The award-winning fantasy game series "Baldur's Gate" is being adapted into a TV series by Craig Mazin, the creator of HBO's "The Last of Us," according to BBC Technology. However, developers Larian Studios will not be directly involved in the production. In other news, YouTube's revenue reached over $60 billion in 2025, Google revealed, as the platform pushes for more paid subscribers, according to BBC Business. Meanwhile, Google employees are demanding the company cut ties with ICE, and a button-sized Bermuda snail, once feared extinct, is thriving again after a decade's conservation effort, The Guardian reported. Also, US-style fried chicken is transforming the British High Street, BBC Business reported.
The "Baldur's Gate" TV series will continue the story where the game series left off, BBC Technology reported. The game, "Baldur's Gate 3," launched to critical and commercial acclaim in 2023, selling over 20 million copies and winning all five major Game of the Year awards. Mazin, who also created the 2019 hit "Chernobyl," will lead the adaptation.
Google's video platform, YouTube, generated more than $60 billion in revenue in 2025, encompassing advertising and paid subscriptions, BBC Business reported. This figure surpasses streaming rival Netflix's $45 billion revenue. This is the first time Google has individually highlighted YouTube's yearly revenue since acquiring it in 2006. Hanna Kahlert, a senior analyst at Midia Research, noted that while the announcement was significant, it was "perhaps not a surprising one," given the platform's widespread use.
Google employees are also calling for the company to end its ties with ICE, according to BBC Business. Nearly 900 full-time Google employees signed an open letter demanding more transparency regarding the company's technology use within the US government. One Google employee of seven years found it "mind-boggling" that the company was maintaining its ties with immigration enforcement, according to the report.
In conservation news, the greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis), once believed extinct, is thriving again after conservation efforts, The Guardian reported. More than 100,000 of the molluscs have been bred and released, thanks to special pods at Chester Zoo.
Finally, the British High Street is being transformed by a youth-driven craze for US-style fried chicken, BBC Business reported. Chicken shops are opening at a faster rate than other fast-food outlets. Sumayyah Zara Sillah, a 19-year-old nursing student, said she enjoys the food, despite trying to eat healthy.
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