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An Xbox outage left physical games unplayable, tech lead says Microsoft is working to make sure that never happens again

"Disc-based entitlement checks should not prevent players from accessing their games," says Scott Van Vliet

GamesRadar

Xbox is back online, tech lead pledges "we'll do better" so similar failures "can't ruin your night again" after outage stopped fans playing digital and physical games

"I care less about the one-line root cause," says chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet

GamesRadar

16-hour Xbox outage even stopped physical games from working — company blames licensing issue for incident that prohibited gaming across three generations of console

Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet said that a licensing service sitting outside Xbox, which the platform depends on, began failing late on July 26 and took roughly 16 hours to clear.

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Tom Dumoulin to become new race director of Amstel Gold Race from 2027

Leo van Vliet will step down after 60th edition of Holland's only WorldTour Classic in April

Cycling News

Dutch beach volleyball player who was convicted of rape is booed before losing first Olympic match

The Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for rape received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced before his opening match at the Paris Olympics

The Independent UK

‘He was treated like a holy figure’: why Captain Beefheart quit music for the easel

He was a musical maverick whose Trout Mask Replica still sticks out on best-of lists, but when he gave up rock to paint, his art was dismissed as doodles. Now his remarkable work is getting its due

The Guardian - UK

It took years to solve the mystery elephant deaths. Now, the threat is spreading

The 35 elephants that dropped dead in Zimbabwe were victims of an obscure bacteria combined with extreme heat, and more elephants – and other species – could suffer the same fate

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Extreme Weather Caused By Climate Change Deteriorating Water Quality

Scientists collated data on rivers to show how extreme events like flooding, droughts, heatwaves and rainstorms affect the water quality.

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New women's only club rides Rugby World Cup wave

Young girls can outnumber boys in interest in joining rugby in the Wairarapa, and a new women's only club has been formed to create a bit of history, writes Alice Soper

Newsroom.co.nz

Drafting controversy at Amstel Gold Race - Vaughters complains, Pogacar explains, director defends

Van Vliet says 'not true' lead race car gave Pogacar any advantage during race-winning attack

Cycling News

Photo finish upgrade for Amstel Gold Race after recent controversies

'I hope it will be this exciting again, because we're ready for it now' says race director

Cycling News

Erwin and Monique chose an odyssey of healing over the conventional life and they couldn’t be happier

Home for the couple is now a converted horse truck — the front half living quarters, the back half full of feed, tack and saddles.

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