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

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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. 2020, reportedly due to its plans to use a fan-modified version of Super Smash Bros.

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YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

The Verge

We at YouTube TV license content from our content providers to then provide to you. YouTube TV (@YouTubeTV) June 30, 2020. When content prices increase, the overall cost of streaming goes up for everyone.

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WWE will move its streaming service to Peacock in the US

The Verge

In 2020, those documentaries included Edge: The Second Mountain — detailing the wrestler’s return after nine years out of the ring — and Undertaker: The Last Ride. It ended the third quarter of 2020 with 1.549 million subscribers. Starting in 2022, WWE says subscribers can expect “one signature documentary annually.”

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Amazon’s advertising business is surging amid industry-wide ad sales boom for tech giants

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For comparison, Amazon’s subscription services category, which includes revenue from Prime memberships, also reported $7.9 Axios reported Thursday that pandemic-driven trends such as the acceleration of digital adoption and a Q2 2020 ad market slowdown contributed to the recent ad sales growth. billion last quarter.

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PUBG’s developer is suing Apple, Google, and the developer of lucrative PUBG lookalike Free Fire

The Verge

In the lawsuit, Krafton compiled comparisons like this to make its case against Garena. While claims regarding that were settled, there was no license agreement established, according to the lawsuit. Image: Krafton. You can watch it with English subs here: [link] [link] — Daniel Ahmad (@ZhugeEX) August 15, 2021. Free Fire earned $1.1

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

The Verge

Unsurprisingly, there was much less autonomous vehicle testing in California in 2020 compared to years prior. million miles in autonomous mode on public roads in 2020, a decrease of about 800,000 miles from the previous year, according to the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles. The total miles driven by Waymo and Cruise, 1.39

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Bait and Twitch

The Verge

pic.twitter.com/mhdXU5lEc5 — Devin (@DevinNash) October 20, 2020. Kate (@katestark) October 20, 2020. “I It’s part of the site’s culture to play music in the background of streams, and no one really checks for the appropriate licenses. Their solution to DMCA is for creators to delete their life's work.

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