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On Wednesday, Tanal Entertainment – a Saudi holding company belonging to Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Suad – announced it had struck a deal with VR46 and Aramco to bring Rossi’s team to MotoGP from 2022. Though no official statement from the Rossi camp was made, VR46 did confirm to…

(Adds details, quote) HELSINKI, April 29 (Reuters) - Nordic IT services provider Tietoevry on Thursday posted a smaller-than-expected gain in its first-quarter operating profit, hit by declining profits at its largest unit, while it maintained its full-year outlook. The company, which finalised the acquisition of Norway’s Evry in December of…

Author of the article: Tom Murray Soul singer and songwriter Ann Vriend on her front porch in McCauley, which she used to stage 26 neighbourhood concerts last year. Photo by Ed Kaiser /Postmedia When Ann Vriend penned her latest single three years ago she didn’t realize how much it would resonate…

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVEPORT, HTC's pioneering VR app store and subscription service platform, today announced a strategic alliance with BANDAI NAMCO Pictures (BN Pictures), the leading animation studio and production company, to bring BN Pictures' well-known animated content to a new dimension in virtual reality (VR).…

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Virtual reality earned a great public relations coup from the Oscars. Respawn Entertainment, a division of Electronic Arts, and Oculus Studios won an Academy Award on Sunday for Best Documentary Short for the film Colette.…

The short film featured in VR title Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Respawn Entertainment and Oculus have staked a claim in the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 2021 Oscars for its in-game film, Colette. Colette is a 25-minute documentary made by Anthony Giacchino and Alice…

Facebook just won its first Oscar. “Colette,” from the social giant’s Oculus VR group and EA’s Respawn Entertainment, picked up the trophy for documentary short subject Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards. The 24-minute film follows former French Resistance member Colette Marin-Catherine as she travels to Germany for the first time in 74 years. “Colette” was created for…

Certainly, one of the biggest things to come from Chevrolet in recent years has been the all-new C8 Corvette. The C8 Corvette is now entering its third model year, and changes to the car are minimal. While the car carries over unchanged, there are three new colors for buyers to…

The Meyer Shank Racing-Honda driver was one of the stars of qualifying, on a day when two Team Penske-Chevrolets failed to graduate from Q1 and no Chip Ganassi Racing-Hondas made it beyond Q2. Harvey set his best lap on Lap 2 in the Firestone Fast Six, and was beaten by…

In pub quizzes in years to come, questions might be asked about what the acronyms NIAC, NPHET and the latest one VRG stand for. Over a year ago, most people had never heard of these terms. They have now become part of everyday language. The VRG is the Vaccine Rollout…