Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in! Crystal Ball of Firmament Xitilon ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Crystal Ball of Firmament – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S The spell book is missing! Help the magician to find it in this action platformer adventure. Use the crystal ball to change between the day and night to make your path, collect tokens and buy useful upgrades. Venture out four different biomes (mountain, woods, winter forest and city) with a total of 32 levels. Warping the day / night cycle changes Ambiental obstacles and enemies’ behavior. Chains of Freedom Nordcurrent Labs ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Chains of Freedom – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Step into a thrilling turn-based tactics game set in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European state. Lead an elite military squad as you navigate perilous missions filled with danger, deceit, and moral dilemmas. Finding Frankie PERP GAMES ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Finding Frankie – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Fight for your life as you compete against two other contestants in Frankie’s twisted parkour game show. Run, jump, swing and slide your way throughout parkour and obstacle courses while avoiding Frankie, Henry Hotline and many other terrifying enemies. Hot Rod Mayhem Casual Brothers Ltd. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ $19.99 $15.99 Pre-order Hot Rod Mayhem – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere Start your engines, gearheads – it’s time for Hot Rod Mayhem! Prove yourself as the ultimate little racer by putting your speed and swerving skills to the test in wild races and one-of-a-kind trials! Use perilous pick-ups, like the tricky Marble or the Homing Dart, to leave your opponents in the dust! Lab Rat Klei Publishing ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Lab Rat – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Lab Rat is a hand-crafted narrative puzzler masquerading as a machine-generated video game. This satirical adventure stars a metrics-obsessed AI who will monitor, profile, and guide you as you solve over a hundred unique spatial problems. Over time this AI will develop a hilariously misguided understanding of humanity based on your performance and survey response data. Lushfoil Photography Sim Annapurna Interactive ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Lushfoil Photography Sim – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Experience detailed, true-to-life recreations of beautiful and diverse locations around the world. Trek through and explore environments to capture stunning vistas and landscapes with your fully featured in-game camera. Each environment is filled with objectives to reward players that have a good eye for angles and perspectives, and hidden secrets for those who are patient and observant. Monument Valley ustwo games ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Monument Valley – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Embark on a dreamlike adventure in the iconic Monument Valley, the award-winning puzzle game where architecture defies reality. Guide Princess Ida through surreal monuments, uncovering hidden paths and optical illusions that challenge perception. Monument Valley 2 ustwo games ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Monument Valley 2 – April 15Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Monument Valley 2 invites you on an award-winning emotional puzzle adventure where architecture transforms as you play. Join Ro and her child as they explore stunning, ever-shifting worlds, solving optical illusions that challenge perception and their lives. Bear Knight Honey Quest Marcos Game Dev ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Bear Knight Honey Quest – April 16 Bear Knight Honey Quest is an action platformer about a huggable bear and his trusty sword on a mission to recover the bee queen’s stolen honey. With easy controls, it’s guaranteed fun for the whole family! Farmer's Life FreeMind S.A. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Farmer’s Life – April 16Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Unleash the Farmer within. Dive into the rustic charm of rural living in Farmer’s Life, where you’ll experience the joy and challenges of life on a vibrant farm stead. Plant, grow, and embrace a country living in a vast open world. You choose from diverse mechanics and endless possibilities. I, Robot Atari ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ $14.99 $13.49 Pre-order I, Robot – April 16Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Jeff Minter is back with another unique take on a 1980s Atari arcade game: I, Robot. Reimagined in Minter’s signature assault of colors, shapes and sounds, this new take on the eclectic arcade title is built from the ground up with new challenges, new twists, and a whole lot of llamas. Moving Houses Eastasiasoft Limited ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Moving Houses – April 16Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere Enjoy a silly physics-based game about moving on as you box up your life while immersed in casual comfy gameplay and the instant gratification of task-based gamification of packing chores. Be neat, be careful or be a chaos goblin. The choice is yours! Sunshower NOKOGODO ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Sunshower – April 16Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere A colorful, casual arcade action game that follows a robot’s survival in a rainstorm! Use the plant installed on your head to reach for the sky as you achieve high scores and stop the rain from washing away the world. Vinebound: Tangled Together Silesia Games Sp. z o.o. