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Exclusive and intimate pictures of John and Yoko that no one knew would be some of the last ever taken.

Last night, The Game Awards celebrated the top achievements in games and hyped up a bunch of new releases to boot. But what kind of award show does videogaming need?

Sorgente: Video Games Don’t Need Big Award Shows

The deep learning tool can assemble a full genome from raw DNA more accurately than every existing method.

Sorgente: Google Is Giving Away AI That Can Build Your Genome Sequence

At least 50 Palestinians have been wounded in clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

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Ahead of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s impending nuptials, royal marriages will be pushed further into the spotlight in season two of Netflix’s The Crown. DQ visits the set to hear how the Queen’s union with Prince Philip is pushed to the limit in the second run.

Sorgente: Crowning glory

The Arena examines how and why we worship in the name of sport.

Sorgente: This Book Will Get You Off the Couch and Into a Stadium

The Jewlicious movement has gone mainstream and consumerist. Mazel tov?

Sorgente: The Rise of the Jewish ‘Hipster’

In some states, like Oklahoma, college readiness could be a mirage.

Sorgente: Think Your Kid’s Ready for College? Think Again

Everipedia, a two-year-old online encyclopedia, will become a decentralized, peer-to-peer, user-owned resource.

Sorgente: The Wikipedia Competitor That’s Harnessing Blockchain For Epistemological Supremacy

Ahead of the launch of Anglo-French drama The Tunnel’s third and final season next week, DQ visits the set to find stars Stephen Dillane and Clémence Poésy in an optimistic mood and a new lead writer taking the show back to its roots.

Sorgente: Back with a Vengeance

One of the executive producers of Netflix hit Stranger Things has signed an exclusive programming deal with the streamer.

Sorgente: Stranger Things exec strikes Netflix deal

The television industry in the MENA region is evolving in terms of content and business models for over-the-top (OTT) and pay-TV

Sorgente: New technology investment revolutionising MENA legacy broadcasting

YouTube is pulling support for Amazon’ Echo Show and Fire TV due to a lack of reciprocity.

Sorgente: Google, Amazon enter content reciprocity row

A survey from the EAO looking at the origin of film content in the EU has revealed the persisting dominance of American content within the region.

Sorgente: US content makes up over two-thirds of films broadcast on TV in Europe

About a third of US Internet users look to online video content as their primary way to watch video, according to figures from Raymond James, reported by eMarketer.

Sorgente: Third of US web users stream video as primary viewing choice

The director and J.J. Abrams are reportedly starting up a writers’ room for a new voyage. Here are a few things to consider.

Sorgente: 6 Things Any Quentin Tarantino ‘Star Trek’ Movie Has to Have