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Workers at Ubisoft Quebec are reportedly asking to leave Assassin’s Creed Red to avoid working with Jonathan Dumont. The same source, a member of the employee-led group A Better Ubisoft, also alleges that multiple people have left the company altogether to get away from Dumont, who has a reputation for being verbally abusive in the workplace. As reported by The Gamer, a member of A Better Ubisoft recently came forward to discuss the recent departures under a condition of anonymity. They describe Assassin’s Creed: Red’s director as prone to angry outbursts and unwanted sexual advances and blame him for “creating a climate of fear” within the studio. “Dumont has been the reason multiple of my colleagues leaving,” the source told The Gamer. They attributed this mass departure to Dumont’s long history of sexual harassment, verbal abuse, and sometimes violent behavior. “His outbursts have created a climate of fear known for years in the studio and failed to be acted on for a long time,” said the source.  » Read More

(Image credit: Christine Romero-Chan / iMore) Facebook's new app update adds support for iOS 16 Lock Screen widgets for the first time. The update, which is now available for download in the App Store, comes just hours after the iOS 16 update was released.While plenty of apps have been able to get updates ready for the iOS 16 release, few would have expected Facebook to be one of those to take advantage of the new feature on day one. Yet, here we are.Two to choose fromIn its current form, the Facebook app offers two different Lock Screen widgets for you to choose from. The first one displays the birthdays of your friends and family while the second displays "the latest from Facebook at a glance." Both of the selections can be added to your Lock Screen so that you can see them without needing to unlock your iPhone.What's more, the new widgets are also available as part of the new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max's Always-On Display,  » Read More

Mark Zuckerberg's poor leadership skills are slowly dragging Meta toward failure, a Harvard expert says.Zuckerberg's shortcomings as CEO are "continuing to derail" the tech giant formerly known as Facebook, according to Bill George, a senior fellow at Harvard Business School and former CEO of medical technology company Medtronic."I think Facebook is not going to do well as long as he's there," George tells CNBC Make It. "He's likely one of the reasons so many people are turning away from the company. He's really lost his way."George has spent the past 20 years studying leadership failures in the workplace, recently compiling those findings into a new book called, "True North: Leading Authentically in Today's Workplace, Emerging Leader Edition."In short, George says bosses that lose sight of their most deeply held beliefs, values and purpose as a leader — especially in the name of money, fame or power — are doomed to fail. And after decades of researching high-profile corporate collapses, he says he sees striking similarities to Zuckerberg and Meta today.  » Read More

Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration; Chart: Axios VisualsGasoline prices continue to tumble throughout the U.S., taking the starch out of the stiff rise in inflation and cheering up consumers.Why it matters: Average national gasoline prices hit $5.02 a gallon back in June, amplifying the national fixation on inflation.Driving the news: According to AAA, a gallon of regular was an average of $3.74 on Friday, more than 25% lower than the June peak.Yes, but: Not everyone's experience at the pump will mirror the national average.California typically has some of the most expensive gas because the state requires refiners to produce a blend that meets more stringent anti-pollution requirements than much of the rest of the country. California also has higher than average gasoline taxes, which add to the cost at the pump.What we're watching: The futures prices for "reformulated blendstock for oxygenate blending," or RBOB. This wholesale gasoline benchmark tends to move in advance of the retail gasoline prices you see while filling up.  » Read More

HomeLocal NewsAn Eagle Creek Fire Update from the Chippewa Cree Tribe Natural Resource Facebook PageHILL COUNTY (NMB) The Chippewa Cree Tribe Natural Resources Facebook page to let the  public know there are Type 2 fire crews on scene and a Type 3 Incident Command team on site.They go to state that fire containment on the Rocky Boy’s reservation is at 60% with 10% total containment of the entire fire perimeter.They want the public aware the Bearver Creek and Sandy Creek areas on the Rocky Boy’s Reservaton are still closed to the public until further notice.For the complete Public Service Announcement go to https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/305849126_393256776312617_8625789650060906328_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=PnbKsDcdNAUAX9o1FLq&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-1.xx&oh=00_AT9xcW8WOcc9TBBGhR_-qtuWnklJRQ2-SE0hl3q_PPQEzQ&oe=6322F317Copyright © New Media Broadcasters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.  » Read More

