The award-winning fantasy game series Baldur's Gate will be adapted into a TV series, while Google faces internal pressure over its ties to U.S. immigration enforcement, and YouTube revealed it generated over $60 billion in revenue in 2025. Additionally, a button-sized Bermuda snail, once thought extinct, is thriving again after a decade-long conservation effort, and the Super Bowl is set to drive an economic boon in the U.S.
The 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," according to BBC Technology. The show will continue the narrative of the game series, which saw monumental critical and commercial acclaim with "Baldur's Gate 3" selling over 20 million copies and winning all five major Game of the Year awards in 2023. However, the developers of the game, Larian Studios, will not be directly involved in the TV adaptation.
Meanwhile, Google is under scrutiny from its own employees regarding its contracts with the U.S. government, specifically concerning immigration enforcement. Nearly 900 full-time Google employees signed an open letter demanding more transparency about how the company's technology is being used, as reported by BBC Business. The company provides cloud services to federal agencies and has links to work being done on immigration enforcement. A Google employee of seven years expressed his concern, finding it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining these ties.
In other tech news, Google revealed that YouTube generated over $60 billion in revenue in 2025, encompassing advertising and paid subscriptions, according to BBC Business. This figure surpasses streaming rival Netflix's $45 billion revenue. Hanna Kahlert, a senior analyst at Midia Research, noted that while the announcement was significant, it wasn't surprising, as the platform has become "almost infrastructural for digital natives."
On the conservation front, a button-sized greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once believed extinct, is thriving again in its Bermudian home, as reported by The Guardian. Conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of the molluscs after discovering a remnant population.
Finally, the Super Bowl is set to energize fans and drive an economic boost in the U.S., according to Al Jazeera. The Seattle Seahawks will face the New England Patriots at Levis Stadium in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday. Thousands are expected to travel to the San Francisco Bay Area for the event, with those unable to attend expected to spend heavily on watch parties across the United States.
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