep 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • chicagotribune.com
With the Sox and Cubs both in the playoffs, sports bars are busier than ever: ‘It’s great for everyone’

For the first time since the shortened 2020 season, both of the Windy City’s baseball teams have nabbed a spot in the Major League Baseball postseason. Fans across Chicago, from the North Side, South Side and beyond, are ecstatic. No one, however, is more eager than the local sports bars. “It’s amazing,” said Carolyn Mitchell, who owns Mitchell’s Tap. The White Sox and the Cubs had their first ...

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Sep 30 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'We won the trophies on the pitch'

Man City will rise from the ashes. Man City are a team to continue to believe in. A set of Premier League clubs don't like the idea of a new team breaking into their cartel, as it will affect the money they are making.

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Sep 30 • 5:43 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Bayern hold talks with Olise over his public image

Michael Olise has made headlines not only for his performances on the pitch but also for his unusual public appearances since joining Bayern Munich from Crystal Palace in 2024.The 24-year-old tends to...

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Sep 30 • 3:29 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This Stat Explains Exactly How Rays Won 98 Games

The Tampa Bay Rays won 98 games by dominating close situations, going 25-4 in one-run games and 61-35 in games decided by three runs or fewer. Elite pitching control, MLB's lowest strikeout rate and a versatile offense could make Tampa Bay dangerous in the MLB playoffs.

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Sep 30 • 3:13 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Padres' hometown hero Joe Musgrove pitches first game in two years
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Sep 30 • 1:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Knicks Stars ‘Heartbroken’ and ‘Hurt’ by Offseason News

Less than a month after winning the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks learned that Mitchell Robinson would be departing for the Boston Celtics. The post Knicks Stars ‘Heartbroken’ and ‘Hurt’ by Offseason News appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 30 • 12:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Health officials address spoiled food issues at closed Happy Days

The state Health Department says spoiled food has been removed from the kitchen area of the shuttered Happy Days Chinese Seafood Restaurant in Kaimuki following a partial roof collapse.

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Sep 29 • 9:45 PM EDT • Health • staradvertiser.com
County commissioners approve switch to NDPERS for employee health insurance

Some employees were disappointed that employee contributions were not decreased across the board, as the county may have excess health insurance funds budgeted for next year.

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Sep 29 • 9:12 PM EDT • Health • grandforksherald.com
Star Fox 1.2.0 update out now, patch notes

Star Fox for Nintendo Switch 2 just received a major version 1.2.0 update, and the full patch notes can be found here.

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Sep 29 • 9:06 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
The Witcher 3 Remastered showed 38 FPS with DLSS 5 versus 68 FPS for the Next-Gen version

Detailed performance and visual quality measurements of the updated version have appeared online. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered using...

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Sep 29 • 7:44 PM EDT • Technology • en.gamegpu.com
AI Has Already Impacted How Creatives Are Pitching Films, According to FoxNXT Head

Jon Flynn, EVP and head of FoxNXT, took the stage during TheWrap's first-ever AI Creator Day ahead of TheGrill.

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Sep 29 • 7:36 PM EDT • Entertainment • thewrap.com
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Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.

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Sep 29 • 7:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.

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Sep 29 • 7:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Hochul, Blakeman make tax relief pitches as election nears

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Republican challenger Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman are making competing cases on tax relief.

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Sep 29 • 7:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
How to prepare your Samsung Galaxy for the One UI 9 update

With Samsung's One UI 9 rollout chugging along the globe, there's no better time to make a few quick checks before you make the switch.

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Sep 29 • 6:30 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Kyzn OS Brings Centralized Business Management to Mission Pitch Competition

Mission’s entrepreneurs came together Sept. 16 for the inaugural Mission Small Business Expo at the Mission Event Center, a free, full-day event organized by the Mission Economic Development Corporation and title-sponsored by Lone Star National Bank

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Sep 29 • 5:21 PM EDT • Business • texasborderbusiness.com
Leonardo’s owner expands into the restaurant business with Pa'l Corazón

Hugo Leonardo came to the United States from Mexico in 2001 as a teenager, working his way through various kitchen positions in Park City until he opened his own market and taquería — Leonardo’s — four years ago to provide specialized goods to Park City’s Hispanic community. But Leonardo says his latest business venture, a Mexican restaurant in the heart of Kamas, is a lifelong dream that has finally come to fruition.