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Vinebound: Tangled Together – April 16 A co-op roguelike for 1-2 players where you must coordinate attacks with a ping-pong cooldown to defeat hordes of enemies. Can your friendship survive the botanical mayhem of Garden Lands? Crime Scene Cleaner PlayWay S.A. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Crime Scene Cleaner – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere When insurance companies dodge the responsibility, it’s up to you to save your daughter’s life. This will require some dirty work and shady clientele, but you have no other choice, right? When the big boss calls once again, bring a bucket and a mop cause you will really need them. Are you up for the challenge? KEMCO RPG Selection Vol. 4 KEMCO ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ $39.99 Pre-order Kemco RPG Selction Vol. 4 – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Now you can enjoy 4 RPGs; Chronus Arc, Bonds of the Skies, Legend of the Tetrarchs, Monochrome Order in one bundle! Leila NAISU ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ $12.99 Pre-order Leila – April 17 Play as Leila and traverse through all phases of her life, uncovering her pivotal life moments. By unraveling puzzles imbued with the fragments of her narrative, you’ll comprehend the motives behind Leila’s life decisions. As you delve deeper into her psyche and her emotional landscape, you’ll discover facets of your own self mirrored in the life journey of this seemingly ordinary woman. Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree Knights Peak ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S Slash, burn, and rage your way through Mandragora, a 2.5D side-scroller action-RPG with deep Metroidvania and Soulslike elements. Light your Witch Lantern, enter the dark realm of Entropy, and tear reality asunder. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate Rocket Panda Games ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery A side-scrolling beat ’em up with the heart of a fighting game, supporting cross-platform pixel art anime action with up to 8P online multiplayer and all the characters from Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive! Terror Mansion Domynyo SRL ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Terror Mansion – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Xbox Play Anywhere Terror Mansion is an exciting, first-person horror video game that catapults you into a frightening Mansion. Your main objective is to escape the infested Mansion, finding objects and challenging riddles while exploring incredible scenarios. The Safe Place Restless Corp ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now The Safe Place – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere A gripping, social point-and-click adventure game that delves into the harsh realities of childhood and the complexities of self-sacrifice. As the third installment of the trilogy from the creator of Little Kite and Repentant, this game takes you on an emotional journey through the lives of two characters bound by fate. Tempopo CULT Games ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Tempopo – April 17Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere When Hana’s garden of musical flowers are scattered across a sky full of beautiful islands, she must turn to the magical Tempopo for help returning them. Chaotic and uncoordinated by nature, the Tempopo rely on Hana’s conducting skills to keep on the right track, and solve each island’s puzzle. Cute Puppy Academy COMMANDO PANDA ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Cute Puppy Academy – April 18Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Welcome to Cute Puppy Academy, the ultimate place for puppy lovers! Train, care for, and play with adorable pups! Feed, groom, and teach them tricks to keep their tails wagging. Take them on fun walks, play mini-games, and test their skills. Expand your academy with new facilities, attract more puppies, and become the best trainer in town! LUNAR Remastered Collection GungHo Online Entertainment America, Inc. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Lunar Remastered Collection – April 18Xbox Play Anywhere Dive into the enchanting worlds of Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete and Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete, two beloved JRPGs that have captured the hearts of gamers for generations. This definitive remastered edition features enhanced graphics, audio, and quality-of-life improvements that will satiate that hunger for 90s nostalgia–better than you remember! Snow Squall Dolores Entertainment ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Snow Squall – April 18Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery Your helicopter crashes in a remote, icy wilderness en route to delivering batteries to a mysterious research facility. Now, you must complete your delivery before you freeze to death or get eaten by a strange presence stalking you. Space Smash Rising Moon Games ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Space Smash – April 18Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery A retro-style, fast-paced, and addictive shoot ’em up. A throwback to the classic arcade games of the 80s. Great for playing while waiting in line for another game. Thrill Penguin Ratalaika Games S.L. ☆☆☆☆☆ ★★★★★ Get it now Thrill Penguin – April 18Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery You are an ambitious penguin who brandishes a stylish bandana and aspires to be a parkour master. Run, jump, dive, and swim through different and six unique zones containing challenging levels to demonstrate your esteemed parkour prowess.

