A new television series based on the award-winning fantasy game "Baldur's Gate" is in development, while Google employees are demanding the company cut ties with ICE, 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" TV series, set to continue the story of the game, will be helmed by Craig Mazin, known for HBO's "The Last of Us" adaptation and the hit series "Chernobyl," according to BBC Technology. However, the developers of the game, Larian Studios, will not be directly involved in the production. The game, "Baldur's Gate 3," launched in 2023 to critical and commercial acclaim, selling over 20 million copies and winning all five major Game of the Year awards.
Meanwhile, Google executives are facing pressure from nearly 900 full-time employees over the company's ties to U.S. immigration enforcement, as reported by BBC Business. The employees, in an open letter published on Friday, demanded more transparency regarding how Google's technology is being used by the federal government. Google has contracts to provide federal agencies with cloud services and is linked to work being done on federal immigration enforcement. A Google employee of seven years found it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining its ties, according to the same source.
In other news, residents of Wellington, New Zealand, are dealing with an environmental disaster. Millions of liters of untreated sewage have flowed into the sea following a failure at the city's wastewater treatment plant, as reported by The Guardian. Local authorities have advised residents not to enter the water, collect seafood, or walk their dogs on local beaches.
In other news, conservation efforts have led to the resurgence of the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once thought to be extinct. After a decade of effort, conservationists bred and released more than 100,000 of the molluscs, according to The Guardian. The snail was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished from its Bermudian home.
Finally, according to BBC Business, a report from National Highways revealed that many smart motorways are not delivering the expected value for money. Two schemes, involving sections of the M25 and the M6, were found to be offering "very poor" value. The AA, representing motorists, said the schemes had turned out to be a "catastrophic waste of time, money and effort."
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