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Tesla is back in the conversation after two years of declining sales, posting a twenty-five percent jump in second-quarter numbers with growth in both Europe and China. Elon Musk's political controversies had weighed heavily on the brand, but the rebound is real — though BYD has quietly reclaimed the global electric vehicle crown regardless.
Shifting to the games industry, Rockstar Games is facing serious accusations from union members over working conditions at the Grand Theft Auto six studio. The charges include enabling crunch culture through employee contracts, a lack of pay transparency, and the scrapping of initiatives meant to address the gender pay gap. It's a familiar story in games development, but the scale of Rockstar makes it harder to ignore.
And over at Google DeepMind, early unionization talks are already hitting turbulence. Employees say executives showed little genuine willingness to engage with the process during Wednesday's negotiations. It's a tension playing out across the broader tech industry as workers push for more formal representation inside some of the most powerful AI labs on the planet.
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