The behind the scenes journalistic recaps of Apple’s AI drama continues today at The New York Times. And in this latest report, blame for Apple’s struggles to compete in AI is assigned to a surprising source: Luca Maestri and budget. Maestri scaled GPU purchase plans way back in early 2023, harming Apple’s AI efforts Today Tripp Mickle at The New York Times has published a wide-ranging report outlining Apple’s struggles in AI, Siri, the Vision Pro, and more. It covers much of the same ground as yesterday’s The Information report, but there is an especially interesting new tidbit around Apple’s slow AI start. John Giannandrea, Apple’s AI head, reportedly sought approval in early 2023 to upgrade the company’s GPU arsenal and faced some pushback. Tripp Mickle writes at The New York Times: At the time, Apple’s data centers had about 50,000 GPUs that were more than five years old — far fewer than the hundreds of thousands of chips being bought at the time by A.I. leaders like Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Meta, these people said. Mr. Cook approved a plan to double the team’s chip budget, but Apple’s finance chief, Luca Maestri, reduced the increase to less than half that, the people said. Mr. Maestri encouraged the team to make the chips they had more efficient. It seems remarkable that Maestri would be able to have such a huge impact on Apple’s AI efforts. Especially considering Cook gave his own approval. Mickle continues: The lack of GPUs meant the team developing A.I. systems had to negotiate for data center computing power from its providers like Google and Amazon, two of the people said. The leading chips made by Nvidia were in such demand that Apple used alternative chips made by Google for some of its A.I. development. 9to5Mac’s Take Maestri is Apple’s longtime CFO who recently stepped into a reduced role, likely as part of a slow retirement plan. While Maestri’s oversight of Apple’s finances makes him an important voice in the decision to increase GPU investment, it’s wild that such a seemingly short-sighted move happened so recently. Apple’s growing R&D spend over the years, the importance of AI, and the company’s huge cash flow all make a simple budget dispute seem hard to believe. Not that this one decision can be entirely blamed for Apple’s slow AI uptake, of course. Mickle also highlights leadership struggles between Robby Walker, who formerly led Siri, and Sebastien Marineau-Mes, a senior executive in software. However, such a big scale back on what Giannandrea was asking for seems like an especially big error, in hindsight. How much do you think this GPU budget reduction hurt Apple’s AI efforts? Let us know in the comments. Best iPhone accessories Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Image by Getty / FuturismRx/MedicinesThanks to policies by the Drug Enforcement Administration, prescription medications for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) like Adderall and Vyvanse are in a years-long artificial shortage.Luckily, one expert has a few tricks up his sleeve to help those suffering without their meds get access to them.In an interview with Futurism, veteran psychiatrist and ADHD specialist William Dodson revealed that prescribers in the know will often sync up their patients’ prescriptions to be filled on the seventh day of every month.The reasoning behind this, as Dodson explains, is labyrinthine.Since 2022, the DEA has capped the amount of pills that ADHD drug manufacturers — like Adderall maker Teva Pharmaceuticals, Vyvanse maker Takeda, and Ritalin maker Novartis — are allowed to produce. The agency's reasoning, as Dodson wrote in a 2024 op-ed for ADDitude Magazine, is the claim that people are abusing prescription stimulants — despite there being "virtually no evidence to support this belief."So strict are America’s drug czars in controlling stimulants that they set the number of pills manufacturers can send to pharmacies monthly a year ahead of time."The drug company is so told [by the DEA] 'you can release one million Vyvanse 40s and 800,000 Vyvanse 60s,'" the Colorado-based psychiatrist said, citing Vyvanse, an "abuse-deterrant" stimulant, as an example. "They're told exactly how many of which strength they can they can produce, and then can release to the warehouses and the wholesalers on the first of each month in the next calendar year."On the first of every month, Dodson detailed, wholesalers get the drugs, and after that pharmacies request it. Around the sixth of each month, the stuff makes it to pharmacies — and on the seventh day, they release it to customers."People who know that," he said, "synchronize all of their patients' prescriptions for the seventh."As Dodson told us, individuals can either request that their doctors submit the prescription at the very first of the month or ask pharmacies to hold onto them until the seventh."Both docs and pharmacists are happy to not have to spend hours and hours searching for medications toward the [latter] part of the month," he said.As helpful as this sort of advice may be, however, it’s no substitute for common-sense drug policy — especially if enough patients find out about this one weird trick."That's sort of the vagaries of distribution," Dodson said. "The DEA plan is cumbersome, stupid. It doesn't work well, and they are completely resistant to any modification."Of all people, Dodson knows. As he told Futurism, the "only reason" he’s able to criticize the DEA as strongly as he does is because he’s retired from practice — and as such, is less concerned about getting blowback from what calls the "thuggish" agency.At some point over the next month, he said the DEA is expected to sit down with drug manufacturers in what’s "supposed to be a negotiation" and tell them point-blank how much of each stimulant they’re allowed to produce over the next nine months."In some cases," he continued, "they're trying to guess what the needs are going to be 20 months in advance. It's the whole next calendar year, and they're doing it in March and April."In sum, Dodson likens the DEA to the cartels it's nominally fighting against. (When we reached out to the DEA, a spokesperson had no comment on Dodson's advice, but responded with links to the agency's own press releases about slightly upping quotas year over year.)Ahead of its upcoming non-negotiations, the DEA has, as we’ve learned from an agency update the psychiatrist shared with us, slightly raised its production quota on methylphenidate, or generic Ritalin. Last fall, it did the same for generic Vyvanse.While that update is certainly welcome to those who've had to go without their meds, it's hard to say now whether the DEA's policies will shift significantly under the new Trump administration. As Dodson assured us, the known Adderall-hating Robert F Kennedy Jr, who now sits in charge of our country's healthcare, has no authority over the DEA.More on drug shortages: Hims Is Begging Customers to Lobby the FDA to Keep Its Ozempic Knockoffs LegalShare This Article

