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Friday May 1st, 2020 night edition

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A class-action lawsuit has been filed over ‘drifting’ Xbox controllers.

Drifting issues have been experienced by a large volume of Xbox owners across various controller models, plaintiff Donald McFadden claims in court documents seen by VGC.

The lawsuit was filed by McFadden on April 28 in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Customers experiencing problems after their 90-day warranty expires are paying to repair a known fault, it alleges.

A similar class action was filed against Nintendo last year concerning drifting Switch Joy-Con controllers.

McFadden claims to have purchased an Xbox Elite controller (RRP $179.99) and that after a short time he noticed the joystick on it had started to drift.

The lawsuit claims the potentiometer within the joystick component—the mechanism that translates the physical movement of the thumbstick into movement within a game—contains a design flaw. »

“No one” in Puerto Rico has received stimulus checks, says San Juan mayor

Authored by salon.com
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"No one in Puerto Rico has received their $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks from the federal government," she told the network.

"We're having problems with a local $500 check that the governor said was going to be distributed.".

"Money is not getting into people's hands because of the current local government of Puerto Rico, and perhaps guidelines that have not been distributed," she added. »

Adam Driver to Star in Jeff Nichols’ Next Film ‘Yankee Comandante’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Authored by variety.com
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“Mud” director Jeff Nichols is writing and helming the pic, marking a reunion for the pair, who worked together on 2016’s “Midnight Special.”

Imperative Entertainment and 30West are in discussions with select studios about the project, with the package shopped to distributors earlier this week.

The film is based on David Grann’s New Yorker article about two people who rose to the rank of comandante during the Cuban Revolution. »