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Embracer Group enters VR market with purchase of Arizona Sunshine dev Vertigo VR

Embracer Group enters VR market with purchase of Arizona Sunshine dev Vertigo

Embracer Group has entered the virtual reality market with the purchase of Arizona Sunshine developer Vertigo Games for an initial €50 million ($59.2 million).  The deal will see Embracer purchase the Dutch VR studio through its Koch Media subsidiary for €40 million ($47.4 million) in cash and €10 million ($11.8 million) in…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Modi to dedicate the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu to the nation through video-conference on Sep 18 Narendra Modi

Modi to dedicate the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu to the nation through video-conference on Sep 18

| Updated: Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 18:31 New Delhi, Sep 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall dedicate to the nation the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu (mega bridge) to the Nation through video-conference at 12 Noon on the 18th of September 2020. Apart from this the Prime Minister shall also inaugurate…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Space debris threatening to destroy ISS; Orbit ‘too perilous for humans’… Space Debris

Space debris threatening to destroy ISS; Orbit ‘too perilous for humans’…

Space debris — detritus orbiting Earth from satellites — is a growing problem which threatens the future of human space exploration. To tackle this issue, the Business Secretary Alok Sharma has announced £1million in funding, via the UK Space Agency (UKSA), for seven space-cleaning programmes. Astronomers are concerned that high-value craft in…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Boris Johnson stands firm on number of guests allowed at weddings amid calls to relax limit Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson stands firm on number of guests allowed at weddings amid calls to relax limit

The latest headlines in your inbox twice a day Monday - Friday plus breaking news updates Boris Johnson has rebuffed calls to allow more guests at weddings amid strict coronavirus limits. The current number of attendees permitted is no more than 30. Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Conservative…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Hurricane Sally makes landfall: Pensacola gets 30 inches of rain; ‘catastrophic flooding is unfolding’ in Alabama, Florida NSA

Hurricane Sally makes landfall: Pensacola gets 30 inches of rain; ‘catastrophic flooding is unfolding’ in Alabama, Florida

Ryan W. Miller ,  Annie Blanks   | USA TODAY PENSACOLA, Fla. — Part of a bridge collapsed in Pensacola as 30 inches of rain and storm surge turned streets into white-capped rivers Wednesday after Hurricane Sally lurched ashore the Gulf Coast. Though downgraded to a tropical storm by Wednesday afternoon, Sally's strong winds battered…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Delhi Riots: 17,500-page chargesheet filed against 15 accused, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam not listed Riots

Delhi Riots: 17,500-page chargesheet filed against 15 accused, Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam not listed

Delhi Police on Wednesday filed a 17,500-page long chargesheet against 15 accused of propagating violence during riots in the national capital in February this year. The charge sheet has been filed under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Arms Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).According to the…
bubmag
September 16, 2020
Experts cite ‘crimes against humanity’ in Maduro’s Venezuela Maduro

Experts cite ‘crimes against humanity’ in Maduro’s Venezuela

GENEVA (AP) — Independent experts for the U.N.’s top human rights body accused the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday of crimes against humanity, highlighting grisly cases of torture and killings allegedly carried out by security forces who used techniques like electric shocks, genital mutilation and asphyxiation.In a…
bubmag
September 16, 2020