While Facebook, YouTube and Twitter were making headlines and testifying before Congress, Snapchat spent the past decade quietly entrenching itself as teens’ favorite social media app. Left for dead by some analysts five years ago when Facebook’s Instagram copied its signature disappearing-photo feature, Stories, Snapchat instead kept growing by coming up with a new set of playful features.Until now. An economic downturn, seismic shifts in the digital ad market and the meteoric rise of TikTok have thrown Snap for a loop, and on Aug. 31 it laid off 20 percent of its employees. An internal memo from CEO Evan Spiegel, first obtained by The Verge on Wednesday and viewed by The Post, acknowledged that the company is on track to badly miss its internal growth targets for 2022. Since January, the Los Angeles-based company’s stock has lost nearly three-fourths of its value.No longer the sprightly upstart in the social media world, Snap faces a new challenge as it enters its second decade: how to build a mature,  » Read More

Perhaps as you might have guessed, New York City and Italy tied for the number one spot in a new list of the top 100 pizzas in the world. Anthony Mangieri's Una Pizza Napoletana, located on the Lower East Side, took the top spot right alongside Francesco Martucci's Masanielli, located in Caserta, Italy.The accolades come courtesy of the Italian brand-sponsored guide 50 Top Pizza. Third place went to Giuseppe Cutraro's Peppe Pizzeria in Paris, while 50 Kalò and 10 Diego Vitagliano Pizzeria in Naples captured fourth and fifth place, respectively.Over the last year, 50 Top Pizza inspectors have been making their way around the world to taste pie after pie. Let's hope they packed some Tums. Each pizzeria's product was judged on the quality of their dough and ingredients, of course, in addition to their customer service and care.Altogether, New York City has the highest number of pizzerias in its 50 Top Pizza World list of any US city, with a total of nine venues mentioned in this year's guide.  » Read More

American photo and video sharing social networking platform Instagram is testing a new feature that mimics other social networks. According to The Verge, TechCrunch has reported that Instagram confirmed tests of a 'reposts' feature, which will bring someone else's content onto your own timeline. This feature will be similar to Twitter's retweets or the kind of reshares that are common on Tumblr and Facebook and are also being tested on TikTok. TechCrunch has stated that this 'repost' feature was spotted on Wednesday by Matt Navarra, a social media consultant who posted images in a Twitter thread. Sharing someone else's post for your own followers to see isn't completely new for Instagram users. Users have been able to share public posts for their followers but only to their Instagram Story or through direct messages. Now, the test would let users share a post on their feeds without having to screenshot it and repost it or go through another source,  » Read More

A Dunedin restaurant’s shift away from tips was supposed to be about “data over drama,” but former employees say it’s definitely been both.The Black Pearl introduced a new pay model for servers. Instead of taking home tips, waiters will receive a flat 20% commission and $1-an-hour wage. Ahead of the change, the restaurant fired some staff, employees told the Tampa Bay Times. Since then, criticism from hospitality workers and patrons pushed the review website Yelp to disable reviews on the restaurant’s page.Owners Zachary and Christina Feinstein, under the company called The Feinstein Group, said they restructured tipping protocols to offer better pay for support staffers like bussers and food runners. The Feinstein Group implemented the pay structure months ago in their two other Dunedin restaurants: the Living Room and Sonder Social Club.Instead of guests choosing the tip amount on receipts, every customer will have a 20% service fee added onto the bill. A server keeps 15% while support staff get the remaining 5%, Zachary Feinstein said. Guests can still add a tip on top of the fee,  » Read More

Michael Horvath, 55, was sentenced Thursday in Monroe County Court to life in prison without parole for killing Lower Macungie Township resident Holly Grim.Monroe Assistant District Attorney Michael T. Rakaczewski said county President Judge Margherita Patti-Worthington handed down the mandatory sentence on the first-degree felony criminal homicide charge of which Horvath was found guilty in June following a non-jury trial.Patti-Worthington also sentenced Horvath to the maximum 10-20 years behind bars, to be served consecutive to the life term, on two related counts of kidnapping, said Rakaczewski, who prosecuted the case with First Assistant District Attorney Michael Mancuso.“We just hope that the family of the victim would find some closure now in this case, now that he was found guilty and was sentenced,” Rakaczewski told lehighvalleylive.com.WFMZ-TV 69 reported that Horvath addressed Grim’s family during Thursday’s sentencing hearing, saying: “I am sorry for their loss, but judge, I did not commit this murder and I am going to fight this until the end.”A call for comment to Horvath’s defense attorney was not immediately returned.  » Read More