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According to reports in Chinese local media, Bilibili.com announced that they have gained a strategic investment of USD400 million from Sony.

Meanwhile, the two parties will implement cooperation in various sectors, especially in animation and mobile game.

Based on the agreement signed by the two parties, Sony will subscribe 17,310,696 newly issued class Z ordinary shares of Bilibili for total consideration of about USD400 million via a wholly-owned subsidiary. On the completion of the transaction, Sony will own about 4.98% shares of Bilibili.

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According to reports in Chinese local media, LG Electronics and JD recently signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
Under the agreement, the two parties aim at a sales target of CNY5 billion for selling full series products of LG Electronics on JD platform. Meanwhile, LG will invest to distribute "full house home appliances" demonstration stores in JD's home appliances specialty store system in China's county and town level market.
It is said that the strategic cooperation is the largest strategic agreement signed between LG Electronics and Chinese retail platform. With the agreement, JD will become the most important channel of LG in the Chinese market.

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The coronavirus pandemic has caused a huge upswing in videogame usage as millions continue to stay home. That's left the Nintendo Switch nearly impossible to find since at least March, as the pandemic has disrupted the global electronics supply chain and the fact that sleazy resellers have been using bots to scoop up what little inventory exists. Oh, and the popularity of Animal Crossing: New Horizons hasn't helped, either.

But starting at the end of April, the Nintendo Switch Lite slowly but surely returned to many retailer shelves, popping up at Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy and Target -- and often disappearing just as quickly. We're collating available stock here at the MSRP of $200, but note that pricing and availability change frequently. Please double-check before completing a purchase.

And no, you can't connect this version of the Switch to your TV -- that's only the pricier $299 Switch that remains out of stock nearly everywhere, though there are indications that shortage may finally begin abating by summer. But if you need more encouragement to take the plunge on the Lite model, you can read CNET's review of the Switch Lite.
GameStop

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Amazon

Right now, Amazon has no units available for online purchase at $200.

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Best Buy

Right now, Best Buy has no units available for online purchase at $200.

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Target

Right now, Target has no units available for online purchase at $200.

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It looks like Optima is no more, make room for K5.

Kia When Kia invited Roadshow to drive its new midsize sedan last year, we didn't drive an Optima. We drove a K5, which is what the company calls the Optima in its home market of South Korea. We've been missing US-specific information on the sedan since then, but it could be because the Optima name isn't actually returning.
Instead, it looks like Kia will likely swap the name for K5 in the US as well. Motor Trend first reported Tuesday on an EPA listing for a 2021 Kia K5, which seems like a strong indicator the Optima name won't return when the next-generation sedan debuts for us Americans.

Why Kia would ditch the Optima name, which has been around in the US since 2000, is a tad unclear. Perhaps it's just simple consolidation to bring things in line globally. The brand didn't immediately return Roadshow's request for comment and confirmation on the name.

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Apple Arcade is packed with games for everyone.

Apple firmly staked its claim in the gaming world back in September with its game-subscription service, Apple Arcade. The service costs $4.99 (£4.99, AU$7.99) a month and lets you play more than 120 new and exclusive games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV. Not all games are available on all platforms -- there are a couple dozen on Mac, for example.

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Google is postponing its Android launch event.

Angela Lang/CNET Google said late Friday it's postponing a virtual event that had been planned for next week, where the search giant was set to unveil the newest version of its Android mobile operating system.

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AMD is arguing that 4GB GPUs are effectively obsolete, based on performance data showing a distinct advantage for GPUs with more than 4GB of VRAM.

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"Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it's worsening," said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO.

"Although the situation in Europe is improving, globally it's worsening," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said during a press briefing on Monday. Tedros also noted more than 100,000 cases have been reported on nine of the past 10 days, with over 75% of new cases coming from just 10 countries.

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US companies will be permitted to work with Huawei on developing 5G standards under a new rule announced by the US Commerce Department on Monday.

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We know that Intel is planning to launch a refresh of its Ice Lake mobile platform in the not-too-distant future. Data from resellers suggest the CPUs could debut as soon as next month.

Dutch website CentralPoint has two Tiger Lake-equipped Acer laptops expected to be up for sale on July 27. The two Acer Swift 5 systems reference a Core i5-1135G7 and a Core i7-1165G7, both of which offer 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD.

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