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Netflix is developing a live action ‘Assassin’s Creed’ show

Netflix announced this morning that it’s partnering with Ubisoft to adapt the game publisher’s “Assassin’s Creed” franchise into a live action series.The franchise jumps

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Lightyear scores $3.7M seed to digitize networking infrastructure procurement

Lightyear, a New York City startup that wants to make it easier for large companies to procure networking infrastructure like internet and SD-WAN, announced a $3.7 million seed round today. While it w

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Video creation and editing platform InVideo raises $15 million

InVideo, a Mumbai-based startup that has built a video creation and editing platform, has raised $15 million as it looks to court more users and customers worldwide.The startup offers a freemium web-

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Pinterest’s new widget brings photos from favorite boards to your iOS 14 homescreen

As iPhone owners began customizing their iOS 14 homescreens with new widgets and custom icons, Pinterest iOS downloads and searches surged as the app became a top source for design ideas and inspirat

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Samsung chairman dies at age 78

Lee Kun-hee, the long-time chairman of Samsung Group who transformed the conglomerate into one of the world’s largest business empires, died today at the age of 78, according to reports from South Kor

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'Have Mental Checks': Turkey’s Erdogan Slams France's Macron Over Treatment of Muslims

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for his policies toward Muslims."What can one say about a head of state who tre

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HBO Max hits 28.7M subscribers in Q3, but few are over-the-top

ATT painted a rosy picture of HBO Max adoption during the company’s earnings report on Thursday. Despite not being available on Roku, one of the top streaming platforms in the U.S., ATT said new

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‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is now an Apple TV+ exclusive

On first screening, the network assumed it had a disaster on its hands. It was a quiet cartoon — more of a meditation on seasonal depression than a proper holiday film. The pacing was slow, it was voi

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TikTok rolls out a new notification system for content removals

TikTok says it has rolled out a new notification system to users worldwide that will offer more clarity around content removals. The system, which had been in testing for a few months ahead of its glo

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Here integrates what3words’ super simple address system into its in-car API

Geocoding startup what3words — which chunks the world into 3mx3m squares, giving each a unique three-word label to simplify location sharing — has nabbed another in-vehicle integration, vi

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Oxford Brazil vaccine trial to go on after volunteer dies: university

Photo showing vials labelled as Coronavirus vaccine and a syringe. /Getty Images The Brazilian trial of a vaccine created by the University of Oxford will go on despite the death of a voluntee

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Gen Z spends 10% more time in non-game apps than older users

A new report released today by App Annie digs into how Gen Z consumers engage with their smartphones and mobile apps. According to data collected in Q3 2020, Gen Z users spend an average of 4.1+ hours

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Global Business: Huawei in Hungary, Singapore's long-haul take-off

"We shouldn't be shy, we should take part in this race as Western European countries did."That's Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, commenting on the opening of a third Huawei facility in t

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Beijing 2022 World Press Briefing kicks off online to brief on Games' preparations

The virtual World Press Briefing (WPB) for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games kicked off on Monday.The four-day conference, held online due to the COV

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Beijing 2022 World Press Briefing kicks off online to brief on Games' preparations

The virtual World Press Briefing (WPB) for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games kicked off on Monday.The four-day conference, held online due to the COV

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2020 Olympics: UK accuses Russian intelligence agency of hacking

The British government has accused the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service, of carrying out cyberattacks on officials and organizations involved in planning the

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US accuses Google of being a monopoly in largest antitrust lawsuit in two decades

The case could result in Google being forced to split off its subsidiaries.