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Judge denies California’s attempt to intervene in Activision Blizzard settlement

The Verge

Today in federal court, a judge said she will deny the state of California’s attempt to intervene in the $18 million settlement between Activision Blizzard and the EEOC, according to a report from Bloomberg. The EEOC and the DFEH have been at odds over their respective cases against Activision Blizzard.

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How the new PlayStation Plus compares to Xbox Game Pass and Switch Online

The Verge

But all these perks come attached to the highest price tag. If Microsoft’s pending acquisition of Activision Blizzard goes through, we can likely expect the same. Like the others, Xbox Game Pass operates in tiers. per month ($119 yearly), you can get access to Game Pass on PC or console.

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A New York CIO

A CIO's Voice

We are the CIOs that have survived blackouts, blizzards, protests, strikes of varying sorts and 9/11. We tend to walk around with a little more gusto than those who have not experienced such events and can brag how we got through it. We wrote the book on disaster planning.

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How to Avoid the Potential Security Risks Associated with Online Gaming?

Galido

Established developers like Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Activision Blizzard keep coming up with new products in the segment. However, it is important to keep in mind that there are a few threats that tag along. Although the market keeps growing, data breaches in digital gaming are more than the companies admit.

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Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it

Vox

Microsoft is buying Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. Both because a lot of people play games — hence the $69 billion price tag — and a smaller number of very influential people are newly skeptical about letting Big Tech get bigger. A Call of Duty display by Activision at the E3 gaming conference in 2017. David McNew/Getty Images.

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Microsoft buying TikTok wouldn’t be so strange after all — here’s why it’s still unlikely to happen

GeekWire

In theory, Microsoft would have a much better chance on that front — if the company didn’t already have its hands full trying to overcome regulatory opposition to its proposed $69 billion Activision-Blizzard acquisition. Larger challenges make a Microsoft-TikTok deal unlikely. Aside from the risk of becoming a U.S.-China

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The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year

CIO Business Intelligence

billion for Activision Blizzard, dwarfing the $28.3 Microsoft to buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Microsoft has agreed to buy games developer Activision Blizzard, it said on Jan. The price tag, a whopping $68.7 It certainly started off that way, with Microsoft agreeing to pay $68.7 M&A volume climbed from $3.26