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The developer behind Destiny is now a part of the Sony universe. Sony Interactive Entertainment officially closed on a $3.6 billion deal today to buy the independent game studio and publisher Bungie, according to from both Bungie and PlayStation Studios. Under the terms of the acquisition, Bungie will still maintain creative control over its operations and independently develop its games. As from have noted since the deal was announced in January, Bungie will be considered an independent subsidiary of Sony and won’t…

NASA is gearing up for the launch of its most ambitious space telescope or probe ever launched later this month. In that effort, it said engineers working on the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope have successfully completed the delicate operation to load the fuel it will use to propel itself while in space. The engineers are now preparing to place the folded instrument inside the top of a rocket, expected to blast off later this month to place the telescope into orbit.The Webb telescope is a project undertaken…

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company blasted its third private crew into space on Saturday and brought it back safely, this time including the daughter of the first American astronaut.The stubby white spacecraft with a round tip blasted off into clear blue skies over West Texas for a roughly 11-minute trip to just beyond the internationally recognised boundary of space, 62 miles (100 kilometres) high.The six-member crew hooted with glee as they unbuckled to enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness, looking out at space through…

South Korea's SK Hynix said it had completed the first phase of its acquisition of Intel's NAND flash memory chip business, after it received regulatory nods from eight countries including China.In exchange, SK Hynix will pay $7 billion (roughly Rs. 52213.07 crore) out of the deal's total $9 billion (roughly Rs. 67131.09 crore) price tag, the world's second-largest memory chip maker said in a statement on Thursday.The deal, signed in 2020, will allow Intel to focus on its smaller but more lucrative Optane memory business.…

TEMPO operations architecture. Credit: NASACrews successfully completed the first fully integrated powered testing of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument on Intelsat IS40e on June 30. This testing at Maxar Technologies’ satellite manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California, marks the completion of the TEMPO Instrument integration with the IS40e satellite.From its geostationary orbit (geosynchronous equatorial orbit) — a high Earth orbit that allows satellites to match Earth’s…

Edtech firm Byju's said on Monday that it has completed payment that was due for the acquisition of Aakash Educational Service and received majority of $800 million (roughly Rs. 6,300 crores) fund which it announced in March.The company is estimated to have acquired Aakash Educational Services Limited for around $950 million (roughly Rs. 7,500 crores)."Our fundraising efforts are on track and the majority of the $800 million (roughly Rs. 6,300 crores) has been already received. The balance is also expected soon. Our…

A view of Monday’s launch. Photo: NASANASA launched a rocket from Australia’s Northern Territory yesterday, marking the agency’s first launch from down under in over 25 years, as well as its first launch from a commercial spaceport outside of the United States.The launch occurred yesterday at the Arnhem Space Center on the Gove Peninsula in Australia’s Northern Territory. The launch was an agreement between NASA and Equatorial Launch Australia (the company that owns the space center), making it NASA’s first commercial…

Updated June 28, 2022 4:11 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)Creative Artists Agency completed its acquisition of ICM Partners, a deal that combines two of the entertainment industry’s biggest agencies at a time of tremendous change in the media landscape.The deal is valued at $750 million, according to a person familiar with the terms of the transaction. Updated June 28, 2022 4:11 pm ETListen to article(2 minutes)Creative Artists Agency completed its acquisition of ICM Partners, a deal that combines two of the…

After listing his three-house “YOLO Estate” in Hidden Hills for sale earlier this year, Drake has sold its main property for $12 million.TMZ reports that the biggest home on the estate has sold to an unknown buyer for $12 million, below its original $14.8 million asking price. Consisting of 12,500 square feet, the luxurious home includes six fireplaces, a wine cellar, and a 25-seat theater in addition to the obligatory recording studio. That’s not to mention the huge swimming pool area featuring a spa and swim-up bar, or…

Seen here is a close-up view of the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it rolls to Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. Carried by the 6.65-million-pound crawler-transporter 2, the rocket was traveling to the launch pad for NASA’s second wet dress rehearsal attempt ahead of the Artemis I launch. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…