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Sep 29 • 3:45 PM EDT • Business • parkrecord.com
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The Family Business Advantage: Third Quarterly Power Breakfast of 2026 explores how family businesses balance legacy and innovation

Photo by GFBJAnother successful Power Breakfast is in the books. The Greater Fayetteville Business Journal hosted its third quarterly Power Breakfast of 2026 on Tuesday, Sept. 29. Local leaders and decision-makers gathered to network and learn from the panel about how established principles drive long-term stability while allowing for operational evolution. The panel featured Managing Partner of Luigi’s Italian Chophouse & Bar, Nate Ernst; Inside Sales at Hubbard Supplyhouse, Mary Grace Hurley; Chief Operations Officer for Copiers Plus, Drew Smith; and CEO of Holmes Security Systems, Stephen Wheeler. The panel was moderated by Lauren Willets, director of the Family Enterprise Center at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. Throughout the discussion, the panelists returned to a common idea: family businesses thrive when they preserve the relationships and values at their core while remaining open to change.Each panelist shared personal stories that carried practical lessons. Stephen Wheeler emphasized the role of relationships with customers and employees, saying, “What makes a family business successful today is relationships.” Mary Grace Hurley echoed Wheeler’s sentiment, describing relationships as a lasting inheritance, including a customer connection that began when she was young and continued into her working life. “If something’s given to you, that’s going to cost you too,” added Nate Ernst. He explained this philosophy by sharing that, in his view, earning responsibility builds credibility and confidence.Another hot topic was the idea of tradition versus change. For these businesses that have been around for a century or even more, it can be difficult to escape the “we’ve always done it this way” caveat, but these speakers emphasized how change has been an integral part of their growth and longevity. A family business can honor its history without being bound by it.“Innovation and tradition–they don’t have to be competing with one another,” shared Hurley. She pointed to changes in how businesses operate, including the adoption of computers and new management practices. Ernst stressed that adaptation is essential, while Wheeler described how his family’s electrical contracting business had evolved into a security-focused company. The details of the work may change, but identifying and upholding core values is key to embracing change while maintaining the character of a business. “I think it’s just important to remember why you started in the first place. What was your mission? What are your core values? And to reevaluate those,” shared Drew Smith.In addition to the first-hand accounts and wisdom shared by panelists, Moderator Lauren Willets recommended two novels during the panel for those seeking additional educational resources. Those two novels are “Hug of War: How to Lead a Family Business with both Love and Logic”by Cathy Carroll and “In the Company of Family: How to Thrive When Business Is Personal” by Melissa Mitchell-Blitch. Preparing the next generation requires more than handing over a title or company. Wheeler argued that future leaders need genuine passion and a vested interest in the business. The panelists were in agreement that succession is a process, and there is not one clear answer for how to perfectly prepare for it. Leaders must cultivate readiness, keep communication open and make room for the next generation to earn responsibility while being sure not to neglect the business in the here and now. “Today’s Power Breakfast was one of our best events yet! Between the passion and in-depth knowledge of the panelists, the great audience questions and the guidance and expertise of Mrs. Willets, the conversation was both engaging and informative,” shared GFBJ Publisher Faith Hatton. “A lot of small businesses in Fayetteville are family-owned and grown, and it’s great to be able to spotlight some of the businesses that have stood the test of time by strengthening the next generation of leadership and preparing them for ownership. I hope everyone received some inspiration and ideas that they can bring back to their own businesses and organizations!”We thank everyone who attended this Power Breakfast and hope you’ll all join us for the next Power Breakfast on Dec. 8. Details about the event will be shared on our social media and in future email updates. To learn about becoming a Power Breakfast sponsor, contact the Greater Fayetteville Business Journal at 910.240.9697 or marketing@bizfayetteville.com.

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Sep 29 • 3:42 PM EDT • Business • bizfayetteville.com
Atlanta Braves Make Austin Riley Announcement Before Phillies Game

The MLB playoffs begin today!! (September, 29.) The action begins with the National League Wild Card matchup between the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies. First pitch is at 2:15 p.m. EST, and both teams are deploying very formidable starters. For Atlanta, it is rolling with Chris Sale in the series opener, and the Phillies […] The post Atlanta Braves Make Austin Riley Announcement Before Phillies Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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US drivers are finally getting the adaptive headlights Europe has had for years

Rather than switching between high and low beams, ADBs can dim or shut off only the parts of the beam that would reach another driver's eyes while...

