Last year saw a newfound interest in Fallout bubble up, as the Amazon Prime live-action series offered a surprisingly well-done adaptation of the post-apocalyptic franchise. Fallout has been a gaming staple, and its reignited prominence in pop culture will hopefully pave the way for Fallout 5 to become reality sooner, rather than later.

Although PC players will have to wait longer for GTA 6 than their console counterparts, they can revisit GTA 5 with all the benefits of modern gaming technology. The decade-old game recently received an enhanced version that significantly improves its visuals and performance.

It's an exciting day if you're a fan of the BBC and the Google TV Streamer. BBC iPlayer is finally available on the streaming platform almost six months after Google launched it, 9to5Google reports. Google certified its TV Streamer for use with BBC iPlayer back in November 2024.BBC One and BBC Two are now under the TV streamer's Channels tab, while BBC iPlayer appears on the Google Play Store with a new download option. BBC iPlayer allows anyone to pays for a TV license in the UK to watch their favorite shows and movies live, on-demand or downloaded to their device. It has already been available for use on Google TV and Android TV.Google launched its TV Streamer in September as a replacement for the Chromecast line. It retails for $100 and features a smart home panel that allows users to see and control devices like lights, thermostats and doorbell cameras.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/bbc-iplayer-is-now-available-on-googles-tv-streamer-110029855.html?src=rss

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Tyler, the CEO of an early-stage technology company, reached out for executive coaching support at the recommendation of acollegefriend: Give it a try, she encouraged. He was skeptical about anything touchy-feely and wondered if coaching could offer his leadership an edge.Afterwe reviewed his 360 results together, Tylers skepticism took center stage. His feedback consisted of descriptors like controlling, arrogant, and dismissive. Tyler was unmoved. He asked, Why should I care about what people think of me if were getting great results?Tylers not an anomaly. There are leaders everywhere who behave badly interpersonally but exceed sales goals, secure investor funding, or get a product to market in record time.As executive coaches who have supported hundreds of senior leaders, we believe this one-dimensional focus on results is seductive, buteventuallyself-sabotaging and shortsighted.Todays leaders need to focus on resultsandinterpersonal relationships for long-term success. Here are some reasons why:Competitive and collaborative leaders get the strongest resultsTyler has been successful to-date, and he believes that will continue even if he keeps deprioritizing relationships. Of course, research says thats unlikely. Astudy of sales organizationsthat the National Bureau Of Economic Research conducted foundthat there is a cost topromoting starswhohavent built skills in collaborating with or developing people.Their teams will make, on average, 30% fewer sales than sales teams with collaborative managers.Bad behavior reduces long-term effectivenessTyler, asa start-upCEO, can get away with bad behavior now given his results. However, over time toxic leaders contribute toreduced productivity, decreased employee performance, increased turnover, and increased legal fees, according to a study in Health Psychology Research.These consequences are a drain onresources and tenured employees. Bottom line, bad behavior catches up with leaders. Tending to relationshipsandresults secures more longevity inseniorroles.Caring is a worthwhile investmentTylers strategy might be working now,but leadership strategies need to be resilient to professionalandpersonal change.One senior leader, Alexandra, who routinely delivered impressive results, did so at the cost of her teams morale(For example, she didnt take their complaints to HR seriously). Then, Alexandras aging parents health concerns required her to routinely fly cross country to manage their care. When Alexandras capacity shifted, her team resisted stepping-up to assist her. Alexandras nonexistent social capital with her team ended up costing the company floundering results.The company demanded intensive leadership coaching for Alexandra and a commitment to change. She eventually shifted her leadership style in accordance withresearchwhere cultivating anenvironment thatprioritizespeople and relationships is good for business.How to course correct:Theres no one-size-fits-all solutionto move fromchallenged to successful people leader. However, here are three steps tobegin excellingat both financial and people development metrics.1. Focus on self: shift intimidating behaviors First, identify the specific behaviors that inhibit the people you work alongside.Pay attention tofeedback like, She dominates the conversation with her opinions,or When I ask clarifying questions, he gets exasperated.Years of research onpsychological safetyilluminates the downsides of leading through fear.Ultimately, this contributes tolower levels of effectiveness and engagement.Once youre clear on your unproductive behaviors, pick small newbehaviors that invite learning and new perspectivesversus fear.Oneeffective way to form stronger connections with colleagues is to ask curious questions. Some examples include, What else do you want me to understand? or Can you tell me more about how you see the challenge? or Whats your perspective?2. Focus on others:invest indeveloping yourpeopleTakingtime to engage with your employees and have meaningful career development conversations builds loyalty. People want to perform well for leaders who support their long-term career development.Set the stage by letting your people know youll find time twice a year to exploretheircareer aspirations.Send questionslike these in advance to prime the pump for a meaningful conversation.Where do you hope to see yourself 10 years from now?What other roles do you see in the company that interest you?If you could design your next role at the company, what would you want it to look like and why?What is one skill (technical or soft) that if you were to develop, would benefit you greatly for the nextfiveyears?Start the conversation by stating your intention: to help your employee develop in ways that are meaningful to them. Then, discuss your employees answers to the questions and layer on your own thoughts. You might say, I also see youasMarketing Director in the next few years and could see you overseeing Salestoogiven your creative mind and focus on data. Itsaffirming to have your manager share what they envision for you along with validating any strengths.Finally, discuss ways to get more on-the-job experience in their areas of interest over the coming months. Your employee should leave with a plan of action for how to make progress on their career goals and an understanding of how youll support their efforts.3. Focus on team:buildinterdependencyOften team leaders with a high need for control rely on a hub-and-spoke model of management where every problem goes through them. This is inefficientand losesthe benefits that interdependent teams can give their organizations,the chance to outperform competitors and increase profitability.Noleader will perfectlytendto results and people. But understanding the importance of both often leads toorganizational success. When Tyler agreed to explore this, he found himself inspired in new ways. He dove into the challenge of defining how to demonstrate care for his people while simultaneously holding them to a high bar. Its not easy. But as the leaders weve worked with have found, its much more fulfilling to drive results together with their team, rather than at their expense and well-being.

