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“I cannot divorce the two”: How Star Wars is blending technology, creativity, and products into the experience itself

(Image credit: Disney) “It’s like a community, right? And it’s a global community that people really love and identify with.” That’s how Bobby Kim, Global Creative Director at Disney Consumer Products, describes Star Wars fandom. And it’s a framing that feels especially fitting as another May the 4th is behind us and we’re weeks out

Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns

Apple’s 2028 iPhone display sounds impossible, but Samsung and LG are scrambling to build it

Android phones have had curved displays for years and accepted the distortion as the price of aesthetics. Apple is spending two years and billions of supplier dollars to not accept it. Apple's all-screen iPhone 20 mockup Ice Universe / X Apple doesn’t ask its suppliers to build things. It tells them to, hands them a

DFC invests $25M in Novastar’s Africa People + Planet Fund

The U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has made equity investment to the tune of $25 million in a new fund by Pan-African venture capital firm Novastar Ventures, to back founders building agriculture and climate solutions. The DFC revealed details of the transaction, and Novastar’s new investment vehicle, the Africa People + Planet Fund, during

Tombras invests millions in tech with Clinch and others to take on the holding companies

March 8, 2023  •  3 min read  •  By Michael Bürgi Ivy Liu Independent agency Tombras is looking to box in a higher weight class, and is bulking up with a technology investment in the millions of dollars, according to Dooley Tombras, the agency’s president. The ultimate goal is to not only have technological independence and flexibility

Binance Invests in Crypto Exchange GOPAX Years after South Korea Exit

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has injected capital into distressed South Korean crypto exchange, GOPAX, two years after it shut down its affiliate in the country due to low patronage. Bloomberg reports that the crypto exchange purchased a majority stake in GOPAX. Earlier in the month, Finance Magnates reported that Binance was making plans

Skybound invests in WrestleQuest studio MegaCat Games

Cream ‘o’ the crop, rise to the top, yeeeah!.. Skybound Entertainment has made a committed financial investment in indie studio MegaCat Studios, the developer working on fun-looking, ring-rocking RPG WrestleQuest. As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, Skybound Entertainment has not released a figure for its investment, but the site’s sources believe it to be in the “multi-million”

Samsung invests in Latvian off-site manufacturer

A typical Forta Pro residential development in LatviaSamsung C&T is a US$10bn (£8.3bn) contractor active in residential, commercial and industrial buildings and infrastructure and power plant construction. Its projects have included the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the Mersey Gateway in the UK. Samsung’s Latvian partner is Forta Pro which

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“I cannot divorce the two”: How Star Wars is blending technology, creativity, and products into the experience itself

(Image credit: Disney) “It’s like a community, right? And it’s a global community that people really love and identify with.” That’s how Bobby Kim, Global Creative Director at Disney Consumer Products, describes Star Wars fandom. And it’s a framing that feels especially fitting as another May the 4th is behind us and we’re weeks out

Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US

The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday, US District Court Judge James Boasberg heard arguments in a lawsuit between the nonprofit Coalition for Independent Technology Research (CITR) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other Trump administration officials. The suit concerns

Apple’s 2028 iPhone display sounds impossible, but Samsung and LG are scrambling to build it

Android phones have had curved displays for years and accepted the distortion as the price of aesthetics. Apple is spending two years and billions of supplier dollars to not accept it. Apple's all-screen iPhone 20 mockup Ice Universe / X Apple doesn’t ask its suppliers to build things. It tells them to, hands them a

Tencent Music Posts 7.3% Q1 2026 Revenue Jump, Points to Triple-Digit Live Growth and Continued Superfan Expansion

A live performance from Jay Chou, whose Children of the Sun is said to have generated about $14.7 million on Tencent Music during Q1 2026. Photo Credit: GEM_Ady Amid a continued SVIP expansion and a triple-digit revenue boost on the concerts side, Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) has reported nearly $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 revenue.