YouTube bags rights to all Activision E-sports
As if it wasnβt big enough already, YouTube has just nabbed the rights to all Activision e-sports events including Call of Duty and Overwatch. Over the weekend YouTube secured its first major coup of 2020. The video sharing mecca revealed itβs signed an exclusive partnership with...
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The highest earning gamers of 2019
Last yearβs most prolific video game celebrities proved that the industry is continuing to grow at an unprecedented rate - and thereβs plenty of money to be made. 2019 was an exciting year for online gaming. It saw the biggest annual growth in eSports yet, taking on top sponsorships from Louis...
NASA making scientific discoveries with VR
VR has astronomical application these days, quite literally. As it turns out, virtual reality is good for a whole lot more than scaring your younger siblings sh*tless with indie horror games. Weirdly, despite its immense potential, VR didnβt progress much within its home industry of gaming in 2019, but the...
Snapchat and TikTok investing in deep fake tech
Both Snapchat and TikTok have been making progress with their own pursuits of deep fake technology, for better or worse. It looks like deep fake tech could soon become much more than just an obscure practice for computer nerds. According to SocialMediaToday, Snapchat has bought the start-up...
Toyota invests in flying taxis
Toyota has just pumped $394 million worth of investment into Joby Aviation, a company working on electrical flying taxi shuttle services. Itβs safe to say that 2020 probably doesnβt look as cool or futuristic as twentieth century writers and film makers predicted. We arenβt all living in space just yet,...
Why it’s terrifying that Twitter is introducing stories
Social mediaβs most unique platform is dabbling in disappearing stories, giving politicians dangerous access to ephemerality. Twitter has been criticised by its shareholders for lagging behind its competitors for a while now. Investors have been calling for the resignation of its CEO, Jack Dorsey, alleging heβs been neglecting the...
Amazon removes fake Coronavirus βcuresβ from site
Over one million products that claim to protect against the coronavirus or βcureβ the infection altogether have been pulled. Whenever thereβs a global panic, you can bet that companies will find a way to capitalise on peopleβs fears before things get properly sorted out. The coronavirus has caused havoc on international economics, stocks, and transportation, with little signs of things slowing down in the coming weeks. Some of us are avoiding...
What leaks are saying about the next Assassinβs Creed
Details regarding the upcoming addition to Ubisoftβs flagship franchise are proving rather elusive. Hereβs what online leaks are saying. If there were a plaque for most predictable gaming publisher, it would indubitably be held by Ubisoft. Ghost Recon has seen 15 iterations, Far Cry has had eight (including standalone expansions), Rainbow Six a whopping 17, and their big seller Assassins Creed has been squeezed for ten in little over a...
Possible cancer killing cell discovered by Cardiff scientists
A new type of immune cell has been discovered that appears to make a beeline for most cancers. Itβs difficult to report on breakthroughs in cancer research because it seems that every time a discovery hits the headlines it amounts to nothing. So I want to preface this by saying that, no, a cure for cancer has not been found. It remains one of the most elusive and incurable phenomenons...
How a fake football club has taken over Twitter
Caught up during the UK election in a purge of parody Twitter accounts, a surreal project that tows the line between social media trolling and performance art is exposing some serious hypocrisy on the platform. The Streatham Rovers are like any other small South London non-league football club. Their garish green and purple jerseys are emblazoned with the logo of their sponsor - a shady Russian public relations firm called...
