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Microsoft blocked in bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard – but vows to respond | Business News
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The British competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped the $68.7bn (£55bn) deal due to concerns that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. It would have been the record highest price ever paid by a US tech company in…
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Classified Goons shooting: YouTuber injured after ‘simple’ prank video at Virginia shopping mall went wrong | US News
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A YouTuber who films prank videos has been shot and injured after a practical joke went wrong. Tanner Cook, 21, who regularly posts videos of him and his friends playing pranks on people for his channel, Classified Goons, was hurt after he attempted to prank a man at a mall in Virginia on Sunday. It…
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Andrew Tate: Controversial influencer pushed on to ‘teen’s’ YouTube Shorts and Instagram video feeds | UK News
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Andrew Tate content was pushed to the account of a 13-year-old boy after just over an hour of watching videos on YouTube Shorts — without his profile seeking out any clips of the controversial influencer. Sky News set up a fake account of a young teenage boy to see whether YouTube Shorts, Instagram and TikTok…
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TikTok ‘not an agent of China’: Chief executive Shou Zi Chew defends video app during tense US Congress hearing | World News
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TikTok’s chief executive has sought to reassure US Congress that the Chinese-owned video app is not “an agent” of Beijing and poses no risk to national security. Shou Zi Chew faced hours of tough questioning by deputies in the House of Representatives convinced that the popular app is a “tool” of the Chinese Communist Party.…
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The Sims 4: Life simulation video game adds top surgery scars, hearing aids and binders to character choices | Ents & Arts News
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The Sims 4 has added a selection of inclusive upgrades including hearing aids, top surgery scars and shapewear in their latest update. One of the best-selling video games of all time, The Sims allows players to recreate the lives of virtual people living in a suburban neighbourhood. It was first released in 2000. The game,…
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How a video game helped the British Library bring lost history to life | Science & Tech News
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From a Disney comic book starring Scrooge McDuck to a never-ending reel of scenes from India’s most expensive TV series, the British Library’s latest exhibition is eclectic to say the least. Billed as a tribute to Alexander the Great’s legacy, this is as much an exhibition about storytelling as it is one man, culminating in…
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Setback for Microsoft’s £59bn plan to buy video game company Activision Blizzard | Business News
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard could reduce competition and requires further investigation, the UK’s watchdog has said. The $68.7bn (£59.4bn) takeover was announced in January, and would make Xbox-maker Microsoft a more powerful rival to Sony and Nintendo. But the Competition and Markets Authority said the deal could restrict competitors’ access to Activision Blizzard games…