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$69B Microsoft merger with Activision video game company blocked by UK regulators

04/28/202304/27/2023 QR Code Press

A number of other countries have also moved to block the merger in recent months. Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard has been blocked by regulators in the UK. This move has halted what would have been the largest tech deal in history. The UK regulators, the Competition and Markets Authority, agreed with those from several other countries worldwide that were concerned that a merger between Microsoft and the Activision Blizzard video game company would shrink competition in the rapidly growing cloud gaming market. In the…

Samsung might choose Bing search engine as default

04/19/202304/18/2023 John Montgallo

Alphabet shares tumbled upon the initial announcement that Google might no longer have exclusivity. As the news broke that Samsung is thinking about replacing Google with the Bing search engine from Microsoft as a default on all its devices, Alphabet’s shares initially fell by more than 4 percent in premarket trading. The electronics company from South Korea has not set the choice in stone but is considering the option. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, just the fact that Samsung is even thinking of choosing the Bing…

Microsoft officially broke up with Internet Explorer on Valentine’s Day

02/15/202302/15/2023 Sam Lambert

The tech giant released a software update meant to permanently disable IE 11 on Windows 10. Valentine’s Day is usually seen as a day for relationships, but for Microsoft and Internet Explorer 11, it was the day the break-up became official. The end of the old browser hasn’t come as a surprise, as it announced the shutdown last year. Since last year, Microsoft announced that it would be releasing a software update that would permanently disable the Internet Explorer 11 app in Windows 10. Instead of issuing an update for…

Bing search engine gets upgrade similar to ChatGPT

02/09/202302/08/2023 L. Green

Bing search engine - A web browser search engine

Microsoft also announced that it is equipping its Edge browser with OpenAI as well. Microsoft has announced that it is integrating technology similar to ChatGPT into its Bing search engine as well as into its Edge browser. This represents a major transformation for its service, which is currently well behind Google in popularity. This new technology could provide Microsoft’s service with an advantage against other tech companies. Microsoft is hoping that this major change to the Bing search engine could provide this technology a substantial advantage over other tech companies,…

Microsoft surprises no one by laying off its HoloLens, mixed reality, and VR technology staff

01/30/202301/27/2023 Jesse Collins

The tech giant has dumped all the employees in each of those departments following a hiring wave. Microsoft has joined a number of other large tech companies that are laying off mixed reality and VR technology staff following a hiring boom that occurred throughout the pandemic. The employees of those companies are now paying the price of their employer’s rapidly made choices. Several tech giants were too quick in hiring new staff and expanding their offerings during the pandemic. Now, as the economy contracts, those giants are laying off those…