Month: December 2020

How to watch The Game Awards 2020 live stream The Game Awards 2020

Update: Our how to Watch The Game Awards 2020 guide has been updated to include the nominations, presenters and potential game reveals during this year’s live stream.  The only way to watch The Game Awards this year is through the live stream video we’ve embedded below because the 2020 presentation…

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We Are OFK is a new interactive series about a virtual pop group

One of the most interesting musical performances at this year’s Game Awards was from an unknown pop group called OFK. The twist? Not only is it a virtual group, but next year they’ll star in a new game. The performance was the first reveal of We Are OFK, an interactive…

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‘Hyper Light Drifter’ co-designer returns with indie-pop series ‘We are OFK’

Teddy Dief is good at keeping secrets. They helped ignite the indie game scene in 2016 as a co-designer on Hyper Light Drifter, and ever since, their follow-up project has been highly anticipated by fans of that game’s neon-infused vibe. Meanwhile, D… Source

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Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and public authorities using facial recognition technology, the first of its kind in the United States. The bill, which…

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Daily Crunch: First impressions of the AirPods Max

We try out Apple’s new headphones, Spotify resets passwords and Airbnb goes public. This is your Daily Crunch for December 10, 2020. The big story: First impressions of the AirPods Max Our fearless leader Matthew Panzarino has written what he insists is “not a review” of the AirPods Max, (not…

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Residential renewable energy developer Swell is raising $450 million for distributed power projects in three states

Swell Energy, an installer and manager of residential renewable energy, energy efficiency and storage technologies, is raising $450 million to finance the construction of four virtual power plants representing a massive amount of energy storage capacity paired with solar power generation. It’s a sign of the distributed nature of renewable…

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