From PC Mag: The gaming content arms race is heating up between Microsoft and Sony. On Tuesday, Sony announced it's acquiring Bungie, the developer behind Destiny 2 and the original Halo games.
Sony Interactive Entertainment is paying $3.6 billion for Bungie, according to GamesIndustry.biz, and...
From PC Mag: The New York Times on Monday announced its acquisition of the cultural phenomenon that is daily word game Wordle.
The wildly popular puzzle game, in which players attempt to guess a five-letter word in six attempts, was purchased for an undisclosed sum "in the low seven figures," the...
From The Verge: Tesla is disabling a self-driving feature in nearly 54,000 vehicles that can prompt cars to autonomously perform a “rolling stop” — a maneuver in which the vehicle moves slowly through a stop sign without coming to a full stop.
As per a safety recall notice issued by the US National...
From CNET: The US Federal Trade Commission will undertake an antitrust review of Microsoft's proposed acquisition of scandal-plagued video game giant Activision Blizzard, reported Bloomberg on Monday.
Microsoft last month announced plans to buy Activision Blizzard in an all-cash deal valued at $68...
From The Verge: Walmart doesn’t want a lack of know-how to prevent its customers from buying smart home tech, TVs, and other devices that require installation or assembly. The retailer has announced a new partnership with in-home services provider Angi to help mount TVs, set up smart home devices...
From PC Mag: Updating Windows can be a frustrating process, but Microsoft has identified a key factor in why devices may struggle to achieve the state of "fully up-to-date."
In a post on the Microsoft Tech Community website, via BleepingComputer, David Guyer, Program Manager for Windows Updates in...
From CNET: After weeks of speculation, we have a confirmed date for the next Samsung Unpacked event. The big day is Feb. 9, and it's widely expected that Samsung will reveal the Galaxy S22 lineup during Unpacked. Samsung will hold the event virtually on its website at 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT). Even...
Ever since the University of Calgary reopened for the fall semester for in-person classes, I would go in a few days a week to work and see some friends. I noticed since the beginning of September there is always a Honda Civic with California license plates that is parked close to where I usually park every day on the way to my office. I told my friends about this, and we collectively and affectionately refer to the supposed owner of the car as...
From CNET: Apple's iPhone marked its 15th year on the market with its strongest sales ever, helping push the tech giant's sales and profits to all-time highs despite the continued spread of the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain constraints.
The demand for Apple's smartphone, in a line ranging...
From PC Mag: Microsoft has agreed to change the way it handles subscriptions for both Game Pass and Xbox Live Gold following an investigation by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
As the CMA explains, the regulator "identified concerns about certain features of Microsoft’s auto...
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