A new TV series based on the award-winning fantasy game "Baldur's Gate" is in development, while Google employees are calling for the company to cut ties with U.S. immigration enforcement, and millions of liters of untreated sewage have leaked into the sea in Wellington, New Zealand. These are just some of the latest developments making headlines.
The "Baldur's Gate" series, which launched to critical and commercial acclaim in 2023, selling over 20 million copies, 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 where the game series left off. However, developers Larian Studios will not be directly involved in the production.
Meanwhile, Google employees are voicing concerns over the company's ties to U.S. immigration enforcement. Nearly 900 full-time Google employees signed an open letter demanding more transparency regarding how the company's technology is being used within the U.S. government, as reported by BBC Business. Google has contracts to provide federal agencies with cloud services. One employee, speaking after the letter's publication, said they found it "mind-boggling" that Google was maintaining its ties with immigration enforcement.
In other news, a button-sized snail, the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once thought extinct, is thriving again after conservation efforts, according to The Guardian. Conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of the molluscs, which were found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished.
Residents of Wellington, New Zealand, are advised not to enter the water, collect seafood, or walk their dogs on local beaches after an environmental disaster caused by a sewage leak. Millions of liters of untreated sewage have flowed into the sea due to a failure at the city's wastewater treatment plant, as reported by The Guardian. Local authorities have described the situation as an environmental disaster.
Finally, Syria and Saudi Arabia have signed a major investment package spanning aviation, energy, real estate, and telecommunications, according to Al Jazeera. Syrian Investment Authority chief Talal al-Hilali announced the deals on Saturday, including the development of a new international airport in Aleppo, the launch of a low-cost Syrian-Saudi airline, and a telecommunications project. The deals come as Damascus's new leadership seeks to rebuild after a devastating 14-year civil war.
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