Apple is adapting Nathan Pyle’s webcomic Strange Planet and a number of best-selling graphic novels into an animated TV + series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Strange Planet was launched in 2019 and follows a group of blue aliens who describe their activities in unusual ways. For example, one strip says about a cat: “If … Read more
(Amazon photo) Amazon said on Wednesday that this week’s Prime Day sales event, which ended on Tuesday, was the largest two-day period ever for the e-commerce giant’s third-party sellers. Amid an intense antitrust review of how it operates its marketplace, Amazon’s post-prime PR has driven the company’s ongoing narrative about how good Amazon is for … Read more
An international coalition of consumer protection, digital and civil rights organizations as well as data protection experts have added their voice to the growing demands for a ban on so-called “surveillance-based advertising”. The objection is against a form of digital advertising that relies on a massive background computing machine that soaks up information about individuals … Read more
Like many other retailers, Microsoft rolled out an expanded refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 after its flawed start in December. Those who purchased the game from the Microsoft Store can request a full refund. At the time, the company said the policy would remain in force “until further notice”. That is changing now. In an … Read more
Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, laughs while traveling to India in 2020. (Jeff Bezos via Twitter) Between an upswing in cartel talks and questions about employee turnover, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a lot to fear here on earth. His plans to go suborbitally next month in a rocket ship built by … Read more
Quanergy Systems, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-Based lidar company, announced Tuesday that it had entered into a merger with CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp. has agreed, a Chinese blank check firm affiliated with the country’s largest state-owned investment conglomerate. The transaction, which implicitly values Quanergy at $ 1.4 billion, is expected to close in the second half of … Read more
Barely a week has passed since Facebook began testing ads in Oculus apps, and the initiative has run into trouble. On Monday, one of the few developers involved in the first ad experiment said it was withdrawing from the test. Resolution Games tweeted that it had decided that in-app advertising for its multiplayer shooter game, … Read more
NBA star Stephen Curry. (Aubrie Pick photo) Seattle-based pay equity startup Syndio has raised more than $ 30 million in funding in its four years, but a new $ 1 million support from early-stage investors Penny Jar Capital announced on Monday is special notable because the company is anchored by NBA star Stephen Curry. Curry … Read more
Facebook’s efforts to bring advertising to the Oculus virtual reality platform, which has billions of dollars spent building it, doesn’t seem like a good start. The company announced last week that it plans to launch its first in-game ads within the Blaston title of prolific VR game developer Resolution Games, and just days later the … Read more
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