Microsoft

Microsoft-Activision Deal Approved By Judge

A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft from completing its acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard, CNBC reported. The deal isn’t completely in the clear, though.…

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JenThorpe
Social Media

Snapchat Adds Linktree-In-Bio Feature

Snap announced today that it is rolling out an integration with the link-in-bio tool Linktree to let people show off their work and other profiles on Snapchat, TechCrunch reported. The social network is late to allow links in the profiles…

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JenThorpe
Gaming

Sega of America Workers Win Union Vote

Sega of America workers voted “yes” to officially form a union. The National Labor Relations Board counted the group’s mailed-in votes on Monday, with the Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega, or AEGIS, winning the vote, Polygon reported. According to Polygon,…

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JenThorpe
Podcast

Meta’s Threads App Surpasses 30 Million Signups #1679

Meta’s new application, Threads, designed to compete with Twitter, hit a record-breaking milestone with over 30 million signups on its first day of global availability. Overseen by Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, Threads aims to integrate with the “Fediverse,” the network…

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Todd Cochrane
Podcast
Android, smartphone

OnePlus ups the mid-range game with Nord 3

Surprisingly, it’s been nearly two years since OnePlus launched the Nord 2 back in the pandemic, and while Covid 19 has now waned, OnePlus has gone on stronger with the continued success of the Nord series plus the introduction of…

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Andrew
Podcast

Meta’s AI Algorithm #1678

Meta has offered a detailed insight into how its AI algorithms decide the content users see on Facebook and Instagram. The company has rolled out 22 card systems explaining how content is ranked for Feed, Stories, and Reels based on…

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Todd Cochrane
Podcast