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Microsoft is engaged in an all-out charm offensive to get it’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard approved by regulators. Its chief rival in the gaming sector, Sony, is resisting. What does this, the biggest of deals, mean for the future of the gaming industry?
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse was driven by interest rate changes and mismanagement. It’s possible that more banks which serve the technology sector are similarly exposed, and that the silly amount of money available to tech entrepreneurs over the past decade is finally drying up.
TikTok is facing a string of bans in the public sector, and a bill that could see it wiped out of the US market altogether. Why?
The Supreme Court has heard two cases that question the immunity of internet platforms when it comes to publishing extreme content. The rulings could reshape the internet, and the fate of generative artificial intelligence.
China’s video game companies have pledged ideological conformity in return for an economic lifeline, as the Microsoft Activision Blizzard deal looms.
Generative artificial intelligence is forcing changes in the creative industries, with the nature of creativity being called into question.
Four months after the arrival of the AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, the Tech States are starting to develop rival services
Meta is using AI to boost its ad-targeting systems. This helped it bounce back from the impact of Apple’s privacy changes, but uncertainties remain
