Xbox Makes First Game Pass Lineup Announcement Following Layoffs — and CEO Asha Sharma's Admission That Microsoft's Gaming Strategy Failed to Work Out

Microsoft has announced the July lineup of games for Game Pass in its first announcement following the layoffs that ripped through the Xbox business yesterday.

CEO Asha Sharma cut 1,600 staff from Xbox yesterday, with another 1,600 staff to go over the course of the next 12 months. Four studios have left Microsoft as part of the restructure, which Sharma called the “most significant in Xbox history.”

New Study Cites Growing 'Crisis' of Healthcare Costs on School Di

Public school districts appear to be at a near tipping point when it comes to the impact of healthcare costs on school budgets. Premiums are rising so rapidly that healthcare obligations are threatening the ability of districts to deliver critical educational programs, materials, and services, hire, pay, and provide benefits to educators and make improvements to facilities.

New Arcane release announced for 2026

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Published Jul 6, 2026, 3:39 PM EDT

Fractured Jinx will bring Arcane to life thanks to high-end collectibles maker Hot Toys

Arcane fans get a little more Jinx as a gift

Jinx from Arcane Image: Netflix, Riot Games

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Idaho woman who said infant twins died from vaccines charged with murder

An Idaho mother who said her 18-month-old twins died last year after receiving three vaccines has been charged with murder in their deaths, officials said last week.

Andrea Shaw, 23, was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her toddlers, Tyson and Dallas, who were found dead in a shared bed on 1 May last year.

Cadillac Recalls Every Vistiq After Internal Investigation Spurred By Deadly Hyundai Palisade Power-Folding Seat Incident Reveals Similar Fault - Jalopnik

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Cadillac is recalling every Vistiq electric crossover it's ever sold in the U.S. — all 14,540 of them built for the 2026 and 2027 model years — because of an issue General Motors' engineers discovered with its power-folding third-row seats. Paperwork filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says GM found that the third row of seats could potentially trap and injure occupants, a similar defect that led to a recall and stop sale after a 2-year-old was crushed by the power-folding rear seats of a Hyundai Palisade in March.

Lauren Bennett, singer on LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem, dies aged 36

Lauren Bennett, member of the girl group G.R.L. and featured artist on LMFAO’s global smash hit Party Rock Anthem, has died at the age of 36.

“It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our beloved Lauren,” the group wrote on their Instagram page. “Our hearts are broken, and we cannot begin to express how much she meant to us.” A cause of death was not specified.