Gaming worth more than video and music

A new report finds gaming is now more lucrative in the UK than video and music combined.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46746593?source=Snapzu

Tesla cuts vehicle prices by $2,000 to offset shrinking EV tax credit

Tesla knocked $2,000 off of the prices of its cars in the US on Wednesday to help offset a recent reduction of the federal electric vehicle tax credit. The automaker also announced initial delivery and production numbers for the fourth quarter of 2018, showing that the frenzied pace it carried through most of the year — led by the big Model 3 push — helped Tesla set new company records, even though it cooled toward the end.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/2/18165014/tesla-prices-cut-model-3-record-car-production?source=Snapzu

Netflix to Hire Activision Blizzard CFO

Netflix is expected to name Spencer Neumann, Activision Blizzard's CFO, as its new chief financial officer, according to reports first published by Reuters on Monday night. Neumann was to be put on paid leave, Activision Blizzard stated in securities filing earlier Monday and said that he was to be fired, the Wall Street Journal reported — and while no specific reason for his termination was given, it was said that he would be let go "for cause." Neumann is expected to start at the streaming platform in early 2019.
Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-hire-activision-blizzard-cfo-1172081?source=Snapzu

Worried About Big Tech? Chinese Giants Make America’s Look Tame

Forget Google versus Facebook. Forget Uber versus Lyft. Forget Amazon versus … well, everybody. The technology world’s most bruising battle for supremacy is taking place in China. And it could point to Big Tech’s future everywhere else, too. Tencent Holdings and the Alibaba Group are ratcheting up their no-holds-barred contest to dominate the ways 770 million internet users communicate, shop, get around, entertain themselves and even invest their savings and visit the doctor.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/31/technology/china-tencent-alibaba.html?source=Snapzu

Apple Won 43 Patents Today Covering Multiplayer Gaming, Ride Hailing for Maps, Home Automation with Siri, Glass Metal & more

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of 43 newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today to kick off 2019. In this particular report we cover Multiplayer Gaming, Ride Hailing for Maps, Home Automation with Siri, Glass Metal, Apple Pencil and a design patent for Fabric. We wrap up this week's granted patent report with our traditional listing of the remaining granted patents that were issued to Apple today.
Read more: https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/01/apple-won-43-patents-today-covering-multiplayer-gaming-ride-hailing-for-maps-home-automation-with-siri-glass-metal-more.html?source=Snapzu

Mickey Mouse and Batman will soon be public domain—here’s what that means

The Internet stopped another copyright extension without firing a shot.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/a-whole-years-worth-of-works-just-fell-into-the-public-domain/?source=Snapzu

This Uxbridge farmer is ditching diesel for a solar-powered tractor

“It’s not just a dream that one day you’ll be able to farm without fossil fuels. It’s real. It’s here,” says Tony Neale.
Read more: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/12/28/this-uxbridge-farmer-is-ditching-diesel-for-a-solar-powered-tractor.html?source=Snapzu