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Sep 29 • 1:40 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
Nintendo shares Zora’s Domain footage from Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake

It’s not too long now until we can all get our hands on the eagerly-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake for the Nintendo Switch 2 as it launches on 5th November. Today…

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Sep 29 • 12:27 PM EDT • Technology • mynintendonews.com
Fifth graders pitch business ideas at ‘Swimming With the Big Fish’ competition

Students from three area schools spent weeks preparing proposals for local executives.

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Sep 29 • 12:06 PM EDT • Business • kolotv.com
My husband and I met at work; then I switched careers

I met my now-husband while we were working together at the same place in similar jobs as teachers. A few years later, I switched careers and fields.

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Fitchburg, Wisconsin, fire fighters secure staffing gains and mental health benefit after contract fight

After a lengthy contract fight, fire fighters in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, secured two additional full-time fire fighters and a new mental health benefit, with

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PS5 Jailbreak Exploit For Systems Running July 2026 Firmware

According to those who have installed the new Relapse exploit, it works with everything from Marvel's Wolverine to The Witcher 3: Remastered

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GTA 5 Modder Cancels Nintendo Switch Port Just Days Before Launch After Previously Taunting Rockstar: 'I Am Thankful For Take-Two's Mercy'

The creator behind the planned port will not release any code or assets online in order to avoid a possible lawsuit

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Better Business Bureau warns of scam targeting The Big E ticket buyers

CROMWELL, Conn. (WTNH) — The Better Business Bureau is warning fairgoers of a scam targeting The Big E ticket buyers after a Litchfield man lost more than $100 trying to get tickets. The BBB said T…

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‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered’ Hits A Metacritic Review Score Record

‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered’ has arrived with such good reviews it has actually tied a 2026 record. Here's the score and what critics are saying.

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Sep 29 • 8:51 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Magic in Store: This month, a witchy business will put you in the right spirit

Abby Minnich is a planetary scientist who puts complex concepts into plain language. “I like to connect with the earth,” she said. “Trying to figure out how things came to be. I would say that is my purpose, almost, trying to figure it out and sharing it.” Which leads her to visit metaphysical shops like […]

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Sep 29 • 7:40 AM EDT • Business • theburgnews.com
Lesbian Bar Project Co-Founder: Purity Politics Could Destroy Our Remaining Spaces

