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The coronavirus pandemic has not slowed down at the start of 2021, so were taking a look at which live events are still set to go down for this year.

Inner-City Arts students work on a project in 2017. The new partnerships are part of the multi-year, $100 million commitment Comcast made in June to combat institutional injustice and inequality. NBCUniversal has identified 10 nonprofit organizations that are the latest beneficiaries of parent company Comcast’s multi-year, $100 million pledge to combat structural inequity and support education and training, particularly in the media industry, for the underserved. “As one of the world’s la...

Posted by Sony has “retired” its official Killzone franchise website, affecting some online features and seemingly casting the franchise’s immediate future in some doubt. A notice on Killzone.com has announced that going forward visitors to Killzone.com will be directed to PlayStation.com, but no clarification is offered on what it means for the future of the Guerrilla Games series. “The official website for the Killzone franchise has retired,” the website notice reads. “While this...

Niantic BLM Donations Resulted in 28 Charities Getting $7 Million Back in June 2020, Niantic detailed the Black Lives Matter donations and response it would have. For example, its preliminary response included a promise of at least $5 million from Pokemon GO Fest 2020 ticket sale proceeds going to charities and a new fund. Now, the company offered a greater accounting of its donations, which included $7 million going to 28 different charities. Here’s a list of the 28 charities Niantic gave m...