DefenseNews

Air Force’s “Golden Horde” swarming munitions program to get a second chance this month

February 5, 2021
WASHINGTON — After the Air Force’s first test of “Golden Horde” swarming bombs was deemed a partial success, the service will give the technology a second shot later this month, the commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory said Thursday. The Golden Horde program is one of AFRL’s three top priorities. The effort involves networking a swarm of munitions together and equipping them…
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GamingNews

ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman passes away at 73

February 5, 2021
ZeniMax Media chairman and CEO Robert Altman has passed away at the age of 73. The leader of the parent company of video game publisher Bethesda Softworks was in the midst of selling Bethesda to Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Microsoft’s purchase of Bethesda for so much money…
GamingNews

Activision Blizzard beats expectations as Q4 revenue grows 21% to $2.41 billion

February 5, 2021
Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat Wall Street’s expectations with 21% revenue growth to $2.41 billion for the fourth quarter ended December 31. Activision’s Call of Duty franchise continued to outperform last year’s results as people continued to play a lot more games during the pandemic. Activision launched Call of Duty: Black Ops — Cold War in November on the existing…
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GamingNews

Call of Duty just had its best year ever

February 5, 2021
As part of its earnings report today, Activision Blizzard revealed that the Call of Duty had its strongest year ever in 2020. The series had over 100 million monthly average players during the year, and net bookings were at about double what they were in 2019. Call of Duty…
MobileNews

Apple releases updated build of iOS 14.5 beta 1 to developers

February 5, 2021
Apple has released an updated build of iOS 14.5 to developers today. This comes after the release of beta 1 earlier this week. The new build released today is still referred to as beta 1, but it features a new build number. The updated version iOS 14.5 beta 1 is available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if the update does not immediately appear for…
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MobileNews

Apple releases first public betas of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5

February 5, 2021
Apple is releasing the first public betas of its next round of software updates today. This includes iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 which launched to developer beta testers earlier this week. Head below for details on what’s new. So what’s new in iOS 14.5? As it turns out…
GamingNews

EA moves closer to $1.2 billion Codemasters purchase

February 5, 2021
EA has edged closer to buying Codemasters after shareholders of the latter approved the takeover. Out of 76 shareholders, 63 approved EA’s $1.2 billion bid. Those who voted for the deal hold just under 99 percent of the total Codemasters stock. Competition regulators in Germany and Austria have rubber stamped the acquisition and a court hearing will take place on February 16th. Barring any…
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