Brandedis a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture.While its not clear what President Trumps ever-shifting tariffs attack on Canada might ultimately achieve, it has already done one thing for certain: ticked off a lot of Canadians.Thats taken the form of anti-Trump and anti-American sentiment (including the booing of the U.S. national anthem before various sporting events being played in Canada). But its also taken the form of renewed Canadian prideas witnessed by a reported spike in buying, and flying, Canadian flags. Naturally, official symbols of Canadianism arent the only option for expressing devotion to the Great White North: Consumer brands are a big part of that conversation, too.Last month, during the reprieve between Trumps initial threat and the 25% tariff on Canadian imports kicking in Tuesday (which Trump already paused again on Thursday), a survey of Canadian consumers found 85% said that they planned to replace some or all of the U.S.-made products on their shopping lists. (Interestingly, 41% said they would avoid shopping on Amazon.) And now, it seems, many are acting on that pledge.On Reddit and other online forums, fans of Canada-based consumer-goods companies have gathered to tout brands in seemingly every conceivable categoryfrom Hawkins Cheezies snacks (I cant believe anyone would eat a Cheeto if they had the option of Hawkins Cheezies, one fan enthused), Cove carbonated drinks as an alternative to American sodas, Stanfields underwear (founded in 1856, it bills itself as Canadian even before Canada), hipster-luxury denim brand Naked & Famous and Heartbeat Hot Sauce (On Hot Ones many times, a Redditor says) to Boo Bamboo personal-care products made with organic bamboo extract.A Look for the Leaf sign near the checkout counter of a store in Toronto, March 4, 2025, guides shoppers to look for maple leaf labels, which mark made-in-Canada items. [Photo: Michelle Mengsu Chang/Toronto Star/Getty Images]A slew of roundups and listicles have followed, showering attention on a range of Canadian brands. The Toronto Star, to pick one example, published a How to buy Canadian primer, which recommends Savr eggs, GoodLeaf Farms produce, and Royale toilet paper and tissues. Look for [dairy] products with the Blue Cow logo, the paper advised, which means theyre made with 100% Canadian milk and ingredients. Theres also a website, Made in CA, that compiles Canadian goods.Canadian grocer Loblaws CEO Per Bank has been posting on LinkedIn about its tariffs experience, noting that weekly sales of Canadian products were up by double digits in mid-February, and recently announcing the rollout of new in-store-display features to guide shoppers to Canadian wares.The combined desire to boycott American goods and support Canadian alternatives is, in some cases, clouded by intertwined global markets that have developed over decades of free-trade boosterism. People are directly writing into customer service asking detailed questions on whether [products] are Canadian, where they source from, and so forth, the CEO of Vancouver-based superfood latte brand Blume told Modern Retail. (Blume has been playing up its Canadianism on its site and social media lately.) But that consumer challenge is creating its own market: Several new apps with names like Buy Beaver and Maple Scan promise to reveal how Canadian a product iswhere its made, what its made of, etc.by scanning its barcode.That said, there are plenty of symbolic gestures, too, like rebranding caffe Americano as Canadiano. And there have been more directly punitive responses including canceling U.S. vacations and pulling American brands from Canadian liquor stores (a move the maker of Louisville, Kentucky-based Jack Daniels calls worse than a tariff), along with retaliatory tariffs on many American imports.The underlying sentiment isnt a matter of wonky economics; its emotional and visceral, based on a belief among many that the tariffs have nothing to do with border-security demands (as claimed) but are a blunt attempt to damage Canadas economy, and ultimately absorb the 158-year-old nation. (Trump has derisively referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as governor.) If Canadians are acting like theyve been betrayed by an old friend, they have good reason to feel that way.Hours after the tariffs went into effect, CTV News interviewed several Canadian-citizen shoppers who sounded determined to defy any trade strong-arming and indeed take it as motivation to seek out Canadian-made alternatives theyd ignored or overlooked in the past. I think we should really cut them off, said one Halifax resident, speaking of American brands, and we should stay [buying] 100% Canadian. Of course, that also could mean ultimately punishing brands from other countries that have nothing to do with the U.S. tariffs. But at least one American export appears to be catching on in Canada thanks to this trade flare-up: economic nationalism.

