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New boss Michael Leiters has been tasked with turning around the brand.

Porsche posted a 93 percent decline in operating profit last year.

Tariffs and an over-commitment to EVs have hurt the company.

Volkswagen isn’t the only one trimming headcount in Europe’s largest automaking group. A new report says Porsche is preparing its own round of job cuts, with the supervisory board having signed off on a wider restructuring package to go along with them.

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The German sports car maker is now run by Michael Leiters, who spent just under three years as chief executive of McLaren before taking the job. He replaced Oliver Blume, who had been splitting his attention between the top seats at both VW and Porsche.

Read: Porsche’s Mega SUV Drops EV Plan For V8 Power And An Audi Link

As part of his efforts to turn the company around, Leiters could cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs by 2035, in addition to the 3,900 redundancies already announced while Porsche was being helmed by Blume. Reuters reports that plans may be presented to workers next week.

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Porsche has long been one of the VW Group’s best-performing brands, consistently posting strong profits thanks to its higher-priced models. However, it posted a 93 percent drop in operating profit last year, triggered in part by the costs associated with international tariffs, in addition to declining sales in China and its overcommitment to electric powertrains.

Earlier this year, Leiters said Porsche would lean more heavily into high-margin models like the 911 , while also simplifying its line-up. Importantly, the brand does not intend on boosting volumes as part of its restructuring.

Where Did Things Go Wrong?

Significant amounts of money have been lost on the electric 718 Boxster/Cayman and electric K1 projects. Not only has Porsche walked back its commitment to exclusively build the next-generation Boxster and Cayman as EVs, but its flagship K1 mega SUV will also not be sold solely with an electric powertrain. Instead, it will switch from VW’s Scalable Systems Platform to the Premium Platform Combustion architecture, supporting several V6 and V8 options, as well as numerous hybrids.

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Japanese brand Taito is releasing one of the strangest mice I've ever laid my eyes on that's officially licensed for anime fans: the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood PC Mouse.

As discovered by Siliconera, this new mouse doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the best gaming mice and is a simple plug-and-play wired rodent, but instead, Taito has put all of its focus on recreating the iconic cursed item, down to its haunting illuminating eyes and stone-textured face. Unfortunately, it's not the kind of thing you can just walk into any old tech store and pick up, but an exclusive Japanese arcade prize item. Yet, I can only hope that anime fans alike can still find a way to get their hands on this official piece of JoJo tech - I just hope there's no vampirism side effects that come with it.

(Image credit: Hobby Genki/Future) While it's always disappointing to see neat pieces of tech like this remain prize figures that require a costly trip to Japan to find, it might not all be doom and gloom. Jenni Lada at Siliconera pointed out that there are listings for it across some retailers, including at Hobby Genki, which states it will be available on July 31, 2026. Though there is a massive "out of stock" banner across the photo too.

It's also not entirely impossible to get your hands on Taito prizes and other merch that's typically reserved for prize machines in Japan. Personally, I regularly use online stores like Surugaya to import items like it that would otherwise be out of my reach. However, with stores like it, you do have to be okay with accepting that you'll be getting a second-hand item, rather than a brand-spanking new gaming mouse for your PC.

If you're a hardcore JoJo fan though, I imagine that won't stop you. I've only watched the first few series' of the anime, and even I'm contemplating adding this mouse to my setup as I'm infatuated with the fact that it's not just got official JoJo art printed across like MSI's Frieren Beyond Journey's End accessories . Instead, the entirety of the surface of this mouse recreates the various nooks and crannies of the mask's surface.

(Image credit: eBay/Future) The Hobby Genki description describes the mouse as "highly ergonomic" but I'm not entirely sure it'd be all that comfortable to actually use. Though who knows, maybe having a nose poking into the palm of your hand would actually be pretty comfortable?

As a heads up to fellow anime enjoyers, this isn't the first time an iconic piece of anime history has been transformed into a mouse. Shuichi Shigeno's well-known Initial D series (which you may know more from its memes if you aren't an anime fan of a certain age like me) has resulted in a series of bizarre mice of its own. Rather than being based on a mask, naturally, these are based on the iconic cars used in the series, and can regularly be found on the likes of eBay.

They're not cheap by any means, and you can expect to pay $124.80 (eBay) for the privilege of having your mouse shaped like a Toyota AE86 car. But it's got Bluetooth connectivity over Taito's wired Stone Mask mouse, and the headlights even pop up and actually light up. It doesn't get any more anime than that.

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