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The world’s largest tech companies have agreed to tackle what they are calling deceptive artificial intelligence in elections. Amazon, Google and Microsoft are among 20 firms who have signed the accord committing them to fighting voter-deceiving content, pledging to deploy technology to detect and counter the material. But one industry expert says the voluntary pact will do “little” to “prevent harmful content being posted”. Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said: “We have a responsibility to help ensure these tools don’t become weaponised in elections.” The accord’s signatories have vowed t...
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Microsoft making its gaming multi-platform won't have "a huge impact on the industry". That is according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, who has suggested that his firm is unlikely to be unduly affected by Microsoft's long-term plans and ambitions. During a recent investor call, Guillemot explained: "What you have to look at, anyway, Activision Blizzard used to be multi-platform, so it would have an impact, but it's not a huge impact on the industry." Guillemot was also asked how Ubisoft's line-up will compare to Microsoft's releases in 2025. Reflecting on the increased competition in the marke...
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Microsoft making its gaming multi-platform won't have "a huge impact on the industry". That is according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, who has suggested that his firm is unlikely to be unduly affected by Microsoft's long-term plans and ambitions. During a recent investor call, Guillemot explained: "What you have to look at, anyway, Activision Blizzard used to be multi-platform, so it would have an impact, but it's not a huge impact on the industry." Guillemot was also asked how Ubisoft's line-up will compare to Microsoft's releases in 2025. Reflecting on the increased competition in the marke...
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Microsoft's takeover bid for Activision Blizzard has been given UK approval. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK's regulator, has given the deal the go-ahead after Microsoft restructured its initial deal in a bid to break the deadlock and receive approval. Brad Smith, the vice chair and president of Microsoft, has welcomed the news, describing it as a the final hurdle for the deal. He said in a statement: "We have now crossed the final regulatory hurdle to close this acquisition, which we believe will benefit players and the gaming industry worldwide." Activision Blizzard - whi...
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Microsoft's takeover bid for Activision Blizzard has been given UK approval. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the UK's regulator, has given the deal the go-ahead after Microsoft restructured its initial deal in a bid to break the deadlock and receive approval. Brad Smith, the vice chair and president of Microsoft, has welcomed the news, describing it as a the final hurdle for the deal. He said in a statement: "We have now crossed the final regulatory hurdle to close this acquisition, which we believe will benefit players and the gaming industry worldwide." Activision Blizzard - whi...
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Microsoft has launched a renewed bid to acquire 'Call of Duty' maker Activision Blizzard. The corporation‘s initial $69 billion offer was halted by UK regulators, but a new twist in the buy-up saga could result in the largest deal in the gaming industry. Microsoft president Brad Smith said it had made a new offer that he hailed as “substantially different”, and insisted it should be approved by watchdogs. The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will review the deal – but said: “This is not a green light.” The proposed merger, announced in January 2022, has faced mixed reactions from glo...
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Microsoft has launched a revised bid to buy Activision Blizzard. The tech giant had its initial takeover bid - worth $69 billion - rejected by the UK competition watchdog, and so the company has now launched a new, "substantially different" bid for the video game firm. Microsoft's UK boss Brad Smith said in a statement: "Microsoft today has notified the restructured transaction to the CMA and anticipates that the CMA review processes can be completed before the 90-day extension in its acquisition agreement with Activision Blizzard expires on October 18. "Under the restructured transaction, Mic...
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The UK’s regulator will reassess Microsoft’s bid to merge with Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority previously blocked the $69 billion deal - which is set to be the biggest in gaming history and to allow the tech giant to offer the Call of Duty’s developer back catalogue of titles on their Xbox cloud service - citing concerns about unfairness for the rest of the industry. But is now looking into its ruling after a federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission putting a stop to it. A spokesperson for the watchdog revealed that they were going to complete a “full and p...
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A federal judge has blocked a US regulator's attempt to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The Federal Trade Commission had been seeking an emergency block order as it believes that the tech giant purchasing the video game developer - which is vying to do so for $69 billion - would squash competition in the industry as it would hinder other brands like Sony from offering customers titles from their back catalogue like ‘Call of Duty’, ‘World of Warcraft’ and ‘Candy Crush,’ however, the court disagreed with this “assertion”. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley wrote in a ruling: "Th...
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Adobe’s CEO blasts the UK regulator after it blocked Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard. Shantanu Narayen slammed the Competition and Markets Authority after it expressed concern about the tech giant purchasing the video games company - citing potential monopolisation - and called their approach a “significant disincentive” for bigger firms to invest in smaller ventures. He told the Financial Times newspaper: “I’m a big believer that if companies don’t have exit strategies — and sometimes the exit strategy is within a larger company, and sometimes it is the IPO market — that will be a s...
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