Apr 11, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability The threat actor known as Paper Werewolf has been observed exclusively targeting Russian entities with a new implant called PowerModul. The activity, which took place between July and December 2024, singled out organizations in the mass media, telecommunications, construction, government entities, and energy sectors, Kaspersky said in a new report published Thursday. Paper Werewolf, also known as GOFFEE, is assessed to have conducted at least seven campaigns since 2022, according to BI.ZONE, with the attacks mainly aimed at government, energy, financial, media, and other organizations. Attack chains mounted by the threat actor have also been observed incorporating a disruptive component, wherein the intrusions go beyond distributing malware for espionage purposes to also change passwords belonging to employee accounts. The attacks themselves are initiated via phishing emails that contain a macro-laced lure document, which, upon opening and enabling macros, paves the way for the deployment of a PowerShell-based remote access trojan known as PowerRAT. The malware is designed to deliver a next-stage payload, often a custom version of the Mythic framework agent known as PowerTaskel and QwakMyAgent. Another tool in the threat actor's arsenal is a malicious IIS module called Owowa, which is used for retrieving Microsoft Outlook credentials entered by users on the web client. The latest set of attacks documented by Kaspersky starts with a malicious RAR archive attachment containing an executable that masquerades as a PDF or a Word document using a double extension (i.e., *.pdf.exe or *.doc.exe). When the executable is launched, the decoy file is downloaded from a remote server and shown to the user, while the infection proceeds to the next stage in the background. "The file itself is a Windows system file (explorer.exe or xpsrchvw.exe), with part of its code patched with a malicious shellcode," it said. "The shellcode is similar to what we saw in earlier attacks, but in addition contains an obfuscated Mythic agent, which immediately begins communicating with the command-and-control (C2) server." The alternate attack sequence is a lot more elaborate, using a RAR archive embedding a Microsoft Office document with a macro that acts as a dropper to deploy and launch PowerModul, a PowerShell script capable of receiving and executing additional PowerShell scripts from the C2 server. The backdoor is said to have been used since the start of 2024, with the threat actors initially using it to download and execute PowerTaskel on compromised hosts. Some of the other payloads dropped by PowerModul are listed below - FlashFileGrabber, which is used to steal files from removable media, such as flash drives, and exfiltrate them to the C2 server FlashFileGrabberOffline, a variant of FlashFileGrabber that searches removable media for files with specific extensions, and when found, copies them to the local disk within the "%TEMP%\CacheStore\connect\" folder USB Worm, which is capable of infecting removable media with a copy of PowerModul PowerTaskel is functionally similar to PowerModul in that it's also designed to run PowerShell scripts sent by the C2 server. But in addition, it can send information about the targeted environment in the form of a "checkin" message, as well as execute other commands received from the C2 server as tasks. It's also equipped to escalate privileges using the PsExec utility. In at least one instance, PowerTaskel has been found to receive a script with a FolderFileGrabber component that, besides replicating the features of FlashFileGrabber, includes the ability to gather files from remote systems via a hardcoded network path using the SMB protocol. "For the first time, they employed Word documents with malicious VBA scripts for initial infection," Kaspersky said. "Recently, we have observed that GOFFEE is increasingly abandoning the use of PowerTaskel in favor of the binary Mythic agent during lateral movement." The development comes as BI.ZONE attributed another threat group called Sapphire Werewolf to a phishing campaign that distributes an updated version of the open-source Amethyst Stealer. The stealer retrieves "credentials from Telegram and various browsers, including Chrome, Opera, Yandex, Brave, Orbitum, Atom, Kometa, and Edge Chromium, as well as FileZilla and SSH configuration files," the Russian company said, adding it can also grab documents, including those stored on removable media. Found this article interesting? Follow us on Twitter  and LinkedIn to read more exclusive content we post. SHARE    

