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The Famitsu Dengeki Game Awards 2023 happened on March 17 and while awards were spread over a wide number of games, one game stole the show entirely, taking home five of the 17 awards — Final Fantasy XVI.  The Famitsu Degeki Game Awards are voted for by readers and run by Famitsu and Game Dengeki. While the new Final Fantasy didn’t get as much hardware at other shows like The Game Awards, it’s clearly garnered some love in Japan. It took home awards for Best Graphics, Best Music, Best Voice Actor and Character for Clive,…

The Nigerian Navy (NN) says its teams operating under Operation Delta Sanity have nabbed a syndicate of 13 crew members. It said the crew comprised of one Ghanaian and 12 Nigerians on board a Ghanaian owned and registered vessel known as Motor Tanker (MT) SWEET MIRI. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Information, Navy, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, a rear admiral, on Monday in Abuja. Mr Ayo-Vaughan said the operation was conducted on 25 February atabout 174 nm (approximately 320km) off Nigeria’s coast,…

Image: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images (Getty Images)As the upcoming Superman movie begins filming over in Atlanta, it’s landed one more actor to round out its principle cast: beloved actor Wendell Pierce will play Perry White.Sean Gunn on Working With His BrotherPer the Hollywood Reporter, the Wire alum has been tapped to portray the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. The character’s been a fixture of Superman for decades since his debut in a 1940s radio serial, particularly over in non-comics media: on the silver screen,…

The blockbuster “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert movie will join the Disney+ streaming service March 15.Walt Disney Co. announced Wednesday that it secured streaming rights to last year’s smash hit film in a deal that demonstrated, once again, the enormous appeal — and economic prowess — of the pop superstar. The movie was one of last year’s biggest hits. Distributed by AMC Theatres, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” collected $96 million in ticket sales during its first four days at the domestic box office — the…

Veteran autonomous delivery robot developer Starship Technologies announced it had raised an additional $90 million in funding to help expand its micro-logistics service to additional territories around the globe. Starship Technologies was founded in 2014 by Skype co-founders Ahti Heinla and Janus Friis based on the idea that autonomy can help many of the challenges in last-mile deliveries. The company’s L4 autonomous delivery robots have completed over six million trips to date, transporting…

Everyone’s favorite former Fear Factor host Joe Rogan has that's likely to be worth $250 million, That's even more money than his first deal back in 2020, which was . There’s no information as to the length of Rogan’s new contract, but it has been defined as a “multiyear” continuation of his various podcast ventures.Even better for Rogan’s bottom line? The deal allows Spotify to distribute Rogan’s podcasts on additional platforms, including a video version for YouTube. The contract stipulates a revenue-sharing agreement…

Egyptian online auto parts marketplace Mtor has raised $2.8 million in pre-seed investment led by MENA-focused venture capital firm Algebra Ventures. Other investors that participated in the round include Dutch Founders Fund (DFF), Aditum Ventures, LoftyInc Capital and other local and global angel investors, the startup said in a statement. Mtor’s founder and CEO, Mohamed Maged, established the startup in April 2022. His inspiration for the venture emerged from years spent in Germany, where he gained valuable…

After years of expanding autonomous robotaxi rides throughout China, self-driving specialist Pony.ai continues to scale its technology in another segment – commercial trucks. Today, the company announced it has acquired the first ever license in Guangzhou, China to begin testing its autonomous truck technology on open roads in packs formations. Pony.ai Inc. is a technology company founded over seven years ago that specializes in fully-autonomous mobility. Its robotaxi development has been supported…

Delhi, the capital city of India, is a place where people from several other regions come for work and business. Over the years, the population density in the national capital has increased, creating issues for its residents. One of the major problems that many Delhiites face is parking. There have been numerous instances where fights have broken out over parking spaces within residential areas. Recently, a video of two men fighting over a parking spot in Delhi went viral on the internet, catching the attention of Delhi…

Former Bronco star Shaquil “Shaq” Barrett, a member of two Super Bowl-winning teams, and his wife Jordanna paid $4.7 million to purchase a new Parker mansion. Barrett, an outside linebacker who played football at Colorado State University, signed with the Broncos in 2014 and played for the team for five seasons before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was named to the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams in 2019 and won Super Bowl rings with the Broncos in 2016 and the Buccaneers in 2021. Preston Newberry with Your Castle Real…