Politics Apr 27 Microsoft’s ‘good guy’ approach with governments frays in Activision Blizzard battle By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press
Economy Apr 26 Microsoft-Activision gaming deal blocked by British regulators The biggest tech deal in history was thwarted over worries that it would stifle competition in the fast-growing cloud gaming market. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Economy Feb 21 Microsoft makes case for Activision Blizzard merger amid EU scrutiny Microsoft has announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia. The moves come as Microsoft is trying to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard. By Associated Press
Economy Feb 08 Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal will hurt gamers, UK antitrust watchdog says Microsoft's stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Science Feb 07 Google looks to challenge ChatGPT and Microsoft with own ‘Bard’ Google is girding for a battle of wits in the field of artificial intelligence with "Bard." That's the name the company's given to its conversational service that's apparently aimed at countering the popularity of the ChatGPT tool backed by Microsoft. By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press
Jan 23 How many tech industry jobs have been cut in the past few months? By Associated Press In just the past month there have been about 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Here's a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far. Continue reading
Jan 23 Microsoft announces major investment in artificial intelligence startup OpenAI By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can generate readable text, images and computer code. Continue reading
Jan 23 Spotify becomes latest tech company to announce layoffs By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it’s cutting 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 jobs. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch 4:41 Massive tech layoffs, slowing growth boost fears of possible recession By Geoff Bennett The job cuts in big tech are piling up. Microsoft said it's laying off 10,000 employees and Amazon started a fresh round of job cuts in what’s expected to become the largest workforce reduction in its 28-year history. It all… Continue watching
Jan 18 Microsoft cuts 10,000 jobs globally, about 5 percent of workforce By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, as it joins other tech companies in a scaling back of their pandemic-era expansions. Continue reading