Subscribe As a professional lesbian and Massachusetts native, I’ve recently been asked by a lot of folks what I think about the saga unfolding at Last Ditch. The now-viral story, first reported by The Boston Globe, centers on a Western Massachusetts lesbian bar that lifted its mask requirement for one night a week to help drum up business. The decision ignited an intra-queer controversy that has been feasted on by media outlets across the political spectrum—from the New York Post to LGBTQ Nation—and is even reportedly being eyed for a Hollywood adaptation. Apparently nothing is more entertaining than a bunch of lesbians and queers fighting with each other over KN-95s. What has been lost in all of the chatter and media coverage is the very real possibility that Last Ditch, which just opened in April 2025, will have to close its doors. The venue’s one remaining founder, Jackie Matellian, revealed in a community Zoom meeting that she’s working four jobs, is now solely responsible for the bar’s $50,000 business loan and is struggling to keep up with the bills. So as we laugh about the controversy’s similarity to a “Portlandia” skit and how one of the bar’s founders left to enroll in clown school, we forget that yet another lesbian bar is facing an existential crisis—and this time the call is coming from inside the house. In 2020, my friend Elina Street and I created The Lesbian Bar Project, an Emmy-, Webby- and GLAAD Media Award-winning docuseries and initiative that tells the stories of lesbian queer bars around the world. We were moved to act because at the time there were only an estimated 16 lesbian bars in the United States, and the pandemic threatened to bring that number down even further. There are now more sapphic bars than there were just before the pandemic—about 36 of them in total—but this is down from approximately 200 in 1980. Maybe that doesn’t mean much to you, but for the millions of sapphics living in the U.S., this number is calamitous. As the world laughs at lesbians and sapphics, I want to take a second and tell you what I feel when I walk into one of these bars, which are all unique and irreplaceable in their own way: I feel seen. Sometimes I think Cubbyhole in New York City’s West Village neighborhood knew I was gay before I did. When I walked in there for the first time, before I was even out, I was transfixed by the colorful array of tchotchkes hanging from the ceiling and how the women standing next to me were completely unafraid to express their desire for one another. I knew the minute I was ready to come out, I had a home. I also felt the joy of a new couple falling in love at Seattle’s Wildrose, the quiet confidence of a short king lining up her shot at the pool table at Ginger’s in Brooklyn and the kick of cayenne pepper in Julie Mabry’s crawfish at Houston’s Pearl Bar. Subscribe Lesbian bars don’t just serve lesbians; they serve queer folks across the spectrum, including bisexual, pansexual and trans people. As Elina and I traveled across the U.S. and Europe and to parts of Latin America to document the bar owners, staff and patrons that make up the ecosystems of these spaces, we also became uniquely acquainted with the factors that threaten their existence: gentrification, wage gaps, sexism, environmental disasters, gun violence, rising insurance premiums and political administrations working to annihilate queer people and their families. Lesbian bar owners, like all leaders and entrepreneurs, are imperfect. There have been significant issues over the years at lesbian bars: employee harassment, racism, lack of accessibility, sexual assault and transphobia. All bar owners should be held accountable and should listen to their communities to evolve into safer and more equitable spaces. I also acknowledge my privilege: I am able-bodied, white, cis and from a family system that loves me for who I am. Not everyone has that. Queer people, especially trans and bisexual people, are suffering from disproportionately high levels of depression, and our mental health system isn’t equipped to support them. Immunocompromised people and long COVID are real, and many of my friends are suffering to this day. The people with the least safety net are often the ones for whom a bar closing costs the most. And yet, as we’re seeing with Last Ditch, the queer community often lashes out at each other. It’s also the mainstream media taking the internal conflict and making a mockery out of it, distracting from the real possibility that this bar could close due to financial pressures. A bar that many people loved and needed is facing extinction. Perhaps it’s safer to dissent with one another than with the larger forces trying to eradicate us, but in doing so, we risk destroying the few spaces we have left. Due to the constraints of purity politics—some in good faith, some not so much—lesbian bar owners, almost all of whom are queer women themselves, are forced to be everything for everyone, similarly to how women are forced to be everything for everyone. By asking these bars to uphold impossible standards—standards very few other third spaces are asked to consider—we all end up losing. I want to move as a community toward dialogue, compassionate dissent and collaboration to make our spaces better with the goal of keeping them OPEN and thriving, rather than destroying them from the inside with expectations that are arguably unattainable. Subscribe While I have your attention—for this fleeting second of the news cycle—may I urge us to spearhead a way to keep these small businesses afloat without attacking our own community along the way? Bar owners are left with an impasse: They want to be community-centered, but they also have to make money to keep their doors open. Sometimes they might make business decisions that don’t work for everyone—and that’s partly because different patrons have different priorities and want different things—but these owners deserve the opportunity for productive dialogue**.** We have to work with them and with each other to keep our spaces open, to keep them growing. Lesbian bars raised me into the queer woman I am today. One thing I think about as I reflect on the six years of work we’ve done to document these spaces is that shared, unspoken language I have with a stranger the moment we both walk into one of these bars: the nod, the ease, the not having to explain ourselves. I don’t want to lose that, and neither should you. If objective, nonpartisan, rigorous, LGBTQ-focused journalism is important to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation through our 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, Resource Impact, by clicking this button: Donate

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Sep 29 • 7:01 AM EDT • Politics • unclosetedmedia.com
The Witcher 3 Remastered Has Over 40 Mods Available at Launch on PS5

Take your pick

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'Reacher' scores early season 6 renewal at Prime Video

Alan Ritchson in season 3 of 'Jack Reacher.' (Jasper Savage/Prime Video)

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Editorial: Communication Problems – Sunderland Need To Sort It Out

Sunderland have transformed on the pitch, but are standards off it slipping back to the bad old days - and how long can supporters be expected to put up with it?

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Nancy Pelosi rallies Democrats at Crow fundraiser in Colorado’s 6th CD

Nancy Pelosi told a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Jason Crow the path to preserving the country's democratic form of government runs through the kitchen table

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Sep 28 • 7:57 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Nancy Pelosi rallies Democrats at Crow fundraiser in Colorado’s 6th CD

Nancy Pelosi told a fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Jason Crow the path to preserving the country's democratic form of government runs through the kitchen table

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Sep 28 • 7:57 PM EDT • Politics • denvergazette.com
Rumor: Nintendo Switch Online app datamine points to potential event gifts system for Switch 2 and Switch

Fans are discussing the possibility of a new event gifts feature for Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch following the latest datamine. X user @idocode01 shared the latest findings from a Nintendo Switch Online app update, pointing to the functionality. What we know so far is that there can be multiple gift events on at the same time. Additionally, each event...

