Month: June 2020
The Batman, The Witcher season 2 and more could start filming again soon
The Batman, The Witcher season 2, Sex Education season 3 and other productions filming in the UK should be able to start production from July again, it’s been reported. During the global pandemic, production on TV shows and movies has been shut down in most countries for safety reasons, but…
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Zynga acquires Turkey’s Peak Games for $1.8B, after buying its card games studio for $100M in 2017
Today, some news of a huge acquisition out of Turkey that represents the first billion-dollar-plus exit for a startup out of the country. Social gaming company Zynga confirmed that it is buying Istanbul-based Peak Games, the company behind popular Candy-Crush-style mobile gaming apps Toon Blast and Toy Blast, for $1.8…
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China’s giant radio telescope will start searching for aliens in September
China will soon make a significant contribution to the search for extraterrestrial life. State media outlet Science and Technology Daily (via ChinaTechCity) says the country’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, or FAST, will begin looki… Source
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FuboTV’s sports-centric app comes to the Xbox One
FuboTV is giving subscribers a new way to watch its sports-centric live TV streaming by launching on Microsoft’s Xbox One. That marks the first time on a console for the subscription service, which offers a mix of over 100 sports, entertainment and n… Source
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Introducing Engadget’s Dads and Grads gift guide
We made it to June, friends! And the Engadget team is very excited to launch our first-ever Dads and Grads gift guide. We know that celebrations are hard right now — hard to pull off and sometimes hard to enjoy — but we don’t want to forget about o… Source
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‘Hardspace: Shipbreaker’ is a puzzle-solving parable
Hardspace: Shipbreaker is a game from Canadian studio Blackbird Interactive that launches in Steam Early Access on June 16th. You play as a shipbreaker, tasked with the dangerous job of cutting up disused spaceships to salvage their contents. Wearing… Source
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