Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Good Job, I am a female 46-year-old working with a man, “Brandon,” who is the same age. We work in the counseling field, in residential care for teenage clients. About 18 months ago, …
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A great vibe shift is underway—and it’s not that one. It’s the one that’s deeply felt in both boardrooms and break rooms, a dramatic change in workplace power. The boss is back in charge in a way that comes down to four simple words: “Because I said so.” It’s the sequel to the Great Resignation, when labor shortages forced business …
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, a relatively young Soulslike action game, has fallen on hard times as of late. In addition to overwhelmingly negative Steam reviews criticizing the game’s shoddy PC performance at launch, the game has since received a huge update, which has significantly altered its story and gameplay in a way I’d argue is for the worse. For starters, according …
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers got its 1.5 Patch this week, bringing multiple quality-of-life improvements to the Soulslike, but also story and boss adjustments which appear to have been made to appease Chinese netizens. The patch notes list all the details, which include features like faster healing animations and adjustments to invincibility frames when Wuchang stands up. But buried in the margins …
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Wuchang: Fallen Feathers had a lot of promise before release, but thanks to its abysmal performance on both PC and consoles, its player numbers fell off very quickly. It’s been doing a pretty good job of trying to rectify that problem, releasing post-launch patches with improvements and performance fixes, but the game’s latest update has drastically changed how the game …
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By ALICE WRIGHT Published: 16:58, 3 August 2025 | Updated: 17:36, 3 August 2025 Walmart bosses have issued a blunt new rule banning headphones on the shop floor, but staff are fighting back. The habit, described by shoppers as ‘infuriating’ and ‘rude’, has also become a growing frustration for store managers. ‘Everyone, no earbuds period. Stop wearing them,’ one manager …
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 received a brand-new update yesterday, mostly focusing on quality-of-life improvements, but it also introduces a big performance and visuals feature. With this update, frame generation and low-latency mode support for DLSS and XeSS has been added in for compatible GPUs on PC. Developer Sandfall also noted that it’s “still exploring support for FSR, but we need …
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Subnautica 2 publishers Krafton have accused three recently ousted leads of “abandoning” their duties on the game, suggesting that this is to blame for it being delayed. That statement was almost immediately followed by one of the former Unknown Worlds bosses, co-founder Charlie Cleveland, writing in a Reddit post that a lawsuit’s been filed by the trio against the company. …
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