Clifford Chance partners have voted to keep their current global leader for another four years. Charles Adams will begin his second term as the Magic Circle firm's global managing partner next spring. Since initially taking over the role in 2022, the firm has seen steady financial growth, with annual revenue climbing to two point four billion pounds under his watch. This expansion has been supported by a strategic push in the United States and the Middle East, alongside key lateral hires like private capital partner Bruce Embley from Skadden.
Adams, a Clifford Chance veteran who joined in 1992 and became a partner in 2000, previously led the firm's Continental Europe operations. The firm's global senior partner praised Adams for...
Major legal groups in the UK are pushing back hard against a government plan to change how lawyers are monitored for financial crime. The Law Society and the Bar Council, representing solicitors and barristers in England and Wales, have objected to proposals that would hand anti-money laundering oversight for the legal sector to the Financial Conduct Authority. They argue the plan for a Single Professional Services Supervisor creates more problems than it solves, potentially increasing bureaucratic burdens while diluting expertise.
The Law Society warned the shift could fragment regulation instead of simplifying it, contradicting the government's stated goal of reducing business red tape. Key concerns include protecting client...
A major international law firm is going all in on a specific legal AI platform. White & Case, a top ten firm in the U.S., plans to deploy Legora's artificial intelligence software across all forty-three of its global offices. The partnership between the firm and the legaltech startup also includes co-developing new products, like the recently revealed Legora Portal, a tool meant to streamline how corporate legal departments and outside law firms work together.
The Legora Portal acts as a shared digital workspace, allowing in-house lawyers to automate routine tasks and integrate their external counsel more directly. A key feature lets law firms create and distribute custom AI workflows for common jobs such as contract review and due...
Amazon is reportedly developing a second Fallout television series, this one based on the mobile management game Fallout Shelter. According to industry reporting, the project will be structured as a reality competition show instead of a narrative drama. Contestants would allegedly manage a vault, competing to keep its dwellers alive by securing essentials like food and water.
The concept represents a major expansion of Amazon's investment following the breakout success of its first Fallout drama series. That show, alongside HBO's The Last of Us, sits atop the current wave of successful video game adaptations. On the film side, the Super Mario Bros. Movie and the Sonic franchise have been the clear financial leaders. Bethesda has...
A handy tool for PC gamers just got more powerful. The DLSS Swapper application, known for letting users easily swap different upscaling files like DLSS and FSR, has dropped a new update. Version 1.2.2.0 now adds support for NVIDIA's Ray Reconstruction presets, allowing finer control over those AI-enhanced lighting effects in supported games. It also expands where you can launch games from, adding compatibility with the Epic Games Store, the EA App, and the Xbox app alongside existing Steam support.
This Ray Reconstruction feature is part of newer DLSS versions, using an AI model to handle ray-traced lighting instead of older methods. The swapper tool now lets users tweak specific presets for this tech, offering deeper customization...
Samsung is reportedly setting up shop to make camera sensors for Apple's next iPhone in Texas. The plan involves installing production gear at their existing Austin facility, a move aligning with broader pushes to relocate tech manufacturing to the United States. This operation is expected to supply sensors for the upcoming iPhone 18 models. The decision follows Apple's earlier pledge to invest heavily domestically, partly to navigate import tariffs, by building out a local silicon supply chain with partners like Samsung and expanding data center capacity.
Apple itself took a massive financial hit last quarter from remaining import tariffs, totaling over a billion dollars. Their response has been a two-part shift, first moving major...
The Blade game from Arkane Lyon is still deep in the shadows. Studio director Dinga Bakaba recently told an eager fan on social media that they have absolutely nothing to show right now. This third-person action adventure, set in a vampiric version of Paris, entered its main production phase only around late 2024. That means the team has been actively building the game for roughly one year total following its initial reveal at the 2023 Game Awards.
Bakaba emphasized the team is working hard and aims for a high-quality experience, asking players for patience. Given the current timeline, another teaser before 2027 seems optimistic. A standard modern development cycle for a big-budget title often stretches five or six years. If that...
Looks like the phone pricepocalypse is officially here. Xiaomi is leading the charge, with their new Xiaomi 17 Ultra flagship set to cost about ten percent more than the last model. The word is that it will launch for 6,999 yuan. Samsung is apparently locked into a similar jump, planning to bump prices up around ten percent for their Galaxy S26 lineup, plus the next Z Fold and Z Flip models. Apple is also expected to join this expensive party. The main culprit behind all this is a massive global DRAM shortage, driven by insane AI industry demand, creating a supercycle.
Companies are scrambling to keep their profit margins from getting crushed. Lu Weibing, the President of Xiaomi Group, even mentioned they had to lock down a special...
A modder digging through The Last of Us Part II's code found a scrapped feature where Ellie could make enemies surrender. Named Speclizer, they discovered scripts and animations for Ellie to sneak up, force someone to put their hands up, and then direct their movement. That enemy would eventually try to grab a weapon and fight back.
Speclizer is now trying to rebuild this cut 'Hold Up' mechanic for the PC version, though they say it needs a lot of work. It might go to their Patreon subscribers first. This modder previously created new modes for the first game, like Project FEDRA, where you play as a soldier earning ration cards, and Endure Survival, a wave-based horde mode. They plan to bring Project FEDRA to the sequel as well.
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