As AI continues to evolve, the question becomes whether companies can transform their businesses while adapting their workforce strategies at the same pace. An executive mindset shift -- or mindshift -- is needed to not only reimagine businesses forward, but to also prepare workers for roles that don’t yet exist. Seismic shifts lie ahead: artificial intelligence will reshape 86% of businesses by 2030, according to a new World Economic Forum (WEF) report. That same report also predicts that AI and automation will create 170 million jobs, while displacing 92 million roles as companies adapt to technological change; 39% of existing skill sets will become outdated between 2025-2030.  Business, Not Digital, Transformation Is the Way Forward  Companies now face a new chapter in the evolution of digital transformation, one that challenges organizations to think beyond the digitization of legacy processes and workflows they prioritized over the past decade. In reality, BCG research uncovered that 70% of digital transformations still fall short of their objectives.  Before the dawn of ChatGPT, it could be argued that most digital transformation efforts focused on the digitization and optimization of legacy processes. The pursuit of efficiency, scale, and cost-cutting limited or impaired the prospect of any meaningful transformation desired business outcomes. The same may already be happening in an era of AI. Companies are prioritizing the automation of the processes and workflows digitized over the past decade, which is important, but without exploring the potential for new opportunities in an era of AI, automation may not be enough to evolve.  Related:If digital transformation was the defining strategy in the 2000s, AI-native business transformation represents a potentially better, and more adaptable way forward. Unlike digital transformation, AI represents an opportunity for business transformation. It’s an inflection point to reimagine organizations and work in a world where AI becomes inherently attached to almost every technology, action, and outcome.  The Next Chapter of AI-Native Businesses 2025 is set to be the year that not just AI, but AI agents, start to reshape the enterprise. While organizations are just beginning to recognize the possibilities of AI, they are not yet exploring the implications of businesses that accelerate AI-first transformation. Now is the time for organizations to embrace AI beyond tools and as a core component of their strategic mindset and operational framework. Related:But what does it mean to be an AI-first enterprise?  To help, let’s substitute AI-first with AI-native: AI as being native to the core of the business itself, strategy, operations, culture, and value creation. It’s also more than the implementation of AI tools across the enterprise. It's about redefining roles, work, and operations, fostering innovation, and creating a culture that embraces change.  An AI-native enterprise is characterized by the strategic integration of artificial intelligence at the core of its operations and decision-making.  An AI-native approach will fundamentally redefine how businesses operate, innovate, and engage with customers, employees, and their ecosystem. AI becomes not just a tool, but the central driver of decision-making, operational efficiency, and customer interaction. Lead in the AI Revolution or Be Left Behind AI-first is not just about using AI, it’s about making AI native to business architecture, foundationally. Make AI core to decision-making: AI is not just a tool for efficiency; it plays a central role in strategic decision-making, forecasting, and autonomous execution. Use AI to drive exponential thinking, not incremental optimization: Instead of improving traditional business processes, AI-native companies reimagine workflows, value chains, and customer experiences from scratch. Automate adaptability: AI-first companies build systems that can sense, analyze, and act autonomously in real-time across supply chains, operations, and customer engagement. Integrate AI to spur network effects and self-learning models: Continuously improve via feedback loops, fine-tune AI models, and leverage collective intelligence rather than relying solely on human input. Make data and compute as a core asset: Unlike traditional companies that prioritize physical assets or human capital, AI-first organizations treat data, compute power, and algorithmic capabilities as their primary competitive advantage. Drive workflow transformation with AI agents: AI agents are the next major evolution in AI-native businesses. They don’t just enhance workflows; they autonomously execute tasks, make decisions, and optimize operations at a scale and speed impossible for human-led organizations. You need to make sure you are designing and enhancing workflows of the future, not the past. Why? AI-native businesses will rely on agentic systems to manage core functions, drive efficiency, and create new competitive advantages. Redefine leadership for an AI-native era: C-Suites are not immune. Train executives and managers to think strategically about AI adoption, guiding their teams in AI-first decision-making and workflow transformation. Invest in reskilling programs for emerging roles: As AI automates repetitive tasks, new roles will emerge that require human creativity, problem-solving, and oversight. Companies must proactively explore and identify future job needs and provide pathways for employees to transition into high-value roles. This includes preparing for an agentic enterprise and beyond. Related:The shift from digital transformation to AI-native business transformation is not just an evolution -- it is a foundational reinvention of how organizations operate, compete, and create value. AI-native enterprises are architecting their businesses around it, making AI the backbone of strategy, decision-making, and execution. It’s about designing businesses where AI is intrinsic to every function, continuously learning, adapting, and driving innovation. AI-native leaders are also preparing for workforce evolution for the agentic enterprise, imagining new roles, and upskilling and reskilling in preparation, especially as the agentic enterprise takes shape. As AI agents become more capable, businesses must simultaneously prepare for the inevitable rise of an Agentic Enterprise. AI-native pacesetters will prepare their architecture for embedding AI agents into workflows across the enterprise to augment decision-making, operations, and customer engagement. The future won’t favor companies that use AI; it will reward those that architected for it and AI’s evolution. 

