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After taking two years off, Blizzard will bring back Blizzcon in 2026. The publisher's fan convention will take place on September 12 and 13 next year at its usual venue, the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.That means Blizzcon is going ahead a little earlier in the year than usual. For over a decade (save for recent canceled events and an online-only edition), Blizzcon has taken place in November. The first several installments were held in August or October.The 2026 edition will include staples such as the opening ceremony (where Blizzard makes the biggest announcements for its games), panels and so on. Blizzard also says that it aims "to meaningfully elevate this iconic celebration," whatever that means. You can sign up for updates at the Blizzcon website.It's been a rocky few years for Blizzcon. The 2023 edition is the only one that's taken place with fans in attendance since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Blizzard canceled last year's edition without fully explaining why. However, it's possible that Microsoft was running the rule over the event's future after completing its purchase of Activision Blizzard in late 2023.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/gaming/blizzcon-will-return-but-not-until-2026-163526888.html?src=rss

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida is stepping down on April 1, the company just announced. He will be replaced by acting Chief Planning Officer (CPO) Ivan Espinosa. Uchida has been CEO since 2019 and Espinosas promotion will make him the companys fourth CEO in eight years.Other senior management personnel are also stepping down on April 1, including Chief Brand and Customer Officer Asako Hoshino and Chief Strategy and Corporate Affairs Officer Hideaki Watanabe. This leadership shakeup is happening less than one month after merger talks between Nissan and Honda failed.That deal would have been worth at least $50 billion and would have created the worlds third-largest automobile company by sales volume. Reporting has indicated that the talks fell apart after Honda demanded that Nissan become its subsidiary. Sources at Reuters also noted that Nissan refused to close factories and initiate deep staff cuts.Nissans problems go far beyond failed merger talks. Theres a reason, after all, why Honda wanted to be top dog and not the other way around. Nissan saw a 78 percent year-on-year reduction in operating profits for the third quarter ending in December. It also reported a net loss of over $95 million for the same time period. It cut forecasts for both revenue and operating profit and its stock valuation has been all over the place.Outgoing CEO Uchida told reporters that he was unable to gain the confidence of many Nissan employees since announcing a turnaround plan last year and that the best course of action was to pass on the baton to my successor quickly. CPO Espinosa has been with the company since 2003.I grew up in Nissan and Ive spent many years working in divisions across the globe, Espinosa said. I sincerely believe Nissan has so much more potential than what we are seeing today.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/nissan-announces-its-ceo-will-step-down-just-one-month-after-failed-merger-talks-with-honda-154420111.html?src=rss

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President Donald Trump, whosbuying a Teslato show loyalty to company CEOElon Musk, has had plenty to say about electric vehicles over the years. Most of it is not good.Of course, Trump was once a sharp critic of Musk, too, which is especially notable givenhow tight the pair are now.A look at some of Trumps comments on EVs and Musk:Trump includes electric cars in a sour Christmas messageTrump marked Christmas 2023 with a social media post lumping All Electric Car Lunacy in with a number of political enemies that he said are looking to destroy our once great USA. MAY THEY ROT IN HELL.A few weeks earlier, during a rally in Ankeny, Iowa, Trump said of EVs: They dont go far. They cost a fortune. He also suggested that the U.S. military was looking at making Army tanks all electric and scoffing, youre in the middle of the desert and you say, You know what, were running low on electric. Do they have a charger around anywhere?In November 2023, at a Claremont, New Hampshire, rally, Trump similarly picked up on distance being an electric vehicle issue: You cant get out of New Hampshire in an electric car.Where are you going? Im going to Massachusetts. Well, you better get yourself a gas turbine because this car is not going to get you there, he said. Well, you could, if you stop about four times.That followed his joke during an event in Clive, Iowa, the previous month: Electric cars are good if you have a towing company.Trump bashes Bidens electric car HoaxElectric vehicles were an especially attractive Trump target during the six-weekUnited Auto Workersstrike in September 2023. Thats when he told a rally in Clinton Township, Michigan, You go all electric so you can drive for 15 minutes before you have to get a charge.Trump, a Republican, also posted on his social media site that then-President Joe Biden, a Democrat, sold autoworkers down the river with his ridiculous all Electric Car Hoax. He suggested that promoting electric vehicles was the idea of the Radical Left Fascists, Marxists, & Communists and that Within 3 years, all of these cars will be made in China.Trump has also praised EVs at timesAs on many top issues, Trump has been inconsistent on electric vehicles. During his first term, in September 2020,Trump cheeredan all-electric Lordstown Motors Endurance truck at an event outside the White House, calling it an incredible vehicle.AfterMusk endorsedthe former presidents bid to return to the White House, Trump began suggesting that electric vehicles could work for some buyers.Im for electric cars. I have to be because Elon endorsed me very strongly, Trump said during an August rally in Atlanta.In a subsequent conversation on X, the social media platform Musk also owns, Trump called Tesla a great product while noting, That doesnt mean everybody should have an electric car.During hisinaugural address, Trump promised, We will revoke the electric vehicle mandate, saving our auto industry, but he also said that Americans will be able to buy the car of your choice. While there wasno Biden mandateto force the purchase of EVs, his policies were aimed at encouraging Americans to buy them and car companies to shift from gas-powered vehicles to electric cars.Trump has previously pilloried Musk, tooJust like he had a change of heart about EVs, Trump has changed his tune about Musk, whos now one of his advisers. When the pair got into an online feud in 2022, Trump ridiculed Musk for seeking support during his first term.When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether its electric cars that dont drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocketships to nowhere, without which subsidies hed be worthless, and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, drop to your knees and beg, and he would have done it, Trump wrote then.Will Weissert, Associated Press

Bluesky CEO Jay Graber took a clear swipe at Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg when she took the stage at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin this week wearing a shirt that copied an infamous one hed worn last year at a Meta product reveal event.Grabers shirt read Mundus sine Caesaribus, or A world without Caesars in Latin. It was the same design as Zuckerbergs shirt from last year that read, Aut Zuck aut nihil, which is a play on the phrase, Aut Caesar aut nihil: Either Caesar or nothing.Grabers not-so-subtle message seemed to be that decentralized platforms, like the one shes building with Bluesky, prioritize users over the platforms bottom-line interests.If a billionaire came in and bought Bluesky or took it over or, if I decided tomorrow to change things in a way that people really didnt like, then they could fork off and go on to another application, Graber said while onstage. Theres already applications in the network that give you another way to view the network or you could build a new one as well. And so that openness guarantees that theres always the ability to move to a new alternative.Seeking freedom from billionaire controlBluesky, which is built on the open-source AT Protocol, really took off after the November presidential election, when X owner Elon Musk gained a large stake in President Trumps campaign and subsequent administration. Users like the fact that Blueskys open social media ecosystem ultimately means that no one person controls it. So far, its amassed more than 33 million total users.To be sure, its still a long way from reaching the user numbers that Zuckerbergs Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp enjoy. Meta said in its full-year 2024 earnings report that it has 3.35 billion daily active users across its whole family of apps.Still, Graber is optimistic in Blueskys model. We want to give people real choicenot just a new platform, but a new paradigm, she said.

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