Monthly Archives: November 2022

Upcoming Stranger Things VR game puts players in control of Vecna

There’s an official Stranger Things VR game on the way from developer Tender Claws. Made in collaboration with Netlflix and the series’ writers, this upcoming release will put players into the shoes of season four’s main antagonist Vecna as he “explores unknown realities, forms the hive mind, and enacts his plan for revenge against Eleven…

TTAB Rules in Favor of Sony in Trademark Dilution Case

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) ruled in favor of Sony on October 28 in a decision that sustained the corporation’s opposition to an  application to register the mark SONISTREAM for a streaming platform. The TTAB ruled last Friday that the “SoniStream mark is likely to dilute Opposer’s…

The Milky Way’s oldest star is a white-hot pyre of dead planets

Artist’s impression of the old white dwarfs WDJ2147-4035 and WDJ1922+0233 surrounded by orbiting planetary debris, which will accrete onto the stars and pollute their atmospheres. WDJ2147-4035 is extremely red and dim, while WDJ1922+0233 is unusually blue. University of Warwick/Dr Mark Garlick The Milky Way galaxy is about 13.61 billion years old. The ancient galaxy is…

Unity and IronSource’s $4.4B merger is now complete

Unity‘s proposed merger with IronSource has formally concluded, with the two companies coming together to create an end-to-end platform for developers to build and monetize games. Unity, which is best known for its eponymous general purpose game engine, and IronSource, an adtech company that serves developers with tools for integrating ads, cross-channel marketing, and more, first…

Ireland-led GDPR probe of Yahoo’s cookie banners moves to draft decision review

A multi-year investigation into TechCrunch’s parent entity Yahoo — looking at compliance with key transparency requirements of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including in relation to cookie banners displayed on its media properties — has taken a step forward today after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it has submitted a…