Enlarge / Sony’s PlayStation 5. reader comments 53 with Share this story UK regulators reviewing Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard reversed their stance on a key question today, saying they no longer believe Microsoft would remove the Call of Duty franchise from Sony’s PlayStation consoles. Last month, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ..
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Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 143 with Share this story Four and a half months after the chaotic rollout of paid checkmarks, Elon Musk’s Twitter is following through on a plan to remove verification from individual accounts that don’t pay $8 per month for a Twitter Blue subscription. “Starting April 1, we’ll be winding ..
Enlarge / Singer-songwriter Joseph Foreman, better known as “Afroman,” clowns around poolside at an Orange County hotel. reader comments 185 with Share this story Seven Ohio cops who raided a rapper known as Afroman’s house last summer are now suing the rapper after Afroman made music videos using footage from the raid. The Adams County ..
Enlarge / Smartphone repairs could be required for up to five years, while other products, like washing machines, may require up to a decade of vendor repairs. reader comments 36 with Share this story Makers of numerous product categories, including TVs, vacuums, smartphones, and tablets, could be required to enable repairs for their products for ..
Enlarge / Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan listens during a President Biden speech on the economy on October 26, 2022, in Washington, DC. Getty Images | Anna Moneymaker reader comments 117 with Share this story Canceling a subscription should be just as easy as signing up for the service, the Federal Trade Commission said ..
Enlarge / The surface of a semiconductor wafer in the cleanroom at the Tower Semiconductor Ltd. plant in Migdal HaEmek, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. Intel Corp. agreed to acquire Tower Semiconductor for about $5.4 billion, part of Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsingers push into the outsourced chip-manufacturing business. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty ..
Getty Images | AndreyPopov reader comments 42 with Share this story A new proposal targeting hidden fees charged by cable and satellite companies could force TV providers to clearly list their “all-in” prices. The proposal announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel would require cable and direct-broadcast satellite providers to “state the total ..
Enlarge / AI-generated photo faking Donald Trump’s possible arrest, created by Eliot Higgins using Midjourney v5. reader comments 94 with Share this story Yesterday, about 50 AI-generated images imagining what former President Donald Trump’s arrest would look like spread across Twitter. The images caused confusion for some users because the Midjourney v5 engine used to ..
Enlarge / Newsmax logo displayed at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. Getty Images | Patrick T. Fallon reader comments 103 with Share this story Two months after dumping Newsmax instead of paying a new fee, DirecTV has reached a deal to put the conservative news network back ..
Getty Images | picture alliance reader comments 25 with Share this story Google defended its use of “history-off chats” for many internal communications, denying the US government’s allegation that it intentionally destroyed evidence needed in an antitrust case. The history-off setting causes messages to be automatically deleted within 24 hours. The US government and 21 ..