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Sep 28 • 5:17 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
49ers Trade Pitch Brings Back History-Making Wide Receiver

Sports Illustrated's Grant Cohn believes the 49ers should bring back history-making wide receiver. The post 49ers Trade Pitch Brings Back History-Making Wide Receiver appeared first on HEAVY.

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Sep 28 • 4:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)

The message I had received was unsettling—for a moment. Then it was just really confusing. Back on January 20 of this year, at 5:15pm ET, I received an email with the subject line “Legal Correspondence re Bobby Kotick.” It was from the law firm Clare Locke, a firm I’d heard had been emailing reporters in recent years about their coverage of Kotick, the former, longtime CEO of Activision Blizzard. The letter was threatening. A lawyer from the firm introduced themselves as “defamation counsel to Bobby Kotick.” They issued a “demand” that I “correct” a Game File article I’d published a week prior. The article that had irked them had been a scoop of sorts. I’d written about a a 2022 lawsuit brought by a Swedish pension fund, AP7, over Microsoft’s purchase of Activision Blizzard. The suit wasn’t news, but I was first to review and report about Kotick’s extensive pushback to the fund’s claims. The pension fund’s core contention was that the sale had been rushed by Kotick to avoid the consequences of sexual misconduct scandals swirling around the company in 2021. (He’d not been accused of misconduct himself in those suits, to be clear.) As I wrote at the time, Kotick had denied the allegations of the rushed sale. Beyond that, Kotick used a December 2025 reply to the Swedish fund’s lawsuit to assign blame for those workplace scandals, the bad press and even for the AP7 lawsuit. I’d found Kotick’s arguments novel and newsworthy. Across nearly 3,000 words, I explained Kotick’s take: that a Swedish gaming company was behind the Swedish fund’s lawsuit (the Embracer group; they denied it); that the Microsoft-Activision deal was not rushed and was secured at what Kotick felt history had proven to be an optimal price for shareholders; that he believed a conspiracy of people at unions government agencies, PR firms and the media had spun up claims of widespread workplace misconduct at Activision Blizzard in 2021. The article gave context for all of this, letting readers assess the claims and weigh their credibility. As I’d later write to Kotick’s lawyers: I would be surprised if you could point to any news article about Bobby Kotick in the last five years that has spent more of its wordcount articulating his point of view. He is welcome to do an interview with Game File any time. Nonetheless, there they were in my inbox that Tuesday evening: Clare Locke, the law firm that secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News over false statements about voting machines. They were emailing me, threatening that failure to comply with their demand could support a claim of “actual malice,” a legal standard for libel. Unless… Unless, they said, I added a key paragraph to my article. This was a paragraph that I already knew Kotick’s lawyers had been emailing reporters about for at least a year, and it was a paragraph that was already in my article. The paragraph they wanted is from a 2023 settlement that California’s Civil Rights Department struck with Activision Blizzard. The settlement had closed a two-year-old lawsuit over alleged sexual discrimination at the game maker. The paragraph basically said that claims of systemic or widespread sexual harassment—or of execs like Kotick tolerating such behavior—had never been proven. I’d already seen proof that Kotick’s lawyers had pushed for the settlement’s language to be added to reports about 2021 sexual discrimination and misconduct lawsuits brought against Activision Blizzard by California and, separately, by the U.S. federal government (both suits were since settled). I knew that Kotick and his lawyers felt that the California settlement language should be mentioned in the same breath as references to an article he hated and denied, a November 2021 Wall Street Journal article claiming Kotick knew “for years” of sexual misconduct at Activision Blizzard. So, in the Game File article that Clare Locke emailed me about, in the interest of ensuring I was being fair and balanced regarding the person I was covering, I had already included the following excerpt from the California settlement [emphasis added in bold]: (Kotick has repeatedly pushed back against that November article in the Wall Street Journal, citing among other things, language from a court-approved consent decree as part of Activision’s 2023 $54 million settlement over the California suit. It states: “no court or any independent investigation has substantiated any allegations that: there has been systemic or widespread sexual harassment at Activision Blizzard [or] that Activision Blizzard senior executives ignored, condoned, or tolerated a culture of systemic harassment, retaliation, or discrimination.”) On the evening of January 20, I was incredulous. How do you write a four page legal threat about a week-old article and miss this? While scrambling to also make my kids dinner, I wrote a lengthy reply to Clare Locke’s lawyers, basically asking them to cool it with the threats and to start making sense. In part, I wrote: I hope you can understand why I am having trouble understanding what you’re asking for, when the statement you’re demanding to see in Game File’s article already appears in Game File’s article. Actual malice, as you know, refers to a reckless disregard for the truth. I’m not sure what your argument is when my article already states your client’s position. Here is where I should remind you, the reader, that I am an independent journalist. I publish on Substack, and have availed myself of the Substack Defender program that provides writers on the platform with legal support. But I’m no Wall Street Journal or New York Times, nor even IGN or GameSpot when it comes to such things as, well, having a legal department. There are more fun things for me to do as an independent journalist than writing back to a powerful law firm representing a very rich person. On the evening of January 20th, I was just trying to cook some pasta, broccoli and chicken nuggets for hungry twins. Nevertheless, I wrote back to them. Two hours