An Electronic Arts (EA) video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last year. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters LONDON — Electronic Arts said Monday it has reached an agreement to buy U.K. video game developer Codemasters in a deal worth $1.2 billion. The deal upstaged a previous transaction agreed between
The government says it is to start talks with French energy firm EDF on a new nuclear power plant in Suffolk as part of a wider commitment to a clean energy future. It said the proposed £20bn Sizewell C plant would have to pass stringent affordability and value checks as the company makes the case
An explosion on an oil tanker in the Red Sea happened after it was hit by “an external force”, a shipping company has said. The incident happened just after midnight on Monday off the coast of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The 22 crew of the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine all escaped unharmed, the vessel’s owners, Hafnia,
Donald Trump is reversing a decision for senior White House officials to be among the first in the US to receive the newly approved coronavirus vaccine. In a tweet, the president – who spent three nights in hospital with COVID-19 in October – said “people working in the White House should receive the vaccine somewhat
Eddie Van Halen now has a final resting place, TMZ has learned … the beautiful Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu. The late rock star’s body was cremated 22 days after he died … this according to Eddie’s death certificate obtained by TMZ. The ashes went to Eddie’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen. Sources tell
This weekend’s scheduled VERZUZ battle between Ashanti and Keyshia Cole was postponed until January after Ashanti revealed that she’d tested positive for COVID-19. VERZUZ will instead return next weekend with a new pairing. E-40 and Too $hort will square off in the “Legends of the Bay” VERZUZ battle on Saturday, December 19 at 8 p.m.
Post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and Brussels will continue into next week after negotiators were told to “go the extra mile”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen released a brief joint statement following what they called a “useful” phone call on Sunday morning. They said they “discussed the
Matthew Prince, co-founder and chief executive officer of Cloudflare Inc., speaks during the Wall Street Journal Tech Live global technology conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. The event brings together investors, founders, and executives to foster innovation and drive growth within the tech industry. Martina Albertazzi | Bloomberg | Getty
The American computer games giant Electronic Arts (EA) has gatecrashed the £725m takeover of Codemasters, the London-listed producer of some of the world’s most popular motor racing titles. Sky News has learnt that EA has tabled a potentially knockout bid for Codemasters, trumping an offer agreed last month with Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the
Protests are continuing to grow over controversial new farming laws in India – but the country’s prime minister is refusing to back down. Demonstrations have been taking place across India and have now spread to other cities around the world, including the UK, the Netherlands and Canada. Farmers say the three federal laws, which deregulate crop
The first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have left a factory in Michigan, just two days after it got safety approval in the US. Live TV shots showed the vials being moved from the freezer to be boxed and labelled, and workers clapped and whistled as the first shipments headed onto waiting trucks. US marshals
Refresh for more analysis, chart, etc. Even in a normal, healthy economy, the major studios are typically skittish about opening big movies before Christmas with many busy with holiday activities, so it comes as no surprise during a pandemic where just north of 40% of all 5,500 domestic movie theaters are open that there wouldn’t
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I imagine that many of those who had anticipated the December 4th premiere of Mank were especially excited to see the long-awaited return of David Fincher to feature-length filmmaking. I would also hope that most of the film’s biggest champions had seen Citizen Kane or at least had some knowledge of its place in cinematic
Post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and EU could slip beyond tonight’s deadline, the foreign secretary has suggested. Speaking to Sky News’ Sophy Ridge On Sunday, Dominic Raab said “I can’t close the door” on that possibility but admitted “there is still a long way to go” before an agreement is possible. Prime Minister Boris
Tess Pawlisch, right, has been living nomadically in out of Airbnbs in Tulum, Mexico, since October. Courtesy of Tess Pawlisch Tess Pawlisch worked in San Francisco for the last four years. But this year, Pawlisch has found herself writing work emails, holding team meetings and taking client calls from hotel rooftops, hammocks and beaches in