Although smartwatches bring a ton of functionality to our wrists, mechanical watches still continue to have a very strong following. There is just a sense of beauty in the way the tiny gears work together with precision and accuracy to tell the time, something that both digital watches and smartwatches are unable to reproduce. There is also one other design aspect where smartwatches fall short: the ability to have unconventional and sometimes even weird cases and dials.Yes, smartwatches have a nearly infinite number of choices when it comes to watch faces, but because of the technologies involved, they mostly come in square or circular shapes only. Mechanical watches, on the other hand, can play around with different designs and themes, as demonstrated by this rather unusual timepiece that makes it look like youre playing a vinyl disc on your wrist.Designer: AndoAndoAndoOf course, it isnt producing any tunes, unless the subtle tick-tock of gears is music to your ears. This eye-catching and head-turning watch just happens to look like a tiny turntable strapped to your wrist, which is all thats needed to make you the center of attraction while the novelty lasts. More than just the painstaking and meticulous work involved in producing the small parts for this watch, whats even more impressive is how it tries to stick to the theme, even when it means potentially confusing the wearer.Unlike other retro watch designs that simply try to look like a turntable to a minimal degree, the Vinyl Record Automatic Watch takes it to heart even when it comes to actually telling the time. There is no hour hand, for example, and the A on the record label serves that purpose instead. The minute hand is shaped like a tonearm, but one thats bent exactly like a real one. This admittedly makes telling the time at a glance a bit tricky but also like a fun exercise.The attention to detail is beyond impressive, such as the concentric grooves on such a minuscule disc. The design of the turntable didnt just come out of thin air either but is actually inspired by the design of the Panasonic Technics SL-1200. Its powered by a Miyota 9039 Premium automatic movement, making it a solid timepiece except for the fact that telling the time isnt its primary talent, ironic as that might sound. It is, instead, meant to shout to everyone within viewing distance just how much you love mechanical watches and retro designs.The post Vinyl Record Automatic Watch combines retro designs into a distinctive timepiece first appeared on Yanko Design.