It’s Finally Over. - TechLinked Oct. 13, 2023

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GETTIN’ BLIZZ’D LIKE DQ

Microsoft completes acquisition of Activision-Blizzard-King

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/13/microsoft-activision-deal-closes

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/10/13/xbox-activision-blizzard/

After CMA clears it following Microsoft’s cloud gaming concession https://www.gov.uk/government/news/microsoft-concession-a-gamechanger-that-will-promote-competition

which is confusing https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/13/23915780/ubisoft-activision-blizzard-microsoft-cloud-gaming-rights-deal-explained

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/wy4gKUmOdRRoO5Uvlr8CA/activision-blizzard-games-on-ubisoft-what-you-need-to-know

Good discussion fodder https://www.theringer.com/video-games/2023/10/13/23915767/microsoft-activision-blizzard-deal-acquisition-merger-takeaways

Mobile games https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/video-games/worldwide#revenue

Geoff Keighley lists some of the franchises Xbox now owns https://twitter.com/geoffkeighley/status/1712826478893645974

FTC ain’t giving up https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/u-antitrust-enforcer-says-pressing-144436932.html

Bobby Kotick staying on til end of 2023 https://newsroom.activisionblizzard.com/p/a-new-chapter

 

FAR FROM THE BEST BUY

Best Buy will no longer carry physical movies in 2024

Story broken by Digital Bits https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/101223-1100

Best buy confirms https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/best-buy-ending-dvd-blu-ray-disc-sales-1235754919/

Stopped selling music CDs in 2018 https://www.digitaltrends.com/music/best-buy-to-stop-selling-music-cds/

Rumblings of Wal-Mart dropping physical Xbox games https://twitter.com/LimitedRunJosh/status/1712554666838704169

Meanwhile: Netflix entering physical domain

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-12/netflix-to-open-stores-where-fans-can-play-shop-and-eat-in-2025

https://gizmodo.com/netflix-house-permanent-fan-experiences-coming-in-2025-1850922623

 

RISCY MOVE

RISC-V International speaks against export restrictions

https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/10/riscv_org_claims_export_restrictions/

open standards https://www.tomshardware.com/news/risc-v-responds-to-us-lawmakers-open-standards-are-important

after US lawmakers call for it

https://www.reuters.com/technology/us-china-tech-war-risc-v-chip-technology-emerges-new-battleground-2023-10-06/

China’s RISC-V community isn’t worried https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3237731/chinas-risc-v-community-shrugs-us-lawmaker-threats-impose-curbs-open-source-chip-standard

RISC-V International also wants to take over the whole chip industry https://semiengineering.com/risc-v-wants-all-your-cores/

 

QUICK BITS

 

PLUS, IT FOLDS!

OnePlus Open Foldable to be unveiled next week

https://www.gsmarena.com/the_oneplus_open_will_be_unveiled_on_october_19-news-60209.php

https://www.oneplus.com/ca_en/launch/open

it was already kind of unveiled https://www.notebookcheck.net/OnePlus-Open-officially-teased-as-leaker-shares-launch-details-and-pricing.758492.0.html

https://youtu.be/GNTVc1uJ1LY?feature=shared&t=240  

 

SONOOOOOOOOOOO…S

Sonos loses lawsuit, Google immediately brings back Speaker Groups

https://9to5google.com/2023/10/10/sonos-google-speaker-groups/

https://www.engadget.com/google-brings-back-smart-speaker-grouping-after-sonos-lawsuit-victory-081200931.html

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/11/google-triumphant-over-sonos-in-smart-speaker-patent-battle

 

MOORE’S LAW IS DEAD AND HE KILLED IT

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang tops “most popular CEOs” survey

https://www.techspot.com/news/100465-nvidia-jensen-huang-tops-most-popular-ceos-survey.html

https://www.teamblind.com/blog/most-popular-ceo-approval-rating-2023/

https://lmg.gg/6sOig

 

YAHOO FOR OPTIONS!

Sundar Pichai wanted Apple to have Yahoo search engine option in Safari

https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/11/23913287/us-v-google-apple-search-deal

https://duet-cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/0x0:2020x554/1920x527/filters:focal(1010x277:1011x278):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25000787/Screen_Shot_2023_10_13_at_1.59.21_PM.png

revealed during DOJ vs Google antitrust trial https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198558372/doj-google-monopoly-antitrust-trial-search-engine

 

YOU SHOULD’VE KNOWN

Valve bans CS2 players for enabling feature built into AMD GPUs

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-warns-counter-strike-2-players-use-amds-anti-lag-feature-get-banned/

https://twitter.com/CounterStrike/status/1712875606776729832  

lag https://twitter.com/ohnePixel/status/1712814032795701537

dancing https://twitter.com/cs2newsupdate/status/1712871951901786571

twerking https://twitter.com/hobshytv/status/1710297540170494011