Netflix is getting rid of another of its game studios by selling it back to its founders

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The developer of Cozy Grove and Alphabear is leaving Netflix. Spry Fox is being sold back to its original founders, Game File reports, and will continue to work on its upcoming "cooperative village life sim" Spirit Crossing as an independent company. Unlike other shuttered Netflix games studios Team Blue and Boss Fight Entertainment, Netflix will remain involved with the studio as Spirit Crossing'

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GM has hired a former Tesla exec in its revived self-driving push

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GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson announced the hiring of two former Cruise executives in November.

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  • GM has hired a former Tesla exec as it brings back staff from its failed robotaxi startup Cruise.
  • Ronalee Mann will report directly to GM's chief product officer, according to an internal message seen by BI.
  • Mann will focus on "removing unnecessary friction"
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Photos show White House Christmas decorations through the years

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President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy stand by a White House Christmas tree in 1962.
President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1962.

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  • The White House has celebrated Christmas since the administration of John Adams in 1800.
  • First ladies traditionally oversee decorating the White House for Christmas.
  • Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations this year are themed "Home Is Where The Heart Is."

December means homes across America are

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Aubrey O'Day says she has no recollection of a possible sexual assault by Diddy: 'I don't want to know'

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Aubrey O'Day.

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  • Former Danity Kane member Aubrey O'Day spoke about Diddy in Netflix's "Sean Combs: The Reckoning."
  • O'Day discusses receiving explicit messages from Diddy and an eyewitness account of an assault.
  • Director Alexandria Stapleton told BI it was important to include O'Day's "complicated" feelings in the doc.

Netflix's Diddy docuseries "Sean Combs: The Reckoning" features many shocking

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This 'Shark Tank'-backed airline lets big dogs fly in the cabin. Fares average $775.

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RetrievAir bills itself as a better way to travel with large dogs.

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  • RetrievAir CEO Benton Miller secured funding on "Shark Tank" for his new pet airline.
  • The model allows large dogs to fly in the cabin with their owners, instead of an airline underbelly.
  • Miller wants RetrievAir to be accessible to the everyday pet owner. Fares average $775 per seat.

Traveling with large dogs is a

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