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James Heckman resigns as Maven CEO after tumultuous run leading Sports Illustrated publisher

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James Heckman, CEO and founder of the Seattle-based media company that publishes Sports Illustrated, announced his resignation Wednesday. He will be replaced by Ross Levinsohn, currently the CEO of Sports Illustrated media. the former owner of Sports Illustrated. Maven is currently being sued by Meredith Corp. ,

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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

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Marie Donoghue , who previously helped lead Amazon’s sports content initiatives, is now chief business and growth officer at sports betting giant DraftKings. Debique is a former longtime Microsoft leader and also co-founded a startup called SyncFloor which aimed to provide licensed commercial music to businesses and creators.

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Funko getting into NFTs by combining physical and digital pop culture products and acquiring key app

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based maker of toys and figurines announced Thursday that it is acquiring a majority stake in TokenWave, developer of TokenHead , a mobile app for showcasing and tracking non-fungible token (NFT) holdings. Funko is taking the popularity of its pop-culture collectibles into the future and embracing the hysteria around NFTs. The Everett, Wash.-based

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EA is bringing back college football games without college players

The Verge

EA is working with the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC), a well-known licensing partner for many schools, to secure the use of over 100 teams in the FBS, including the stadiums, mascots, and uniforms used by these institutions. More importantly, EA Sports College Football won’t use any real names or players’ likenesses.

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Elon Musk called lidar a ‘crutch,’ but now Tesla is reportedly testing Luminar’s laser sensors

The Verge

A Tesla Model Y was photographed in Florida sporting rooftop lidar sensors made by buzzy sensor manufacturer Luminar. Even more notably, Tesla has reportedly entered a partnership with Luminar to use lidar for “testing and developing,” according to Bloomberg. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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First glimpse of Amazon’s new robotaxi: Zoox autonomous vehicle spotted during video shoot

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They sported the “ZOOX” logo and license plate, and the “push me, pull you” configuration expected to be a signature element of the Zoox design. The high cost of developing the vehicle with this approach contributed to a financial crunch at the company that is reported to have precipitated the sale to Amazon.

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Netflix teams up again with Ghost in the Shell studio Production I.G for a Terminator anime

The Verge

Beyond its Ghost in the Shell work, the studio is known as the animator of the Psycho-Pass series and the wildly popular sports anime Haikyu!! This isn’t Netflix’s first time working with Production I.G. But with Netflix, Production I.G Late last year, Sony paid nearly $1.2

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