Baldur's Gate to Become TV Series, Google Employees Demand Change, and Extinct Snail Thrives
LONDON - Several significant developments have emerged in the news, including the adaptation of the award-winning game Baldur's Gate into a TV series, Google employees calling for the company to cut ties with immigration enforcement, and the successful reintroduction of a Bermuda snail thought to be extinct.
The popular fantasy game series Baldur's Gate is being adapted into a TV series, according to BBC Technology. Craig Mazin, known for HBO's "The Last of Us" and the 2019 hit "Chernobyl," will lead the project. The series will continue the story from the games, which achieved monumental critical and commercial acclaim, 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 facing pressure from its employees regarding its ties to the U.S. government's 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 both BBC Technology and BBC Business. Google provides cloud services to federal agencies and has links to work related to immigration enforcement. One Google employee of seven years expressed that they found it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining these ties.
In other news, Google revealed that YouTube generated over $60 billion in revenue in 2025, according to BBC Business. This figure includes revenue from advertising and paid subscriptions, surpassing streaming rival Netflix's $45 billion. Hanna Kahlert, a senior analyst at Midia Research, noted that while this was a significant announcement, it was "perhaps not a surprising one," given YouTube's widespread use.
Finally, conservation efforts have led to the thriving of the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once thought to be extinct. As reported by The Guardian, the button-sized snail was found in the fossil record but believed to have vanished. Conservationists bred and released over 100,000 of the molluscs, with the help of special pods at Chester Zoo.
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