later, I got a reply. Summarizing: A lawyer for Clare Locke said they’d “reviewed an incomplete version” of my article and they “apologize for the confusion.” (My guess: Someone didn’t read past the piece’s paywall, even though they’d had a full week to scrounge up the funds to do so. What I’d published above the paywall was balanced, as was what came after.)1 That was almost that, but something about the situation bothered me. The letter had been marked “confidential.” I hadn’t agreed to that, and I disliked the idea that powerful people on the beat that I cover would act like they could unilaterally control what I might tell my readers about. On the morning of the 21st, having already gotten the powerful law firm to back off, I oh-so-wisely re-approached them with just one more thing. I thanked them for clearing things up the night before but noted that I’d never agreed to keep their letter confidential. I’m all for agreeing with a source to keep things off the record, but that’s the thing. We have to agree. You can’t just declare it. I’m not bound by that. I wrote to Clare Locke’s lawyer and said, in part: I trust the matter is resolved. It was disappointing to have to spend less time with my kids last night in order to address your legal letter. Family time’s precious. I will add, for clarity’s sake, that, while your letter stipulated that it was confidential, I did not agree to those terms. In the future, should you wish to communicate with me confidentially, I am happy to agree to classifying our communication as “off the record” prior to the actual communication—as is standard with any professional journalist. The firm’s lawyer replied, not directly addressing the confidentiality issue but asserting that the matter was resolved. Why I didn’t write about this until now In May, I told this story on an episode of Simon Parkin’s podcast My Perfect Console, but I held off on sharing it directly with Game File readers. I held off to avoid stepping on the toes of another reporter, the journalist Mikhail Klimentov. He’d interviewed me in the spring of 2025 about an investigation he was working on regarding Bobby Kotick lawyers pressing the media to add the California settlement language to stories referencing the 2021 lawsuits. And about how some outlets had changed their stories and how some simply deleted them. Initially, I was a third-party source for Klimentov’s reporting, providing on-the-record context about the state of the games media. I’d heard about the letters but hadn’t put the time into pursuing the story. I thought it was interesting, and I was glad he was covering it. When the outlet that Klimentov was going to run his reporting in dropped the story, I began talking to him about potentially publishing his reporting on Game File. This was tentative. Then, in January, when I got my own Clare Locke letter, I told Klimentov that I didn’t think it would make sense for me to publish him, not with me now being part of the story. I had my own version of this situation to tell. But I wished him well and said I’d refrain from telling my tale until he could get his reporting out there. Last Friday, Klimentov finally ran his investigation, in a nearly 48-minute video report for People Make Games. It covers various Clare Locke letters, how media outlets reacted to them and what to make of all this. His video weighs the merits of Kotick’s request and looks at some of the articles that were changed (one of which had a glaring error). I highly recommend watching it: (Note, I did some editorial consulting for a People Make Games video last year but nothing to do with this report.) While many outlets haven’t left any public evidence that they updated their Kotick coverage at Kotick’s counsel’s request, at least one has. Back in October 2025, the mainstream outlet Reuters applied the most transparent article update I’ve seen. On the 3rd of the month, they published an article about the state of the Swedish pension fund’s lawsuit. Days later, they added this: In an October 7 letter sent after publication of this article, Kotick’s defamation counsel disputed claims of widespread harassment at Activision. “Not a single investigation, court finding, verdict, or ruling ever concluded that there was any merit” to the allegations of widespread harassment at Activision, Tom Clare and Nick Brechbill of Clare Locke wrote. I’ve never added a statement to my article on Game File, because none was needed. Not for fairness’ sake, nor to meet any demands of Kotick’s lawyers. I’ve nevertheless wanted to be transparent with Game File readers. If someone powerful is questioning my reporting, is threatening a lawsuit over it… if that threat is part of a pattern involving other games media outlets and if, in my case, the whole thing ran into a ridiculous ditch, I want you to know about it. I also share this as a real example of how I handle threats to Game File. I stand up for my own reporting, even when it’s not comfortable to do so. (In that same category of standing up for the work I do, I’ll point to an incident in late August. Asocial media post I published to X/Twitter regarding reporting I did about Take Two and GTA VI was hit by bogus copyright claim by a firm working for the publisher. I pushed back and got it reversed; even while a bigger games media outlet let themselves be censored. This is the other reason I’m sharing this story: To emphasize that dealing with threats from powerful people is one of the costs of covering the video game industry independently and as fearlessly as possible. This is where you come in. Your support, through free and paid subscriptions (sign up here!), can help me keep doing that. It can ensure that I’ve got the back-up I need. And it can help make fiascoes like this even less of a worry, so I can spend my evenings dealing with more important things, such as making sure I steam the kids’ broccoli just right. 1 That pension fund lawsuit I wrote about in January has all but gone away. In May, the fund and Activision Blizzard owner Microsoft agreed to settle. Lawyers for the fund brokered a $250 million settlement for former Activision Blizzard shareholders. In the settlement, the fund’s lawyers changed their rhetoric. Where once they’d questioned the meaning of the California settlement language, they adopted a version of it for themselves. Several weeks ago, while seeking to get a court to sign off on the terms of the settlement, they proposed their fee for their work in the case: $60 million.

