Baldur's Gate, the award-winning fantasy game series, is being adapted into a TV series, but without the direct involvement of the game's developers, Larian Studios, according to BBC Technology. Simultaneously, Google is facing pressure from nearly 900 employees to cut ties with U.S. immigration enforcement, as reported by both BBC Technology and The Guardian. In other news, a conservation effort has successfully revived the greater Bermuda snail, previously thought extinct, as detailed by The Guardian. Finally, reports from National Highways indicate that many smart motorways are failing to deliver expected value for money, according to BBC Business.
The upcoming "Baldur's Gate" TV series will be helmed by Craig Mazin, known for HBO's "The Last of Us" adaptation and the 2019 hit "Chernobyl," as stated by BBC Technology. The series will continue the story where the game series left off. 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, will not be directly involved in the television adaptation.
Google employees are demanding greater transparency regarding the company's contracts with the U.S. government, particularly concerning the use of its technology in immigration enforcement, as reported by BBC Technology and The Guardian. An open letter signed by nearly 900 Google employees expressed concerns over the company's ties to federal agencies involved in immigration enforcement, which, in recent months, turned violent and deadly. A Google employee of seven years found it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining these ties, according to the same sources.
In a conservation success story, the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once believed extinct, is now thriving after a decade-long effort, The Guardian reported. Conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of the molluscs, which were previously only found in the fossil record. Special pods at Chester Zoo aided in the breeding and release of the snails.
Meanwhile, according to BBC Business, newly released reports from National Highways indicate that many smart motorways are not delivering the value for money originally expected. Two schemes, including sections of the M25 and M6, were found to offer "very poor" value. Only three out of sixteen projects across England were on track to deliver the expected financial benefits, although safety benefits generally aligned with original forecasts, according to National Highways. The AA, representing motorists, described the schemes as a "catastrophic waste of time, money and effort," as reported by BBC Business.
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