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Tech Video Games

Russia To Fine Twitch Over $30,000 For 31-second Clip

B. Simmons August 16, 2022

Over “fake” information. Russia is fining Twitch $33,000 over a 31 second clip that, according to them, contains “fake” information. The cause of the fine in the clip in question? Yep, you guessed it,...

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Tech Video Games

Russia Plans To Fund A ‘National Game Engine’ Post Big Tech Shunning

B. Simmons July 15, 2022

Spit it, bobcat. So, as you might guess, the whole “War on Ukraine” thing caused a number of things to happen vis a vis Russia. But notably to the current topic would be the...

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Video Games

Wargaming Announces They Are Leaving Russia & Belarus

Team GAMBIT April 4, 2022

Over the past weeks, Wargaming has been conducting a strategic review of business operations worldwide. The company has decided it will not own or operate any businesses in Russia and Belarus. Effective March 31...

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Movies Television News

Soviet-Era Lord Of The Rings TV Movie Surfaces Online

B. Simmons April 7, 2021

The road goes ever on and on… Per The Guardian, a Soviet Union era television adaptation of the first book in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring,...

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Random Access

Norwegian Fishermen Find Beluga Whale Wearing Russian Harness

B. Simmons April 30, 2019

Baby Beluga in the deep blue seaWorking for the Russian Navy Norwegian fishermen were surprised to find a beluga whale that was incredibly friendly to humans on one of their trips. But that wasn’t...

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Tech

Facebook’s Turning Over Those Election Ads to Congress

B. Simmons September 22, 2017

Cue nearly a minute of Mark Zuckerberg looking waxy and stiff. After months of reaching around in the dark, Facebook has finally found evidence of Russian intervention through Facebook ads. They will now be...

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Movies

Watch a Gatling gun-wielding Bear Man in the latest trailer for the Russian superhero epic ‘Guardians’

J. Luis September 18, 2016

Marvel has proved that superhero films are big business. Since Iron Man hit theaters in 2008 the studio has been on a roll rarely ever seen before in Hollywood. Marvel Studios has such a...

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Tech

Maxthon Expands Into Russia With Partner Yandex

J. Luis February 25, 2014

BARCELONA, Spain, /PRNewswire/ — Maxthon Expands Into Russia — Maxthon, a global software company that develops state-of-the-art web browsers, today announced it is expanding its partnership with Yandex, Russia’s dominant search and web services provider. In a...