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NASA Will Now Go ‘Full Force’ Investigating UFOs, Agency Says – Vice
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New Pentagon Budget Could Force the Military to Disclose When it Buys Americans’ Location Data
The House of Representatives approved changes to next year’s military budget requiring the Department of Defense to start disclosing any purchases of smartphone or web browsing data for which a warrant would ordinarily be required last month.
Welsh Water: Hosepipe ban to come into force in Wales
TaxWatch: Yes, the IRS is hiring criminal investigators empowered to use deadly force — but here’s some important context
Personal Finance Daily: Yes, the IRS is hiring criminal investigators that can use deadly force — but here’s some context and what gig workers who have been scammed must do to avoid losing even more to taxes
UK heatwave: South East Water hosepipe ban comes into force
Lego is a video game force to be reckoned with – but I miss its early, experimental gaming age
This week, Lego turns 90 years old – an incredible milestone for a little toy company that, at several points in its life, was on the verge of going under. It’s more impressive still that Lego reaches this milestone while one of the biggest toy brands on the planet, recognizable to children everywhere, and all achieved while remaining a private company.
Lego has always had an interesting relationship with video games. On one hand, the company naturally sees video games as competition: when Lego’s financial results declined for the first time in 13 years (half a decade ago), one market factor the company pointed the finger at was kids playing more video games. At the same time, however, gaming has become an inexctricable part of Lego’s business.
We now get a high-quality Lego-based video game at least every couple of years – and quite often more frequently than that. These are usually based on Lego’s licensed properties – so gaming adventures that retell the stories of comic book, or Star Wars, or Harry Potter and its kin – just with the tale spun in a blocky, comedic form. A lot is owed to the Lego games as designed by British developer Traveler’s Tales, in fact: much of the presentation of the hugely successful Lego movies has its genesis in these gaming experiences.