Tech
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No, Tom Holland Was Not the Model for ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered’ Game
See what actual Peter Parker character model Ben Jordan looks like in real life
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How Gaming Hub Addicting Games Revived Itself A Decade After Its Sale to Viacom
“Our sweet spot going forward is really leveraging the Chromebook mobile developers,” Bill Karamouzis tells TheWrap
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Apple Gives Tim Cook $38 Million to Stay CEO Through 2025
This is Cook’s first major stock grant since 2011
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Trump’s TikTok Ban Blocked by Judge Hours Before It Was to Take Effect
An attorney for the app said shutting it down infringed on its users’ free speech
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Facebook Oversight Board Will Launch by Mid-October, More Than a Year After It Was First Announced
The internal group will begin reviewing cases of removed content by late October, with the Nov. 3 election around the corner
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Innovators List 2020: 12 Hollywood Disrupters, From Tyler Perry to Cameo to Sarah Cooper | Videos
Wave’s Adam Arrigo, Emmanuel Acho, IFC Films’ Lisa Schwartz and more make the annual list of industry disrupters
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CNN Shutters ‘Great Big Story’ Storytelling Division
“Challenging times call for difficult decisions, and it is with a heavy heart that we are announcing today that we will be closing the doors of Great Big Story,” a network statement read
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Mobile Gaming Startup Playco Raises $100 Million From Investors Including Will Smith
Tokyo-based Playco is now valued at $1 billion
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Microsoft Buys Bethesda Softworks Parent Company Zenimax For $7.5 Billion
Bethesda’s hit games include the “Doom,” “Elder Scrolls” and “Fallout” franchises
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Trump Gives TikTok-Oracle Deal His ‘Blessing’ to Continue Operating in US
“If they get it done that’s OK too, if they don’t that’s fine too,” president tells White House reporters Saturday
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Bunch Raises $20 Million From Ubisoft, Electronic Arts to Expand Video Chat Gaming App
Bunch operates a mobile app that lets players start a multiplayer chat while playing games together
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Everything We Know About the Upcoming ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Game
‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ goes on sale from Sony Nov. 12
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ByteDance Approves Oracle Bid to Take Over TikTok’s US Operations
TheWrap reported in late August that Larry Ellison’s Oracle was likely to win the company because of ties to the White House
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China Opposes Any Forced TikTok Sale, Prefers App to Shut Down in US (Report)
Beijing Foreign Ministry representatives say China is strictly against any “forced transaction by the government”
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Streaming Star Tyler “Ninja” Blevins Signs Multi-Year Broadcasting Deal with Twitch
The deal marks Ninja’s return to Twitch after defecting for Microsoft’s streaming service Mixer, which shut down in June