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Sep 28 • 4:13 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
ServiceNow says AI agent kill switches need business context

ServiceNow explains why shutting down rogue AI agents instantly can cause more harm than the agent itself; business context must be the guide.

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Sep 28 • 4:10 PM EDT • Business • siliconangle.com
Newsom vetoes bills aimed at insurance reform sought by wildfire survivors

Supporters of the bills said would give policyholders greater transparency and accountability when insurance companies delay or underpay claims

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Sep 28 • 4:00 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Google Will Support ChromeOS Until 2034 As It Shifts To Googlebook OS

Some recent Chromebook devices will be able to switch to the new operating system.

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Sep 28 • 3:36 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Sep 28 • 3:27 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

By Stephanie Armour The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight — literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a ...

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Turned down MIT for a little-known college. Not everyone understood.

Hannah Mitchell turned down MIT for a the Merchant Marine Academy. Three months in, she says it was the right decision.

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Sep 28 • 3:20 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
MN Twins Announce Coaching Changes

Minnesota Twins pitching coaches Pete Maki and Luis Ramirez will not be back for the 2027 season.

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As Methodist Healthcare seeks new trauma center, city leaders want to protect BAMC military mission

While leaders at Methodist Healthcare pitch a Level II trauma center, city officials say it could hurt the mission at Brooke Army Medical Center.

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Trump paying for political ads with taxpayer money?

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for the president to win over voters, promote his agenda, and make a last-ditch push to win the midterms.

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Sep 28 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
Every Upgrade In ‘The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered' is out Sept. 29, and now we have the full patch notes for everything that has changed in the game.

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Paul Goldschmidt could punish the Red Sox for the Yankees

Against left-handed pitching, Paul Goldschmidt hit .299/.393/.573 this season. Against right-handers, he hit .213/.239/.351. The Yankees don’t need to invent […]

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Staff killed and wounded in Russian strike on Kyiv’s science academy

Moscow’s jet-powered drones pummel Ukraine’s capital in switch to daytime attacks

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Bayern's training ground continues to be developed despite slight delays

Sports BILD understands that construction work is ongoing at Bayern Munich's Säbener Straße during the international break.The first-team section has been expanded towards the training pitches. A su...

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Sep 28 • 11:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Defensive concerns and possible transfers

Graeme: I wouldn't bet against the club bringing in a couple of additional players to freshen up the squad, but I would envisage that, before anyone else arrives, someone is likely to leave. Hayden asked: We seem to have some decent firepower this season, but can Ipswich get away with having pretty much a Championship defence? Graeme: I share concerns about Town in that part area of the pitch, but I think 'Championship defence' might be a tad harsh, Hayden.

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Sep 28 • 10:56 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Mario Nintendo Switch Games Now Available for 85 to 90% Off on eShop

Mario Nintendo Switch games are now available for 85 to 90% off, until October 8, courtesy of the Nintendo eShop.

