Month: August 2020
Riot Games addresses industry burnout and crunch by giving employees a week off
Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends and Valorant, will be giving employees the week of August 10th off to “disconnect, recharge, and reboot,” the studio announced in a blog post published Tuesday. Riot has recently expanded beyond its global smash hit League of Legends, including releasing auto battler…
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Elizabeth Warren Wants To Know Why This Company Was Spying On BLM Protesters
Four lawmakers, including Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, said Tuesday that they have “serious concerns” about data-mining company Mobilewalla following a BuzzFeed News story in June that showed the company had used cellphone location data to predict the race, age, gender, and home location of more than 17,000 Black Lives Matter…
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‘Mulan’ will premiere on Disney+ September 4th for $30
With theaters closed, Disney has decided to try a “premiere access” release strategy for its live-action Mulan movie. While it still plans to attempt a theatrical release in some parts of the world, on September 4th subscribers will be able to watch… Source
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Disney now has over 100 million streaming video subscribers
Disney has reached a new milestone. The company revealed in its third quarter earnings report that it now has over 100 million streaming video subscribers. That figure includes 57.5 million customers from Disney+, 8.5 million from ESPN (up from 2.5 m… Source
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Mulan is heading to Disney Plus on September 4th for $30
Disney’s live-action adaptation of Mulan will be released on Disney Plus on September 4th for $29.99, the company announced today. Disney executives walked through the new plan for Mulan’s release during an earnings call with analysts today. The $30 fee will be on top of the $6.99 subscriber fee for…
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Intel may have a trick up its sleeve to keep its gaming laptop crown Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED (2020)
When we reviewed the Asus Zephyrus G14, we were blown away by just how much progress AMD had made with its best gaming laptop chips. However, Intel may have a trick up its sleeve that keeps it one step ahead. Famed hardware leaker @momomo_us released a snippet out of a…
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