Microsoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ahead of Activision buy Software giant acquiesced after US trade commission expressed concern that Activision Blizzard acquisition would hurt gamers The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2023
Call of Duty will stay on PlayStation consoles thanks to this new "binding agreement" between Sony and Microsoft Sony has secured a "binding agreement" with Microsoft to keep Call of Duty games on PlayStation consoles. TechRadar · Jul 16, 2023
Xbox and PlayStation call a truce over Call of Duty and enter into binding agreement (Updated) Call of Duty is staying on PlayStation. And Xbox chief Phil Spencer just made it officially official. Windows Central · Jul 16, 2023
FTC loses appeal bid to block Microsoft-Activision deal A U.S. appeals court denied a Federal Trade Commission bid to pause Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. Friday, clearing a path for the companies to close the largest gaming deal ever in the U.S. Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2023
Microsoft moves "another step closer to the finish line" as FTC loses final appeal to prevent the Activision Blizzard acquisition The Ninth Circuit has now denied the "motion of injunctive relief", leaving Microsoft free to complete the acquisition. TechRadar · Jul 15, 2023
US agency loses bid to halt Microsoft’s $69bn purchase of Activision Blizzard The Federal Trade Commission’s request to pause the deal was rejected, clearing the few remaining hurdles for it to go through The Guardian - US · Jul 15, 2023
Microsoft moves closer to completing $69 billion Activision takeover after court rebuffs regulators A U.S. appeals court has rejected a bid by federal regulators to block Microsoft from closing its $68.7 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023
FTC loses again, Microsoft is now clear to close the Activision-Xbox deal in the US The FTC has lost an appeal to reverse a decision by Judge Corley to deny a preliminary injunction blocking the Microsoft-ABK merger. Windows Central · Jul 14, 2023
Antstream Arcade is coming to Xbox and bringing retro classics from Nintendo and Playstation along Antstream Arcade is the first third-party multi-game cloud streaming service to hit Xbox, and it brings along with it over 1400 retro games, officially licensed so that you can play classic Nintendo and Playstation titles on your Xbox console (legally!). Windows Central · Jul 14, 2023
The FTC chair taking on Big Tech Republicans smeared Khan as a "bully" who is "misleading" the FTC. Here's why an FTC chair is enraging the right Salon · Jul 14, 2023
Xbox expected Starfield to sell 10 million copies on PS5 but decided it's worth more as an exclusive The same figure was also estimated for Indiana Jones GamesRadar · Jul 14, 2023
Microsoft and Activision: the big questions that will decide whether the US$68 billion deal goes ahead Microsoft’s proposed US$68 billion (£52 billion) acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard should be allowed to go ahead, according to a US federal judge. After five days of gruelling testimony, Judge Jacqueline Corley ruled the merger is unlikely to result in a substantial lessening of competition across the markets… The Conversation · Jul 14, 2023
FTC Investigates OpenAI Over Inaccurate Information From ChatGPT Plus: Few Americans support full abortion bans, a win for cryptocurrency in Ripple case, and more... Reason · Jul 14, 2023
Tech deals may take even longer to close in light of recent FTC scrutiny, predicts one VC The FTC’s antagonism of Big Tech sets companies up for “painfully long processes” for dealmaking, says Battery Ventures’s Chelsea Stoner. Fortune · Jul 14, 2023
GamesRadar · Jul 14, 2023 FTC loses last-ditch shot at appealing Microsoft Activision Blizzard case, clearing the way for the deal to close in the US A US court won't halt Microsoft's acquisition
Al Jazeera · Jul 14, 2023 ChatGPT creator OpenAI faces US probe over libellous output US Federal Trade Commission asks startup to provide information about safeguards amid reports of defamatory content.
The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023 The FTC reportedly opens an investigation of ChatGPT creator OpenAI over consumer protection issues The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI and whether the artificial intelligence company violated consumer protection laws by scraping public data and publishing false information through its chatbot, according to reports in the Washington Post and the New York Times
Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023 FTC appeals court ruling on Microsoft-Activision deal The U.S. Federal Trade Commission asked a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing its $69 billion takeover of Activision Blizzard Inc. while the agency appeals her ruling greenlighting the deal.
Multichannel News · Jul 13, 2023 Bill Banning Algorithmic Discrimination Reintroduced Markey and Matsui try, try again on the Hill
GamesRadar · Jul 13, 2023 The FTC is now trying to delay the Activision deal in a new way as Microsoft pushes to close it Not unlike game studios, the FTC wants to delay this until it can potentially sort it out
The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2023 Republicans attack FTC chair and big tech critic Lina Khan at House hearing Khan accused of giving herself ‘unchecked power’ by taking aggressive steps to regulate Twitter, Meta and Google
Windows Central · Jul 13, 2023 Explosive Exchange: FTC Chair faces off against hostile US Congress over Microsoft-Activision merger The tax-payer funded U.S. FTC hasn't had much luck recently. FTC Chair Lina Khan was accused of "intentionally" taking cases it knew it would lose in a fraught hearing at the U.S. House of Representatives. Watch the clips here.
Windows Central · Jul 13, 2023 Justice served: Destiny 2 harasser forced to pay Bungie nearly $500,000 in damages An individual continually harassed a Destiny 2 community manager and is now being forced to pay the huge financial price.
WEKU · Jul 13, 2023 FTC investigating ChatGPT over potential consumer harm ChatGPT sees its first hint of regulation as the federal agency requests documentation about its business practices.
Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2023 OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot probed by FTC over consumer harms The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI Inc., questioning whether its popular ChatGPT conversational AI bot puts consumers’ reputations and data at risk, according to a person familiar with the matter.