Take-Two buys Zynga, Apple ditches Beats Pill Plus speaker

Speaker 1: This is CNET and here are the stories that matter right now. The game maker behind grant theft auto is buying the game maker behind Farmville. Take two is acquiring Zinga in a cash and stock deal said to be valued at around 12.7 billion. Take two is the company behind titles like NBA two K and red dead redemption Zinga publishes lighter mobile games like words with friends. And this is giving take two access [00:00:30] to advertising and mobile game technology that it has lacked. It seems apple has discontinued a once popular Bluetooth speaker. The beats pill, plus speaker is no longer listed a or available to buy from the apple store and beats websites as reported by nine to five Mac. It was available to buy last week for $180. Now the home pod mini is Apple's only speaker, and that means beats is becoming exclusively headphones and there's [00:01:00] a leadership change up at NASA. Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve as NASA's new chief scientist and senior climate advisor. The previous chief scientist, Jim green retired January 1st after 40 years at NASA, Calvin said in a press release quote, climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing our nation and our planet stay up to date with the latest by visiting CNET.