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Bungie and Activision are no longer working together.

In a joint statement from both Bungie and Activision, the two companies announced Thursday that will be cutting ties with each other. All publishing rights of the Bungie-developed series Destiny will be handed over to bungie by Activision at an unspecified date.

This means that Bungie will be taking control of all rights for Destiny and Destiny 2, the latter of which released in 2017 and continues to be updated today. Read more…

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When your most depraved tweets come back to bite you, just pull a Lady Gaga and deny everything. 

During the Golden Globes on Sunday, Lady Gaga graced the red carpet in a lavender gown similar to the one Judy Garland wore in the 1954 version of A Star Is Born. She said that the look wasn’t an intentional tribute, and in a clip that became a glorious meme, seemed to deny ever saying she was trying to copy Garland. 

“You know what, I … We didn’t say that,” she told ET. “No, but it looks an awful lot like that, doesn’t it?” Read more…

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Everyone talks about how CES has become the main auto show of the year, pushing the Detroit Auto Show from its long-running time in January to June starting in 2020. But it’s not just cars or what goes in them on display at the tech show in Las Vegas.

Hold on tight for some of the funkier, over-the-top concepts, prototypes, and even real production vehicles that vie for the spotlight at the massive tech trade show. Here’s a collection of electric flying vehicles, electric motorcycles, three-wheeled scooters, and much more. And, as always, we can’t forget the e-scooters.

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The FIJI Water girl meme from the 2019 Golden Globes proved great publicity for the model involved, Kelleth Cuthbert, and of course, the not so environmentally-friendly bottled water brand.

Not so keen on becoming part of an internet trend was Halloween star Jamie Lee Curtis, who said she tried to avoid the promotional reps for FIJI Water and Moet Chandon who were cruising the award ceremony’s red carpet.

“I knew there was a photographer poised & I moved as I didn’t want to be doing advertising for either,” she wrote on Twitter. “The sponsors of events need to get permission from people before they try 2 take their picture with them.” Read more…

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Google and Lenovo have once again teamed up to bring Google Assistant deeper into your life.

This time, it’s a $79 Smart Alarm Clock, a small Google Assistant-enabled clock with a touchscreen display optimized for bedside tables. It’s launching this spring. 

Though the form factor is similar to Lenovo’s larger Smart Display, Google is billing the alarm clock as the first of a new category of devices: smart clocks.  That may sound like splitting hairs — larger displays also show the time, after all — but there are some meaningful differences that make the device worth paying attention to. 

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Burgers and fries delivered by robo-car. 

Stranger things have happened in Las Vegas. At the CES tech show this year, a car from AutoX showed off its autonomous driving skills by delivering burgers to the convention center. 

The San Jose, California-based company started out delivering groceries with cars equipped with backseats modified to keep produce fresh and unharmed. Later, it partnered with select restaurants in Silicon Valley. 

For CES this year, the delivery service found a nearby Applebee’s and sent out its test cars with a livefeed to show on the convention floor how the delivery process was going. After the car picked up the food about 2 miles away, some other reporters, VIPs, and I were able to chow down on slightly sweaty burgers and fries. (It was still delivery, after all — it can’t compete with food at a restaurant. It must have looked delicious though, because someone at the convention center stopped to ask me where I got it from.) Read more…

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If you’re trying to view the latest Netflix show while traveling overseas, or you want to watch a show that’s only available on Netflix in other countries, you’re in for a tough time. But with a VPN service and a bit of persistence, you should be able to see most of what you want to watch, no matter where you are.

Your Netflix Is Not My Netflix

It’s easy to assume that the video streaming services we use every day are the same everywhere on earth, but that’s simply not true. What’s available on streaming services, in particular, can be wildly different from country to country. That’s true not only of Netflix, but also of Amazon Video, Hulu, and Sling. Read more…

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Gather round, for Elon Musk has made a new Twitter declaration.

The Tesla CEO informed Twitter followers on Wednesday that he is not joking about using rocket thrusters to get his upcoming Tesla Roadster to fly— or at least hover.

As Musk does, he responded on Twitter to a Tesla fan praising the advancements the car has made over the last six years. The fan (perhaps cheekily) included a gif of a flying DeLorean. Musk quote-retweeted the image, adding “The new Roadster will actually do something like this.” Read more…

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Google is making it a lot easier to refer back to links you’ve clicked in previous searches.

The search engine announced on Wednesday that it’s rolling out a new activity card feature that provides users with links they’ve already visited when referring back to a search query. 

Users logged into their Google accounts will be presented with a “Your related activity” prompt at the top of the search results page when they look up previously-searched queries. Clicking on that opens up an activity card with a list of links. Google is promoting the feature as an opportunity to pick up where you left off in search. Read more…

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