Disney invests $1.5 billion in Fortnite and Unreal Engine creator Epic Games

What you need to know Epic Games is the video game publisher and developer best known for creating Fortnite, as well as the uber-popular game development kit Unreal Engine.  Disney is investing big in games, acquiring a stake in Epic Games for $1.5 billion.  The investment will see Disney and Epic Games collaborate on “an […]

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Samsung SDI invests in Canadian nickel mining firm

Samsung SDI, Samsung’s battery manufacturing arm, has invested in a Canadian nickel mining firm. The company has signed a deal to invest in Canada Nickel, which would help Samsung SDI acquire the critical materials required to manufacture rechargeable batteries. Samsung SDI is trying to secure electric car battery material in North America The Canadian firm […]

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Apple Supplier LG Invests in MicroLED Patents for Apple Watch Ultra Displays

Apple supplier LG has reportedly purchased multiple patents that could help it produce the displays for Apple’s rumored next-generation Apple Watch Ultra model with a microLED display. The Elec reports that the patents purchased from a Taiwanese company have to do with the “transfer printing process” in MicroLED, as well as MicroLED technologies related to […]

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Apple Invests in Original Podcasts With the Potential to Adapt into TV+ Shows

Apple has stepped up its investment in original podcast content by signing an agreement with Pulitzer Prize-winning production company Futuro Studios, Bloomberg reports. The deal stipulates that Apple will fund development and production of podcasts, and then have the first option to turn them into a film or TV show for its Apple TV+ service. […]

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