Posted by msmash from Slashdot
From the budget-bashing department: United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has harsh words for budget carriers, calling their business model "dead."
"It's dead. Look, it's a crappy model. Sorry," he said when asked about the budget airline approach. Kirby argued that budget carriers like Southwest, Spirit, and Frontier built their operations around what he characterized as customer-hostile practices, saying "The model was, screw the customer ... Trick people, get them to buy, get them to come, and then charge them a whole bunch of fees that they aren't expecting."
He said he believes that these airlines struggle to retain customers once they reach sufficient scale to require repeat business.
Posted by msmash from Slashdot
From the change-in-heart department: WordPress.com parent company Automattic is changing direction... again. From a report: In a blog post titled "Returning to Core" published Thursday evening, Automattic announced it will unpause its contributions to the WordPress project. This is despite having said only last month that the 6.8 WordPress release would be the final major release for all of 2025.
"After pausing our contributions to regroup, rethink, and plan strategically, we're ready to press play again and return fully to the WordPress project," the new blog post states. "Expect to find our contributions across all of the greatest hits -- WordPress Core, Gutenberg, Playground, Openverse, and WordPress.org. This return is a moment of excitement for us as it's about continuing the mission we've always believed in: democratizing publishing for everyone, everywhere," it reads.
Automattic says it's learned a lot from the pause in terms of the many ways WordPress is used, and that it's now committed to helping it "grow and thrive." The post also notes that WordPress today powers 43% of the web.
Posted by from MMO Champion
Patch 11.1.7 PTR - Build 61131
Build 61131 has been deployed to the Public Test Realms.
New Splash Screen
Legacy of Arathor 11.1.7 PTR Development Notes - May 30, 2025
Originally Posted by Blizzard
(
Blue Tracker /
Official Forums)
The Legacy of Arathor PTR has been updated for the week:
Overcharged Delves
The Durable Information Securing Container (Belt) powers are now unlocked across players warband when obtained.
Fixed a bug that greatly improves performance in Overcharged Delves, especially on low end computers.
Numerous other bug fixes.
Strings Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
ADVANCED_OPTIONS_LABEL -
Advanced Options Gameplay Enhancements
ASSISTED_COMBAT_LABEL (New) - Combat Assistant
ASSISTED_COMBAT_ROTATION_ACTION_BUTTON_HELPTIP - The Single-Button Assistant will suggest
damage abilities for you. Use it like any other ability.
ASSISTED_COMBAT_ROTATION_VIEW_SPELLBOOK (New) - View in Spellbook
Misc Changes
Originally Posted by MMO-Champion
Holidays
Turbulent Timeways - Yet again, the Bronze Dragonflight has discovered growing disturbances in the timeways, with several rapidly intersecting our own!
For completing consecutive Timewalking dungeons you will gain Knowledge of Timeways, increasing your experience gained temporarily. Also, for a limited time, the Timewalking quest in
Dornagol Dornogal from Archivist Frithrun will offer an increased reward - an all new, Heroic level Cache of Nerubian Treasures.
< This article continues on their website >
Posted by msmash from Slashdot
From the PSA department: Lovable, a Swedish startup that allows users to create websites and apps through natural language prompts, failed to address a critical security vulnerability for months after being notified, according to a new report. A study by Replit employees found that 170 of 1,645 Lovable-created applications exposed sensitive user information including names, email addresses, financial data, and API keys that could allow hackers to run up charges on customers' accounts.
The vulnerability, published this week in the National Vulnerabilities Database, stems from misconfigured Supabase databases that Lovable's AI-generated code connects to for storing user data. Despite being alerted to the problem in March, Lovable initially dismissed concerns and only later implemented a limited security scan that checks whether database access controls are enabled but cannot determine if they are properly configured.
Posted by from MMO Champion
WoW Weekly: June Trading Post, Mists of Pandaria Classic, and More!
Originally Posted by Blizzard
(
Blue Tracker /
Official Forums)
There 's an Unmistakable Fire at the June Trading Post
In the burning heart of June 's Trading Post you 'll find some hot new items to add to your collection. This month, you 'll have an unquenchable thirst to add the Molten Cormaera mount to your collection.
Molten Cormaera
“In the earliest days of Azeroth, these elemental predators dominated the inferno-choked skies of Ragnaros 's domain.”
