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Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

GeekWire

tournament scene, Nintendo of America has announced a new partnership that will see the debut of the first officially-licensed Smash tournament series. We've partnered with @PandaGlobal to launch the first officially licensed Super Smash Bros. After years of being indifferent at best to the Super Smash Bros. ” Confirmed.

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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

The Verge

Costs went up again in 2019 to $50 per month when YouTube TV added Discovery’s lineup of networks. We at YouTube TV license content from our content providers to then provide to you. And now, with the addition of the aforementioned ViacomCBS channels, it’s getting its biggest price leap yet, up to $64.99 per month.

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Waymo and Cruise dominated autonomous testing in California in the first year of the pandemic

The Verge

But companies licensed to operate AVs on public roads in California still logged nearly 2 million miles of testing, with two of the top operators, Waymo and Cruise, comprising the bulk of those miles thanks to what some safety drivers allege was a lax attitude toward safety. million miles it drove in 2019.

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WWE will move its streaming service to Peacock in the US

The Verge

The 24/7 WWE Network was launched at CES 2014 and underwent a major redesign in 2019. By comparison, Peacock has already reached nearly 22 million users , but it’s not clear how many of those are paying subscribers. It ended the third quarter of 2020 with 1.549 million subscribers. And now here we are.

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Fewer robot cars are driving more miles in California

The Verge

Before we get to the numbers, a quick caveat: the California DMV’s annual “disengagement reports,” which all licensed operators are required to submit, are a bit controversial. million, a huge increase over 2020, with 628,838 miles driven, and even the pre-pandemic year of 2019, with 1.45

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Your move, PS5

The Verge

There’s a likely reason both Sony and Microsoft have been leading us along for well over a year (Sony confirmed the PlayStation 5 in October 2019, if you’ll recall ). The savings for Sony aren’t just in the components, either; Sony won’t have to pay Blu-ray and DVD licensing fees, which could cost $8 per console all on their own.

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ePUB.js vs Readium.js – A Detailed Comparison of 2 ePUB Readers

Kitaboo

Does the license suite of libraries suit your individual project needs? This article offers a detailed comparison and critical evaluation of two of the popular ePUB Readers- ReadiumJS Viewer and ePUB.js Digital Publishing / November 4, 2019. and Readium include-. How easy would it be to migrate to and from both these libraries?