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Buffalo Faces More Snow After Deadliest Storm In Decades
1 year, 11 months ago

Buffalo Faces More Snow After Deadliest Storm In Decades

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BUFFALO, N.Y. — Storm-battered Buffalo braced Tuesday for fresh snow while still counting fatalities and striving to recover from the deadliest storm in western New York in at least two generations. Mayor Byron Brown’s office announced seven additional storm-related deaths Tuesday, bringing Buffalo’s total to 27, along with at least seven suburban fatalities. While Tuesday’s forecast was …

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Death toll rises after ‘blizzard of the century’ blankets US
1 year, 11 months ago

Death toll rises after ‘blizzard of the century’ blankets US

Al Jazeera  

Officials in hard-hit New York state area say situation remains dangerous as crews work to rescue people, clear roads. “The ferocity of the storm was worse than the blizzard of ’77,” said Poloncarz, referring to a three-day storm that killed nearly 30 people decades ago. — Mark Poloncarz December 26, 2022 The weekend storm – which New York Governor Kathy …

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Video game workers found their voices in the pandemic. Could unions be next?
2 years, 9 months ago

Video game workers found their voices in the pandemic. Could unions be next?

LA Times  

Activision Blizzard employees protest outside the company’s Irvine offices in July 2021. “It’s been in the public consciousness so long that people can’t just pretend it’s a one- or two-studio problem,” said Stephen, a member of Game Workers of Southern California who declined to provide his last name out of fear of retaliation from his employer. Despite the company’s small …

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Activision Blizzard | Game for a big bet
2 years, 11 months ago

Activision Blizzard | Game for a big bet

The Hindu  

In the late 1970s, four programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead bid goodbye to Atari, a pioneer in home video consoles, disappointed that they weren’t getting paid enough despite being responsible for bringing in a lot of money for the company. The latest avatar of this company, Activision Blizzard, is what Microsoft agreed to buy last …

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Commentary: Activision Blizzard will be forever stained if current leadership stays in place
3 years, 1 month ago

Commentary: Activision Blizzard will be forever stained if current leadership stays in place

LA Times  

If only Activision’s board of directors could handle all of our performance reviews. Imagine such a world, where forward-looking statements and stern pledges could virtually erase a lawsuit and revelations from multiple news outlets, including this paper, Bloomberg, the Washington Post and most recently a Wall Street Journal investigation that showed Activision Blizzard’s chief executive led the management of a …

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