#You can now use bitcoin to buy games on Steam
The digital gaming platform is the latest place to accept the cryptocurrency.
The future's looking bright with some of hot car technologies just starting to crest the horizon. From self drivers to tire smokers, here are just a few of the features we're most looking forward to hitting the road this year.
Dreamworks Animation could soon have a new corporate parent in a $3.8 billion deal. That's a lot of dumplings for a hungry Kung Fu Panda.
Dreamworks Animation
Dreamworks Animation, the studio behind hit film franchises including Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, is being swept up in a $3.8 billion acquisition.
NBCUniversal, a division of Philadelphia-based cable giant Comcast, on Thursday announced that it would acquire DreamWorks. The studio, whose movies also include the Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon series, will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which folds in Universal Pictures, Fandango and NBCUniversal Brand Development.
"DreamWorks Animation is a great addition," said NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke in a press release. "Jeffrey Katzenberg and the DreamWorks organization have created a dynamic film brand and a deep library of intellectual property. DreamWorks will help us grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come."
The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2016, following antitrust and regulatory approval. Under the terms of the deal, NBCUniversal will pay $41 per share to holders of DreamWorks common stock, a 27 percent premium based on Wednesday's closing price of $32.20.
#Airliner at Europe's busiest airport wasn't hit by a drone after all, authorities say
The incident over London's Heathrow airport highlighted public concern over unmanned aircraft.
#John Boyega goes from BB-8 to bunnies in "Watership Down".
LAN/Corbis
A whole generation of British kids was emotionally scarred by the 1978 animated film "Watership Down", and now the BBC and Netflix is planning a new version that hooks in young viewers with Star Wars star John Boyega.
In their biggest collaboration to date, the UK broadcaster and globally available streaming service will produce a big-budget four-part computer-animated series based on the 1972 children's novel by Richard Adams. The book tells the emotional and surprisingly brutal story of a group of rabbits searching for a new home.
Nicholas Hoult from "Mad Max: Fury Road" and Boyega, rocketed to fame by his role in "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" will voice the rabbits Fiver and Bigwig. "X-Men" star James McAvoy joins Ben Kingsley, Olivia Colman and Gemma Arterton in the cast.
The series will delve deeper into the novel than the 1978 film adaptation, which as recently as last month was causing controversy among parents when it was screened on British TV.
"Watership Down" is the latest international series backed by Netflix, which is producing big-name movies andlocally produced shows in the UK, Germany and France to appeal to a global audience.
#UK government spends £70,000 on Snapchat filters
The government is embracing the popular messaging app to warn of the dangers of driving while high.
#HTC said to be crafting two Nexus phones for 2016
The Taiwanese electronics company, which has struggled in recent years, previously made the Nexus One in 2010 and the Nexus 9 in 2014.
#Google
Life admin can be tough, but a new feature Google has introduced to its Calendars hopes to help make workplace scheduling easier.
Called "Find a Time", it requires you to punch in who you want to have a meeting or get-together with and takes every thing from there. It looks through your schedule and those of the people you want to meet with and suggests a time where everyone is free.
"'Find a time' helps you find meeting times that work for everyone even if they're in different time zones based on their availability and the times they usually have meetings," explained Google product manager Stella Schieffer in a Wednesdayblog post. "If there are no times that work, Calendar will look at which conflicting meetings can most easily be rescheduled."
The app is currently only available onAndroid devices. Google was contacted for details about future iOS availability but did not reply immediately, though the blog post said that the feature will eventually come to iPhones and web browswers.
The digital gaming platform is the latest place to accept the cryptocurrency.
The future's looking bright with some of hot car technologies just starting to crest the horizon. From self drivers to tire smokers, here are just a few of the features we're most looking forward to hitting the road this year.
Dreamworks Animation could soon have a new corporate parent in a $3.8 billion deal. That's a lot of dumplings for a hungry Kung Fu Panda.
Dreamworks Animation
Dreamworks Animation, the studio behind hit film franchises including Shrek and Kung Fu Panda, is being swept up in a $3.8 billion acquisition.
NBCUniversal, a division of Philadelphia-based cable giant Comcast, on Thursday announced that it would acquire DreamWorks. The studio, whose movies also include the Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon series, will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which folds in Universal Pictures, Fandango and NBCUniversal Brand Development.
"DreamWorks Animation is a great addition," said NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke in a press release. "Jeffrey Katzenberg and the DreamWorks organization have created a dynamic film brand and a deep library of intellectual property. DreamWorks will help us grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come."
The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2016, following antitrust and regulatory approval. Under the terms of the deal, NBCUniversal will pay $41 per share to holders of DreamWorks common stock, a 27 percent premium based on Wednesday's closing price of $32.20.
#Airliner at Europe's busiest airport wasn't hit by a drone after all, authorities say
The incident over London's Heathrow airport highlighted public concern over unmanned aircraft.
#John Boyega goes from BB-8 to bunnies in "Watership Down".
LAN/Corbis
A whole generation of British kids was emotionally scarred by the 1978 animated film "Watership Down", and now the BBC and Netflix is planning a new version that hooks in young viewers with Star Wars star John Boyega.
In their biggest collaboration to date, the UK broadcaster and globally available streaming service will produce a big-budget four-part computer-animated series based on the 1972 children's novel by Richard Adams. The book tells the emotional and surprisingly brutal story of a group of rabbits searching for a new home.
Nicholas Hoult from "Mad Max: Fury Road" and Boyega, rocketed to fame by his role in "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" will voice the rabbits Fiver and Bigwig. "X-Men" star James McAvoy joins Ben Kingsley, Olivia Colman and Gemma Arterton in the cast.
The series will delve deeper into the novel than the 1978 film adaptation, which as recently as last month was causing controversy among parents when it was screened on British TV.
"Watership Down" is the latest international series backed by Netflix, which is producing big-name movies andlocally produced shows in the UK, Germany and France to appeal to a global audience.
#UK government spends £70,000 on Snapchat filters
The government is embracing the popular messaging app to warn of the dangers of driving while high.
#HTC said to be crafting two Nexus phones for 2016
The Taiwanese electronics company, which has struggled in recent years, previously made the Nexus One in 2010 and the Nexus 9 in 2014.
Life admin can be tough, but a new feature Google has introduced to its Calendars hopes to help make workplace scheduling easier.
Called "Find a Time", it requires you to punch in who you want to have a meeting or get-together with and takes every thing from there. It looks through your schedule and those of the people you want to meet with and suggests a time where everyone is free.
"'Find a time' helps you find meeting times that work for everyone
The app is currently only available onAndroid devices. Google was contacted for details about future iOS availability but did not reply immediately, though the blog post said that the feature will eventually come to iPhones and web browswers.
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