Baldur's Gate, the award-winning fantasy game series, is being adapted into a TV series by the creator of HBO's "The Last of Us," Craig Mazin, though without the direct involvement of the game's developers, Larian Studios, according to BBC Technology. In other news, Google is facing pressure from nearly 900 employees demanding the company cut ties with U.S. immigration enforcement, as reported by BBC Business and BBC Technology. Meanwhile, YouTube's revenue reached over $60 billion in 2025, surpassing streaming rival Netflix, according to BBC Business. Finally, a button-sized Bermuda snail, once thought extinct, is thriving again after conservation efforts, as detailed by The Guardian.
The upcoming "Baldur's Gate" TV series, set to continue the story where the game series left off, will be helmed by Craig Mazin, known for his work on "Chernobyl." However, Larian Studios, the developers of the critically acclaimed "Baldur's Gate 3," which sold over 20 million copies and won all five major Game of the Year awards in 2023, will not be directly involved in the adaptation, according to BBC Technology.
Google employees are calling for greater transparency regarding the company's ties to the federal government's immigration enforcement, which has recently faced scrutiny. Nearly 900 Google employees signed an open letter demanding more information about how the company's technology is being used by the U.S. government, as reported by both BBC Business and BBC Technology. Google provides cloud services to federal agencies and has links to work related to immigration enforcement. One Google employee of seven years expressed his concern, finding it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining these ties, according to the BBC.
YouTube's revenue for 2025 exceeded $60 billion, a figure that includes advertising revenue and paid subscriptions, according to BBC Business. This surpasses Netflix's $45 billion revenue. This marks the first time Google has individually highlighted its video platform's yearly revenue since acquiring it in 2006. Hanna Kahlert, a senior analyst at Midia Research, noted that while the announcement was significant, it was "perhaps not a surprising one," given YouTube's status as "almost infrastructural for digital natives."
In a conservation success story, the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once believed extinct, is now thriving after conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of the molluscs, according to The Guardian. The snail, found in the fossil record, was thought to have vanished from its Bermudian home until a remnant population was discovered. Special pods at Chester Zoo aided in the breeding and release efforts.
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