All 30 major league baseball teams have released their starting player pools for the 2020 season. As part of the effort to play during the coronavirus pandemic, and with minor league systems not working, each team will bring up to 60 players to camps in two different places in and …
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Niantic partners with creator of Sleep No More to build immersive AR theater experiences
Pokemon go Creator Niantic Labs is partnering with Punchdrunk, the New York City-based producer behind an immersive theatrical piece. Sleep no more. The partnership will have both companies work to “develop multiple projects that reinvent storytelling for a 21st-century audience and further expand the horizon of interactive entertainment.” Sleep no …
Read More »Fortnite’s Save the World finally leaves access early, no plans to play for free
Fortnite Epic Games announced that it will release its early access tag as part of a change to the game’s original survival mode, Save the World. More importantly, Epic said it is reversing plans to make Save the World free, and will slow development of the mode, which has been …
Read More »EasyJet plans to close bases and cut staff
Image copyright PA Media EasyJet has announced that it has begun consultations on plans to close bases in Stansted, Southend and Newcastle. It follows an announcement by the airline that it may need to reduce staff numbers by as much as a third due to the coronavirus pandemic. EasyJet said …
Read More »Supreme Court opens door to state funding for religious schools
The court said that a Montana tax credit program that directed money to private schools could not exclude religious schools. Judgment 5-4 was drafted by Chief Justice John Roberts and was joined by the four conservative court judges. “A state does not need to subsidize private education. But once a …
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