SUZU, Japan — The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur massive tsunamis like those that scoured the Pacific coast in 2011, killing nearly 20,000 people and forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. The tsunamis that did roll in along the Sea of … Read more
ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok has struck an agreement to invest in a unit of Indonesia’s GoTo Group and cooperate on an online shopping service, pioneering a template for e-commerce beyond Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The Chinese-owned video service has agreed broadly to work with GoTo’s Tokopedia across several areas rather than compete directly with the Indonesian … Read more
During this weekend’s Toronto Animation Industry Conference, Invincible company Skybound Entertainment revealed it’s acquired the rights to Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation. The M3 MacBook Pro: Made Dark for Halloween Older fans may remember the event—named after Craig “Spike” Decker and the late Mike Gribble—as a showcase for animated shorts defined as “cutting edge, … Read more
Horror fans know the sudden appearance of a crate is never, ever a good thing, especially if that crate is old and marked with some kind of warning or other sinister writing. But while Creepshow segment “The Crate” may have inspired the set-up for short film Momo, its monster is of a more newfangled breed. … Read more