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Endless Reach: how RuneScape reached its 25th anniversary and looks ahead
The massively multiplayer online role-playing game has grown into a virtual social space and part of daily life for thousands of playersIn a small stone chapel, on the edgelands of a medieval wilderness, two women are getting married. The attenders are draped in rainbow capes, glowing armour and top hats. A scantily clad, muscular man…
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Jefferson County judge accused of spending public funds on self-promotion
An Alabama judge, Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba Blanchard, is alleged to have spent more than $1 million (about £790,000) of taxpayers’ money on consultants, radio commercials, glossy mailers and promotional campaigns that critics say served to raise her own public profile. Newly released records show she approved the spending over little more than a…
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Zara Larsson leaves Epic for RCA in Sony internal move
Zara Larsson has left her decade-plus home at Epic Records and signed with RCA Records, Variety can confirm. Two sources tell Variety that the pop star has inked a new deal with RCA. The sources say that Larsson was entertaining offers from multiple labels but that Sony, which houses subsidiaries Epic and RCA, wanted to…
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 preview audience of 6,000 keeps show leak-free
CD Projekt Red has publicly thanked the roughly 6,000 people who were given early access to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 for not leaking any details before the anime’s release. The studio praised the group’s discipline, telling them “thank you so much for keeping your promise properly”, and highlighting how unusually well the advance audience kept the…
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Los Angeles gang members charged following major sex trafficking operation
DHS executed 20 federal warrants and arrested 10 Hoover Criminals Gang members in Los Angeles, identifying 51 sex trafficking victims as young as 14.
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Virtual production technology arrives at Los Angeles studio Television City
The historic L.A. complex is now housing Orbital Studios, the tech-savvy company that has worked on Netflix’s ‘Nemesis,’ and multiple LED walls.
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The DJI Osmo Pocket 3 lookalike is down to $329
Initially, I was going to tell you about a good deal happening on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3, which is down from the $500 it’s sold at most of the year to $378 at multiple retailers. But there’s a better deal happening on a nearly identical portable camera, the Xtra Muse, which is $329 (roughly…
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Halo multiplayer game, Project Ekur, reportedly canceled
Project Ekur, a standalone Halo multiplayer game, has reportedly been canceled, according to a Halo leaker with a track record.
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Cricket Scotland ‘regrets the hurt’ endured by racism whistleblower
Ex-cricketer Majid Haq, who blew the whistle on racism in the sport, has dropped a victimisation claim against Cricket Scotland.