These days, we all just want to come home at the end of the day, sit back on our comfy couch, and unwind by watching the most stressful medical drama show we can find. The good news is there are tons of them, each more high-octane than the last, curing any delusions we might have had that we would be able to hold it together while staffing an emergency room full of screaming patients.Maybe it’s the thrill of the claustrophobic yet exciting environment, maybe it’s the schadenfreude of “well at least that’s not happening to me,” but doctor shows are far and away one of the most popular television genres of all time. The best ones have an even split between can’t-look-away medical cases and compelling interpersonal complexities between their main characters, hooking their audience with human drama and terrifying physical ailments, and promising, most of the time, that everyone is going to be okay.If you’re a fan of medical dramas and in need of a new one, or you’re interested in them but don’t know where to start, or you just want to find the most nerve-wracking way to spend your off hours, boy, do we have the perfect list for you. Out of all the doctor shows out there, from the most beloved to the more obscure, we’ve gathered together the ten most stressful, most fraught television shows ever made, each of which tests the boundaries of medical science and how many cameras you can fit inside one hospital set. Envy the brilliance of these star doctors while safe in the knowledge that at least your day wasn’t as bad as theirs is about to be.The Most Intense Medical TV Shows Ever MadeEveryone is going to be okay. Maybe. READ MORE: The Best New TV Shows of the YearGet our free mobile app12 Pairs of Actors and Directors With Famous FeudsYou won't see these great actors and directors working together again. Gallery Credit: Emma StefanskyFiled Under: ER, Grey's Anatomy, House, The Knick, The PittCategories: Galleries, Original Features, Special Features, TV News

Are you able to write thorough and engaging UX research findings?Would you like to join a team of dedicated usability researchers, who produce cutting-edge User Experience research? Producing UX research findings that will be used by thousands of web professionals, including some of the biggest brands in the world (including Amazon, Google, Nike, Shopify)? Are you excellent at presenting complex research findings on web user behavior through the written word?Then apply for the remote full-time position as UX Research Analyst & Writer at Baymard Institute.About Your Job at BaymardIn this position, you will join Baymard’s team of usability researchers and primarily work at annotating and analyzing our raw usability test data and writing the insights from this into usability guidelines. The guidelines go directly into our Baymard subscription platform. Our Baymard customers are eagerly waiting for your UX research insights, be it the UI designer at Nike or the ecommerce director at Amazon, as they use it as direct input for their UX and UI design decisions.In this role, you’ll need to enjoy analysis and writing, since analyzing usability test data and writing usability test findings will be at least 50–80% of what you’ll be doing all year round.Besides analysis and writing, the job also involves moderating 1-1 usability tests and identifying themes and issues across multiple sites, and coming up with proposals for design patterns that can alleviate the identified problems.While each researcher at Baymard generally directs their own study, from research design through publication, collaboration with other team members is an essential part of the job. As such, the amount of input and control you have over any one phase of research varies based on the specific research being conducted, other team members’ availability, and your own strengths when it comes to the many phases that comprise a complete research study.In this job, you’ll be directly shaping the future of ecommerce, become a published usability research author, and should expect to join the ranks of the absolute top experts within ecommerce usability within a few years (if you aren’t already).We want to work with the smartest and most dedicated people and, therefore, the position is fully remote. All of Baymard's current research team is already working remotely, and the entire company is structured around remote work. In other words, you are welcome to work with us from locations such as UK, Ireland, EU, Canada, or US.For more information about Baymard as a company, see this “Key Work Values” section.Job QualificationsWhile we will train you in Baymard’s methodology and analysis process, we expect that you have the following qualifications. The numbers in brackets indicate the weighted importance of each on a 7-point scale (higher = more important). These weights reflect how candidates are evaluated, so make sure your application illustrates your prowess in the highest-weighted skills and traits.[7/7] Substantial experience with analyzing usability test data. We take qualitative test data in the form of test session videos as the basis for our analysis, so experience in this form of analysis is preferred. [7/7] Substantial experience with writing usability guidelines (or best practices, UX issues to avoid, etc.).[7/7] A sincere desire to collaborate effectively with colleagues (e.g., by taking in and thoughtfully responding to feedback and editorial direction, supporting other researchers in their own projects, etc.)[5/7] Broad experience with usability research (e.g., conducting think-aloud usability test sessions, analyzing data, writing findings).[5/7] Ability to propose web design recommendations for the usability issues we identify.We furthermore expect that you are comfortable working remotely via digital platforms. Additionally, as most of our team is either based in the eastern USA or western Europe, you must have at least 3–4 hours of daily scheduled work overlap with those timezones.Practical DetailsExperience level: at least 3–5 years of experience in UX research.Language: native English speaker.Salary: in accordance with qualifications and location.Location: remote, full-time position from UK, Ireland, EU, Canada, or US.Start date: as soon as possible.Travel: limited; expect only 0-1 week of optional travel each year (in connection with an optional, company-wide meetup).How to ApplyIf you’re interested in this position, please send the following:At least one long-form UX writing sample (1,000+ words), or a series of samples. While a writing sample on a UX topic is strongly preferred, we’ll also consider writing on other web-related topics (e.g., ecommerce, information architecture, documentation). Samples can be both published or unpublished works; all materials are kept confidential. (Note: slide decks and samples with multiple authors are not considered.) (Required)A cover letter (1 page; PDF) describing how you fit the role and qualifications. (Required)A resume (PDF) or a link to your LinkedIn profile. (Required)Send the above to [email protected].(All applications and materials are treated confidentially.)Deadline is May 11th, 2025 (end of day).Note: Based on the applications, a few selected candidates will be assigned a paid writing and analysis test, which will be the main evaluation criterion for the position. This will also be a good way for you to get a feel for the primary task of this job. (The test will be performed remotely. You’ll be given a real usability test dataset to analyze and describe within a 10-day deadline.)Also, consider reading our SaaS sales page and our “Key Work Values” section.Sincerely,Edward Scott, UX Research Lead at the Baymard InstituteReferral Bonus: If this job isn’t you, but you know someone who’ll be the perfect fit, please send them the link to this page. If we end up hiring the person you referred, we’ll give you a 1 year access to a Baymard ‘Comprehensive’ plan (normally $2,388/year).

