Developers can now legally route players from their games to web shops in the U.S.

It’s Official: Developers can now legally route players from their games to web shops in the U.S. For years, mobile developers had limited options for promoting their Web Shops. Platform restrictions made it risky to mention better deals outside the App Store — let alone link to them. To stay compliant, teams relied on indirect[…..] […]

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Guidelines for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Primary and Secondary School Students (2025 Edition)

The Guidelines for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence by Primary and Secondary School Students (2025 Edition), officially issued by the Basic Education Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education in May 2025, defines the boundaries for the use of generative AI tools based on the cognitive levels of students at different educational stages. It[…..] […]

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Screen Scotland has relaunched The Project Post Fund

Screen Scotland has relaunched The Project Post Fund, a £1million incentive fund designed to bring large-scale post-production projects to Scotland. This relaunch follows a pilot run of the initiative which saw nine major projects supported, including HBO’s The Penguin. The fund is open to live-action and animated features, live-action and animated high-end drama or factual[…..] […]

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Epic Games touts victory in latest court ruling in Apple antitrust case

A federal district court judge found that Apple willfully violated a court order in Epic Games vs. Apple antitrust case. Tim Sweeney, Epic Games’ CEO, tweeted about the court victory, saying “NO FEES on web transactions. Game over for the Apple Tax.” If Sweeney is correct in his interpretation of the ruling, it could be[…..] […]

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Guangdong game development is expected to accelerate again in 2025

Guangdong Press and Publication Bureau said in the activity of “Games Going to Sea to Lead the Trend”-Game Industry Development and Innovation Trend that Guangdong is closely relying on the key opportunity of the action plan of “Millions of Talents Getting to South Guangdong”, and releasing three favorable policies: focusing on the filing of small[…..] […]

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Industry News: Major Report Backs Concerns Shared by Animation UK

A powerful new report from the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, published now, echoes many of the concerns long raised by Animation UK about the pressures facing British screen content, particularly culturally specific content with UK-held IP. The inquiry warns of an urgent crisis in the UK’s independent film and high-end TV sectors, citing[…..] […]

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Exploring the China-U.S. Gaming Dynamics

The trade relationship between China and the United States is one of the dominant economic stories of the past two decades. In those years, the U.S. has shifted from supporting unfettered trade with China to a more restrictive stance with the imposition of import tariffs and export restrictions. China, meanwhile, has grown substantially and became[…..] […]

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UK and Netherlands pledge closer film and TV production links

ADRIAN WOOTTON AND ROELAND  OUDE NIJHUIS; SOURCE: LUC SCHOL British Film Commission (BFC) and the Netherlands Film Commission (NFC) have signed a memorandum of understanding. The British Film Commission (BFC) and the Netherlands Film Commission (NFC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost collaboration between each country’s screen industries in Dec. 2024. The partnership agreement was signed at the Dutch Embassy in London. Attendees included[…..] […]

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Starting from September 1st, AI-generated synthetic content must be marked

The Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, and the National Radio and Television Administration have formulated the “Measures for Marking AI-Generated Synthetic Content”. The measures consist of 14 articles and will come into effect on September 1st this year. In recent years, the rapid development[…..] […]

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The Ministry of Education of China will Release a White Paper on Artificial Intelligence Education.

Currently, artificial intelligence technology is profoundly reshaping the global education ecosystem. During the Two Sessions, Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng proposed that a “White Paper on Artificial Intelligence Education” will be released in 2025, responding to the challenges and opportunities brought by the technological revolution to education from a national strategic height. DeepSeek and robots[…..] […]

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