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DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images cache hit 487:single/related:254474afa2df3d48f3fbb02da45fd616 empty These days, it seems like software patents are falling down right and left. Hundreds of them have been invalidated by US federal judges since the Supreme Court’s 2014 Alice Corp v. CLS Bank. decision, and more patent-holders are getting sanctioned for their behavior in court. The economics of…
After six months of waiting after an excruciating cliffhanger, The Walking Dead finally revealed who was on the end of Negan’s beloved barbed wire-covered baseball bat, Lucille, in the show’s season seven premiere Sunday night. But was it worth the wait? (Editor’s note: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season seven premiere ahead.) The show took…
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Marvel TV will have soon introduced four “street-level” superheroes (Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe through its Netflix series. The plan from the get-go was to eventually unite them with a Netflix crossover mini-series, titled The Defenders. And now, that is exactly what is happening. The Defenders is slated to…
storytext AT&T has never owned a news division before. Now, assuming its $85 billion deal to acquire Time Warner passes regulatory muster, it will take control of CNN, one of the world’s biggest news organizations. Journalists at the network, myself included, immediately had questions about how AT&T will approach its role as a steward of…
Hillary Clinton has vaulted to a double-digit advantage in the inaugural ABC News 2016 election tracking poll, boosted by broad disapproval of Donald Trump on two controversial issues: His treatment of women and his reluctance to endorse the election’s legitimacy. Likely voters by a vast 69-24 percent disapprove of Trump’s response to questions about his…
Photo credit: Phelan M. Ebenhack/Getty Daily fantasy heavyweights DraftKings and FanDuel are in dire financial straits, months behind on payments to vendors and suffering from extreme cashflow problems, according to the New York Times. Joe Drape reports that DraftKings and FanDuel are close to a settlement with New York state attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman,…
storytext AT&T and Time Warner have agreed to an $85 billion deal — one of the biggest media tie-ups ever. The move, announced Saturday evening, will help AT&T expand beyond wireless and Internet service into programming. Time Warner (TWX) is the parent of CNN, TNT, HBO, the Warner Bros. studio, and other channels and websites….
Overwatch Yesterday, Blizzard announced that an official Overwatch League is in the works. It’s an exciting moment for a game that, only six months post-release, already offers million-dollar tournament prize pools. Overwatch, though, is a volatile game. Today, Overwatch Game Director Jeff Kaplan said on Battle.net that hero-balancing will continue to be kinetic, a model that,…
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