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Sep 28 • 9:59 AM EDT • Technology • comicbook.com
Famitsu sales (9/14/26 - 9/20/26) - first week sales revealed for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: Switch 2 – 34,341 PS5 Digital Edition – 7,441 Switch OLED – 2,634 Switch Lite – 2,248 Switch – 823 PS5 Pro – 219 PS5 – 187 Xbox Series X – 136 Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 116 Xbox Series S – 19 For comparison’s sake, here are the...

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Sep 28 • 9:14 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Turtle Beach Afterglow review: A Switch 2 controller with the full RGB treatment

This is for the gamer who wants RGB everything.

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Sep 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Arizona prison health care issue heads to U.S. Supreme Court

PHOENIX - Attorneys for inmates in Arizona prison are telling the U.S. Supreme Court it should reject a last-ditch bid by the state to delay wresting away control of its health care system. In a …

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Sep 28 • 8:27 AM EDT • Health • yourvalley.net
Business pitch reveals deeper ties between Sneed, consultant

Plus: Helene exposed gaps in health care; Stitching together Queens and Elon; Saint-Maximin fuels Charlotte FC's offense; CMS cabinet officer charged with DWI; Union calls for changes after airport worker death

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Sep 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • thecharlotteledger.com
CD Projekt Releases Official List of All the Improvements in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

CD Projekt has released an official list of all the improvements made for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered.

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Sep 28 • 7:45 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
'No politics in my kitchen': <b>An Israeli chef's Japanese venture in Turkey</b>

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Sep 28 • 7:38 AM EDT • Politics • haaretz.com
Enagic rep tells moms to disinfect with 'magic water,' and the science falls apart

Effective disinfection depends on proven products, clear instructions, and a little skepticism, especially when a sales pitch starts sounding more like a chemistry magic trick.

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Sep 28 • 7:21 AM EDT • Science • thecooldown.com
Enagic rep tells moms to disinfect with 'magic water,' and the science falls apart

And when a claim is packaged inside an MLM pitch, even more caution is warranted.

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Sep 28 • 7:21 AM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
A New Age of Montana Politics

When Finley Warden talks to voters, his age is “an elephant in the room.” The 20-year-old Republican (he’ll turn 21 in October) and fifth-generation Polson resident is mounting a run for his local legislative seat in House District 13, which contains parts of Lake and Sanders counties. The Liberty University student, who attends school virtually […]

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Sep 28 • 7:08 AM EDT • Politics • flatheadbeacon.com
How the Donovan Mitchell, James Harden contracts shaped Cavs offseason

Donovan Mitchell immediately signed a long-term deal to silence questions about his future. James Harden allowed the team to wait. Both were crucial.

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Sep 28 • 6:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists Test an Unexpected Sleep Aid Made From Tree Roots

A pilot study suggests that oil from underused Hinoki roots could be used in scented products for relaxation. Falling asleep can be compared to easing down a dimmer switch, with brain activity gradually shifting as sleep deepens. Researchers studying Hinoki, or Japanese cypress, are exploring whether its scent could help smooth that transition for women

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Sep 28 • 5:57 AM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Pitching, prose, politics: The many sides to Larry Jackson

As a newspaper sports columnist, Larry Jackson had an edge over contemporaries such as Red Smith, Jim Murray and Shirley Povich. He not only wrote about Jackie Robinson, he pitched against him. Thi…

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Sep 28 • 5:27 AM EDT • Politics • retrosimba.com
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How a Miami-area entrepreneur won a $15,000 grant. What you can learn

Six tips from a Miami entrepreneur about winning pitch competitions

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Sep 28 • 5:23 AM EDT • Business • miamiherald.com
Man United ‘leading’ race for Crystal Palace defender Mitchell

Manchester United are reportedly ‘leading’ the race to sign Tyrick Mitchell from Crystal Palace as leading clubs eye a cut-price deal for the defender.Mitchell’s contract at Palace expires at th...

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Sep 28 • 5:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Meet the Candidates: Greg Ballard on why he's returning to politics and ditching the GOP
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Sep 28 • 5:04 AM EDT • Politics • indystar.com
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.

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Sep 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Food Safety Finds a Place Among ‘Kitchen-Table’ Political Issues

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.

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Sep 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • kffhealthnews.org
PSA: The Witcher 3 Remastered File Size And Release Time Confirmed, Separate Purchase Required

No automatic upgrades here

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Sep 28 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Airbus probes A321neo flaw as repair plan eases disruption

Airbus and Italy's Leonardo are investigating a glitch at a privately held coatings firm ‌that triggered a quality alert affecting 500 of the planemaker's best-selling A321neo jets, people familiar with the matter said.

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Sep 28 • 3:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com