Indie game developers say Twitch's light touch with nudity in big games like Cyberpunk 2077, despite Twitch's rules against explicit content, is hypocritical (Matthew Gault/VICE)

Matthew Gault / VICE:
Indie game developers say Twitch's light touch with nudity in big games like Cyberpunk 2077, despite Twitch's rules against explicit content, is hypocritical  —  You can't show dicks or nipples on Twitch unless you're playing ‘Cyberpunk 2077.’  —  Cyberpunk 2077 is full of dicks.

Election Commission toys with idea of digital voter ID card

Asked whether the digital voter identity card would mean that a voter can carry it on his or her mobile phone using an application, the official said once the EC takes a decision, such details will be settled. https://ift.tt/37gauW5

Uttar Pradesh approves financial incentives for Samsung display factory

India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Friday said it will give financial incentives to South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co to set up a 48.25 billion rupee ($654.36 million) display factory. https://ift.tt/2LvLPnR

Nokia PureBook X14 Laptop Coming Soon to India, Flipkart Reveals

Nokia PureBook X14 will be launching soon as the first Nokia laptop in India, Flipkart has revealed through an updated microsite. The new laptop will be powered by an Intel Core i5 processor. It could... https://ift.tt/37X9Ag3

Wisconsin-based Fetch Rewards raises $80M Series C led by ICONIQ Growth for its consumer loyalty and retail rewards app, bringing its total raised to $118M (Nickie Louise/Tech Startups)

Nickie Louise / Tech Startups:
Wisconsin-based Fetch Rewards raises $80M Series C led by ICONIQ Growth for its consumer loyalty and retail rewards app, bringing its total raised to $118M  —  Late last month, we wrote about the 50 most funded tech startups in the United States in 2020.  Little did we know that Fetch Rewards …

Samsung Galaxy S21+ Hands-on Video Leak Suggests Design, Specifications

Samsung Galaxy S21+ hands-on video has leaked online. It shows what could be the upcoming Samsung flagship with ultra-thin bezels and a prominent camera bump. Separately, details about accessories,... https://ift.tt/3gDzWaO

Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Assures Staff of Bonuses Despite Buggy Release

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt in an email to employees took responsibility for the buggy release of the highly anticipated game and promised them that they will get their full bonuses... https://ift.tt/3oDITnk

Disney's stream of Disney+ announcements on Thursday finally delivered on ~$100B worth of acquisitions over 15 years of widely adored billion dollar franchises (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

Julia Alexander / The Verge:
Disney's stream of Disney+ announcements on Thursday finally delivered on ~$100B worth of acquisitions over 15 years of widely adored billion dollar franchises  —  Disney's big streaming event showed what Disney Plus will be  —  By the end of Disney's four-hour event …

How to create bootable USB drives

In this how-to guide we tell you to create bootable USB drives https://ift.tt/3qNFYKP

FB workers don't need vaccine to return to work: Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told his more than 50,000 employees that they will not be required to get vaccinated before returning back to work when the company reopens offices in July 2021. https://ift.tt/2W7i8vj

Internal memo: Roblox, citing soaring market debuts of Airbnb and DoorDash, says it is too difficult to price its shares and will delay its IPO until next year (Maureen Farrell/Wall Street Journal)

Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal:
Internal memo: Roblox, citing soaring market debuts of Airbnb and DoorDash, says it is too difficult to price its shares and will delay its IPO until next year  —  Videogame company, citing Airbnb and DoorDash market debuts, says it is too difficult to price its shares

Ireland-based Immedis, whose software is used to process payroll in 150+ countries, raises $50M from Lead Edge Capital and is now valued at more than $575M (Sarah Harford/Silicon Republic)

Sarah Harford / Silicon Republic:
Ireland-based Immedis, whose software is used to process payroll in 150+ countries, raises $50M from Lead Edge Capital and is now valued at more than $575M  —  Irish tech company Immedis has secured $50m in investment from Lead Edge Capital, a growth-stage investment fund based in New York and California.

Hyundai to Take Over Robot Dog-Maker Boston Dynamics Valued at $1.1 Billion

Hyundai has said that it will buy a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank in a deal that values the US-based robot maker at $1.1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,111 crores). Boston Dynamics, that... https://ift.tt/3qPbTKQ

Amsterdam-based Catawiki, an online auction site that specializes in selling high-value collectors' items like classic cars, raises €150M from PE firm Permira (Kaye Wiggins/Financial Times)

Kaye Wiggins / Financial Times:
Amsterdam-based Catawiki, an online auction site that specializes in selling high-value collectors' items like classic cars, raises €150M from PE firm Permira  —  Private equity firm invests €150m in online marketplace for classic cars and artworks

Innoviz, a lidar company backed by auto suppliers Magna and Aptiv, is going public via a SPAC merger expected to close in Q1 2021 at a valuation of $1.4B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Innoviz, a lidar company backed by auto suppliers Magna and Aptiv, is going public via a SPAC merger expected to close in Q1 2021 at a valuation of $1.4B  —  - Startup supplies laser sensors for BMW's iX model due in 2021  — Innoviz is fourth lidar company in 2020 to go public via SPAC