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Microsoft’s £56bn Activision Blizzard takeover moves closer as UK watchdog drops concerns | Business News
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Britain’s competition watchdog has provisionally dropped concerns that Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Activision Blizzard would damage the UK console gaming market. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last month warned the £56.7bn deal could result in higher prices, fewer choices or less innovation for UK gamers. However, it said its latest findings have now indicated […]
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Microsoft $69bn takeover of Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard challenged by US watchdog | Business News
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A US competition watchdog has moved to block Microsoft’s $69bn (£56bn) bid to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The action by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) threatens the tech giant’s plans to rapidly expand its portfolio of games and catch up with rivals. Microsoft, which owns the Xbox console and game network platform, […]
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Hate speech surged on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, new research shows | US News
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The use of hateful language on Twitter has increased substantially since Elon Musk took over, according to new research. Mr Musk completed his $44bn acquisition of the social networking platform in late October, promptly laying off roughly half of the company’s 8,000 workers. Although the head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, said at the […]
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‘It’s been fun Twitter – I’m out’: Eight celebrities who might quit site after Elon Musk’s takeover | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk pledged to make getting rid of spam accounts one of his main priorities after buying Twitter – but there’s another mounting exodus that he perhaps did not intend. Fears over the SpaceX founder’s potentially loose stance on content moderation has plenty of genuine users considering their future on the platform, including some of […]
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Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover – and immediately sacks top executives | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has completed his $44bn (£38bn) takeover of Twitter after months of toing and froing over the deal. His first move was to fire the social media company’s top leadership, which he accused of misleading him over the number of spam accounts on the platform. Musk sacked Twitter’s chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial […]
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Largest US automaker temporarily halts paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover | Science & Tech News
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The largest automaker in the US has pulled paid advertising on Twitter after Elon Musk completed his takeover of the social media company. Musk’s $44bn (£38bn) deal to buy Twitter completed on Thursday and he reportedly sacked the company’s chief executive and two other top bosses. The world’s richest man tweeted “the bird is freed” […]
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Elon Musk turns up at Twitter HQ carrying a sink as takeover nears completion | Business News
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Elon Musk has been seen entering Twitter HQ carrying what appears to be a sink. Mr Musk tweeted a video showing himself walking into the building in San Francisco a day after reports that he could close his $44bn takeover of the site by the end of this week. The 51-year-old captioned the video: “Entering […]
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Twitter and Elon Musk set for October showdown trial as it tries to force tycoon to complete $44bn takeover deal | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s bid to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him until 2023 has been rejected by a US judge who granted the social media giant a fast-track trial. The world’s richest man said he was pulling out of a deal this month to buy the tech firm for $44bn (£36.6bn), and the company is suing him […]