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology. Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military For much of last year, US Marines conducting training exercises in the waters off South Korea, the Philippines, India, and Indonesia were also running an experiment. The service members in the unit responsible for sorting through foreign intelligence and making their superiors aware of possible local threats were for the first time using generative AI to do it, testing a leading AI tool the Pentagon has been funding. Two officers tell us that they used the new system to help scour thousands of pieces of open-source intelligence—nonclassified articles, reports, images, videos—collected in the various countries where they operated, and that it did so far faster than was possible with the old method of analyzing them manually. Though the US military has been developing computer vision models and similar AI tools since 2017, the use of generative AI—tools that can engage in human-like conversation—represent a newer frontier.Read the full story. —James O'Donnell Why the climate promises of AI sound a lot like carbon offsets  The International Energy Agency states in a new report that AI could eventually reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, possibly by much more than the boom in energy-guzzling data center development pushes them up. The finding echoes a point that prominent figures in the AI sector have made as well to justify, at least implicitly, the gigawatts’ worth of electricity demand that new data centers are placing on regional grid systems across the world. There’s something familiar about the suggestion that it’s okay to build data centers that run on fossil fuels today because AI tools will help the world drive down emissions eventually—it recalls the purported promise of carbon credits. Unfortunately, we’ve seen again and again that such programs often overstate any climate benefits, doing little to alter the balance of what’s going into or coming out of the atmosphere. Read the full story.  —James Temple The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 MAGA influencers are downplaying Trump’s market turmoil They’re finding creative ways to frame the financial tumult as character building. (WP $)+ Some democrats are echoing his trade myths, too. (Vox)2 Amazon products are going to cost moreCEO Andy Jassy says he anticipates third party sellers passing the costs introduced by tariffs on to their customers. (CNBC) + He says the company has been renegotiating terms with sellers. (CNN)3 OpenAI has slashed its model safety testing time Which experts worry will mean it rushes out models without sufficient safeguarding. (FT $)+ Why we need an AI safety hotline. (MIT Technology Review) 4 A woman gave birth to a stranger’s baby in an IVF mixup Monash IVF transferred another woman’s embryo to her by accident. (The Guardian)+ Inside the strange limbo facing millions of IVF embryos. (MIT Technology Review)5 Amazon equipped some of its delivery vans in Europe with defibrillators  In an experiment to see if drivers could speed up help to heart attack patients. (Bloomberg $)6 The future of biotech is looking shakyRFK Jr’s appointment and soaring interest rates are rocking an already volatile industry. (WSJ $) + Meanwhile, RFK Jr has visited the families of two girls who died from measles. (The Atlantic $)7 Alexandre de Moraes isn’t backing downThe Brazilian judge, who has butted heads with Elon Musk, is worried about extremist digital populism. (New Yorker $) 8 An experimental pill mimics the effects of gastric bypass surgeryAnd could be touted as an alternative to weight-loss drugs. (Wired $) + Drugs like Ozempic now make up 5% of prescriptions in the US. (MIT Technology Review)9 What happens when video games start bleeding into the real world Game Transfer Phenomenon is a real thing, and nowhere near as fun as it sounds. (BBC)+ How generative AI could reinvent what it means to play. (MIT Technology Review) 10 Londoners smashed up a Tesla in a public art project  The car was provided by an anonymous donor. (The Guardian)+ Proceeds from the installation will go to food banks in the UK. (The Standard) Quote of the day “It feels so good to be surrounded by a bunch of people who disconnected.” —Steven Vernon III, who works in finance, describes the beauties of a digital detox at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia as the markets descend into chaos, the Wall Street Journal reports. The big story This scientist is trying to create an accessible, unhackable voting machine For the past 19 years, computer science professor Juan Gilbert has immersed himself in perhaps the most contentious debate over election administration in the United States—what role, if any, touch-screen ballot-marking devices should play in the voting process.While advocates claim that electronic voting systems can be relatively secure, improve accessibility, and simplify voting and vote tallying, critics have argued that they are insecure and should be used as infrequently as possible.As for Gilbert? He claims he’s finally invented “the most secure voting technology ever created.” And he’s invited several of the most respected and vocal critics of voting technology to prove his point. Read the full story.—Spenser Mestel We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet 'em at me.) + Bad news for hoodie lovers: your favorite comfy item of clothing is no longer cutting the mustard.+ What happens inside Black Holes? A lot more than you might think.+ Unfortunately, pushups are as beneficial for you as they are horrible to execute.+ Very cool—archaeologists are making new discoveries in Pompeii.

