Month: February 2021

Nokia 1.4 is a €99 Android Go phone with a 6.5 inch screen and a 4,000 mAh battery

HMD’s newest budget smartphone sports a 6.51 inch, 1600 x 720 pixel IPS LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 processor, and a starting price of €99 (about $120 US). The Nokia 1.4 is available in select markets starting today and it’ll sh…

HMD’s newest budget smartphone sports a 6.51 inch, 1600 x 720 pixel IPS LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 processor, and a starting price of €99 (about $120 US). The Nokia 1.4 is available in select markets starting today and it’ll ship with Android 10 Go Edition software, but HMD says it’ll receive an updated to Android […]

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LibreOffice 7.1 Community edition is here

The Document Foundation has released a new build of the popular cross-platform, open source LibreOffice suite of tools for creating, editing, and viewing spreadsheets, presentations, text, and other documents. LibreOffice 7.1 Community is now availabl…

The Document Foundation has released a new build of the popular cross-platform, open source LibreOffice suite of tools for creating, editing, and viewing spreadsheets, presentations, text, and other documents. LibreOffice 7.1 Community is now available for download, and it brings several new features including a dialog that lets you set the user interface on first […]

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Borderlands studio gets scooped up in deal worth up to $1.37 billion

Randy Pitchford will stay on atop Gearbox under Swedish conglomerate Embracer.

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One of the last large independent game developers will no longer operate on its own, as Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment has merged with Swedish holding company Embracer Group. The Embracer conglomerate already encompasses dozens of mid-size game studios under brands like THQ Nordic, Saber Interactive, and Koch Media.

The deal is initially worth $363 million in cash and stock, a number that could grow by up to roughly $1 billion if Gearbox meets some ambitious earnings goals over the next six years. That represents quite the windfall for Gearbox's roughly 550 employees in Texas and Quebec, who have jointly owned the studio since its founding in 1999 and will now become significant shareholders in Embracer.

Under Embracer, Gearbox will continue to "operate as an independent studio" under the leadership of founder and CEO Randy Pitchford, the company said in a statement. Pitchford has been embroiled in a number of controversies in recent years over allegations of employee mistreatment, misappropriations of company funds, underpayment of talent, and even tales of leaving pornography at Medieval Times. Pitchford has denied these accusations.

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Brennstoffzellenfahrzeug: Fraunhofer IFAM entwickelt wasserstoffspeichernde Paste

Wasserstoff für Fahrzeuge zu speichern, ist nicht so einfach. Bisher. Ein Fraunhofer Institut hat eine energiereiche Paste für Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge aller Art entwickelt. (Wasserstoff, Technologie)

Wasserstoff für Fahrzeuge zu speichern, ist nicht so einfach. Bisher. Ein Fraunhofer Institut hat eine energiereiche Paste für Brennstoffzellenfahrzeuge aller Art entwickelt. (Wasserstoff, Technologie)