AppLovin proposes to combine with Unity for about $17B
AppLovin has proposed a merger with Unity, where it would acquire the game company in an all-stock deal worth about $17 billion. AppLovin has proposed a merger with Unity, where it would acquire the game company in an all-stock deal worth about $.....»»
Exotic six-quark particle predicted by supercomputers
The predicted existence of an exotic particle made up of six elementary particles known as quarks by RIKEN researchers could deepen our understanding of how quarks combine to form the nuclei of atoms......»»
Novel computer simulation method can accelerate COVID-19 drug discovery
A study by researchers affiliated with institutions in Brazil, Germany and Finland proposes a new standard for computer simulation that promises to accelerate the search for novel bioactive compounds against the virus that causes COVID-19. The resear.....»»
Samsung reshuffles management
Samsung Electronics has made major changes to its leadership in an internal restructuring to strengthen its business competitiveness, and it will combine its consumer electronics (CE) and IT & mobile (IM) business divisions......»»
Your Rooftop Garden Could Be a Solar-Powered Working Farm
A new scientific field proposes an idea that could help generate food and energy while reducing a building's cooling costs......»»
Academic proposes radical new way to make cricket toss less decisive
Game theory expert Haris Aziz says cricket should introduce a new way of conducting the toss so there's less of an advantage gained just from calling heads or tails correctly......»»
Vitalik Buterin Proposes New EIP To Tackle Ethereum"s Sky-High Gas Fees
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has put forward a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that aims to tackle the network's gas fee problems by adding a limit on the total transaction calldata, which would, in turn, reduce transaction gas c.....»»
Delta-like SARS-CoV-2 variants are most likely to increase pandemic severity
Mathematical model indicates SARS-CoV-2 variants that combine enhanced transmissibility with the ability to escape immunity cause more infections than variants with either trait alone. Understanding which type of variants are most likely to increase.....»»
India To Propose Prohibiting All Private Cryptocurrencies
India is preparing a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies, which will be presented to parliament in the session starting Nov. 29. From a report: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government proposes to help the central bank create an official digital curre.....»»
Researchers find fake news about controversial topics contributes to political polarization
It's been a year since America experienced one of its most divisive elections in decades. Although President Joe Biden has called for unity, recent data from a new measurement, the USC Polarization Index, has shown political polarization remains as b.....»»
Study proposes a two-step plan to combat China"s waning agricultural exports
For the past 17 years, China has imported more agricultural products than it has exported. Finding ways to improve the export competitiveness of its agricultural products has been a pressing challenge for China since it joined the World Trade Organiz.....»»
Does wealth always lead to a good education? New study proposes new model for predicting student success globally
New research published in Frontiers in Education argues that analyzing the individual components that underlie socioeconomic status, such as parents' occupation or the number of books in a home, is a better predictor of student success across differe.....»»
Canada"s flood havoc after summer heatwave shows how climate disasters combine to do extra damage
People living in British Columbia will feel like they have had more than their fair share of climate disasters in 2021. After a record-breaking heatwave in June, the state in western Canada has been inundated by intense rain storms in November. It's.....»»
Deciphering the impact of gene loss on biological evolution
A paper in Nature proposes a new evolutionary scenario that helps to better understand the evolution of our phylum and to discover what the ancestor of tunicates—the sister group of vertebrates—were like. Specifically, it reveals that the massive.....»»
Smart Home Diary: A Breville Barista Touch highlighted one of the hidden costs of a smart home
Otherwise titled: How having a smart home led me to spend one-and-a-half times as much as planned on a Breville Barista Touch coffee machine. I love gadgets. I love smart home devices in particular. To me, they combine undeniable practical benefits,.....»»
Wearable devices will let you feel cold, heat, and pain in VR by applying chemicals to your skin
Created by researchers from the Human Computer Integration Lab at the University of Chicago, chemical haptics use self-contained wearable devices to simulate sensations while in virtual reality. The wearables combine silicone patches and micropumps t.....»»
Researchers combine two semiconductor doping methods to achieve new efficiencies
A University of Wollongong-led team across three FLEET nodes has combined two traditional semiconductor doping methods to achieve new efficiencies in the topological insulator bismuth-selenide (Bi2Se3)......»»
Peter Jackson sells visual effects firm for $1.6bn to Unity
New Zealand-based Weta Digital created characters Gollum from The Hobbit and Avatar's Neyriti,.....»»
Unity To Buy "The Lord of the Rings" VFX Studio Weta Digital In $1.63 Billion Deal
Hmmmmmm shares a report from Reuters: Unity will buy Weta Digital, a visual effects (VFX) studio known for its work in movies such as "Godzilla vs. Kong" and "Avatar" in a $1.63 billion cash-and-stock deal, the companies said on Tuesday. The deal wou.....»»
Unity purchases Weta Digital’s visual-effects tool suite for $1.6 billion
Major deal continues the slow merging of movie-creation and game-creation tools. Enlarge / A preciousssss deal for all involved. Unity, the company best known for its line of popular video game engines, has announced plans to.....»»
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson"s Weta Digital in $1.6 billion deal
Weta Digital, a separate company from Weta Workshop, was co-founded by Jackson in 1993. It has worked on some of the biggest movies and TV shows over the last few decades, including Avatar, The Avengers, Game of Thrones, and the LotR franchise. The d.....»»