London cost consultant Exigere has warned the main impact of US president Donald Trump’s trade war will be the effect on investor sentiment and whether tariffs will put the brakes on construction demand. In its latest market update for Q2, the firm said it didn’t expect too much direct impact from Trump’s decision to introduce tariffs on a swathe of countries – including a 10% baseline rate on the UK. Earlier this week, Trump paused tariff hikes on most countries for 90 days which saw the European Union put retaliatory tariffs on hold. Source: ShutterstockUS president Donald Trump has paused tariff hikes on most countries for 90 days but his baseline levy of 10% remains while China has been hit with tariffs of 125% But the trade war between the US and China has deepened, after Trump imposed 125% tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated with 84% levies. > Also read: Trump tariffs could make investors pause funding for major schemes, experts warn In its report, the first few pages of which were devoted to the impact of tariffs, Exigere said: “Proportionately, UK imports for construction-related materials and equipment comes mostly from Europe and China, although a significant proportion is produced domestically. We do import some materials, machinery, plant and equipment form the US but we have minimal exposure in the main.” But it added: “[Trump’s tariffs] will inevitably hit growth projections, and in conjunction with recent PMI figures, the possibility of a recession is back on the table, if not already here. Indeed, with wider global uncertainty, disruption and the potential impacts on growth, this may cause further short to medium-term hesitancy in investment and dampen demand for construction.” Exigere said the sector was still a good bet but warned: “The priority is to stay calm, identify the opportunities and act on them through considered, targeted action with the right partners and behaviours. “While the immediate outlook for the coming year now remains even more uncertain, reflecting an unpredictable global economic and geopolitical climate, we see positive indicators over the mid-and long term. “Interest rates are falling, albeit perhaps slower than had been anticipated. GDP growth, whilst minimal, was taking place, but this may now be further hampered. Demand is there for the right product. Longer term, the economics are slowly heading in the right direction to unlock the supply.” Meanwhile, the firm said contractors in the central London market were continuing to take their time before signing on the dotted line for jobs. “Fingers were burnt in the past decade, with some contractors overstretching themselves in terms of their capacity and ability to deliver work,” Exigere said. “A cocktail of insolvencies, a fragmented, under-resourced industry, continued planning and regulatory change, evolving design driven by tenant demand and growing pains adopting the Building Safety Act, are all impeding development and driving up construction sector costs. > Also read: Clients keeping cool amid Trump tariff chaos, says Turner & Townsend Alinea “All these factors contribute to a significant proportion of Tier 1 contractors continuing to feel risk-averse this spring. They want to consolidate, protecting their existing projects, specialisms, and partnerships, rather than experimenting and expanding.” It added: “This is being reflected in the type and number of projects they will take on, as well as the risks they are prepared to take. They are generally only taking on projects in sectors which are a strong match for their skillsets and are achievable within their current capacities. Relationships, with both consultants and, more importantly, clients, are a material consideration for contractors.” Source: ShutterstockDemand for office space in London, such as the Bankside Yards scheme (pictured), is increasing, Exigere said, as more workers return to the office for longer while premium space dries up But the consultant said both contractors and clients were being less adversarial in contract negotiations. “There is a flight to quality taking place, driving good behaviour and rewarding those taking a realistic approach to contract negotiations. Many successful industry players are characterised by their collaborative, flexible, and equitable behaviours.” Exigere said the central London office market was on the mend as top-end, available new space begins to dry up and more companies switched the working balance to being in the office. “Expectations for full-time office attendance are increasing. This return to the office, coupled with a shortage of new provision over the past five years is driving up Grade A rents for prime, low-carbon office spaces.” It added the hotel sector was also on the rise with investment returning to pre-pandemic levels while a Deloitte poll said London was the most attractive European city for hotel investment in 2025. The consultant said the biggest cost pressure facing firms in the coming months was the increase in National Insurance rates as well as the increase in the minimum wage. Exigere said it expects tender price inflation to be 3.25% for the rest of the year, rising to 3.75% next year and staying flat in 2027.

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