Complete activities to fill the bar at the top of the Traveler 's Log found in the Adventure Guide (Shift-J), and you'll receive this month's bonus reward — the Molten Cormaera mount. A true survivor, it 's the hottest ride in Azeroth.
Visit T&W (Tawney and Wilder) just outside the Mage District in Stormwind or the Zen 'shiri Trading Post next to Grommash Hold in Orgrimmar to check out all the latest items they have available.
Players can also visit the Trading Post in the capital city of Dornogal (The Foregrounds) on the Isle of Dorn, where representatives of both Tawney and Wilder and the Zen 'shiri Trading Post are open for business.
Here's Some of What's in the June Stock
Reins of the Spotted Black Riding Goat
< This article continues on their website >
Posted by msmash from Slashdot
From the moving-forward department: An anonymous reader shares a report: In a landmark ruling advancing efforts to hold major polluters accountable for transnational climate-related harms, on May 28 a German court concluded that a corporation can be held liable under civil law for its proportional contribution to global climate change, Climate Rights International said today.
Filed in 2015, the case against German energy giant RWE AG challenged the corporation to pay for its proportional share of adaptation costs needed to protect the Andean city of Huaraz, Peru, from a flood from a glacial lake exacerbated by global warming. RWE AG, one of Europe's largest emitters, is estimated to be responsible for approximately 0.47% of global historical global greenhouse gas emissions.
"This groundbreaking ruling confirms that corporate emitters can no longer hide behind borders, politics, or scale to escape responsibility," said Lotte Leicht, Advocacy Director at Climate Rights International. "The court's message is clear: major carbon polluters can be held legally responsible for their role in driving the climate crisis and the resulting human rights and economic harms. If the reasoning of this decision is adopted by other courts, it could lay the foundation for ending the era of impunity for fossil fuel giants and other big greenhouse gas emitters."
The Steam reviews for Elden Ring Nightreign are littered with the same request: duos. You can play FromSoftware’s latest game solo or in a three-stack but there’s no option to just team up with one other person and brave the Nightlords’ collective wrath together. Fortunately, it took one modder less than 24 hours to…
FromSoftware’s next big RPG, Elden Ring Nightreign, is out now on Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. But you probably already know that, considering the game reached over 300,000 players on Steam alone. For those of you venturing forth into this new Souls-like RPG alone, I have good news: Things are going to get easier next…
The team behind EA’s Black Panther game was working on a vertical slice before it was killed this week. That’s according to a new report by Bloomberg that sheds some light on what the canceled project was shaping up to be, including its story based around the alien Skrull and the evolution of Middle-Earth: Shadow of…
King of the Hill is back. The popular animated sitcom from Mike Judge is returning for a 14th season on Hulu. But, as shown in the show’s new intro sequence, a lot has changed in Arlen, Texas.
Doom The Dark Ages is an interesting little beast. It’s still Doom at heart, in the vein of the last two games. But the vibe is just so very different, and not just because of the medieval setting. It’s the Army of Darkness of Doom games, if you follow. That goes double for the music, and while there’s, uh, obvious…
Cooperation is the name of the game in Elden Ring Nightreign, so it’s good to know how to communicate well with your party to help one another succeed. And since loot is one of an expedition’s most important aspects, you’ll want to be certain everyone’s working together to find the best stuff for each member of your…
Clearing bosses on the map in Elden Ring Nightreign is generally the best way to level up quickly, so you’ll want to prioritize anything that grants you access to these big baddies. One great way to do this is to find Stonesword Keys, which can open gaols found around Limveld that will let you tackle a (usually)…
Your favorite mystery wrapped in a riddle that’s cloaked in secrecy is back with more breadcrumbs, leading our insatiable appetites toward still more unanswered questions. Months after Severance’s second season ended with Innie Mark (Adam Scott) and Innie Helly (Britt Lower) literally running into an uncertain future,…
Elden Ring Nightreign is tough as hell and very cryptic, as should be expected from any FromSoftware title. There are a lot of little details that are easy to overlook, so you’d be forgiven if you find yourself confused from time to time. Even a few of the game’s trophies and achievements are vague enough to trip up…
MindsEye looks like a flashy but somewhat genericthird-person shooter techno thriller from the Xbox 360 era that recently escaped containment and is now coming out in just a few weeks. Two of the most notable things about it are its director, longtime Rockstar Games producer and Grand Theft Auto 5 lead designer…
