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Apple's 4 biggest design crimes

Even Apple has off days.

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Microsoft News Roundup: Farewell Activision Blizzard deal, goodbye Windows 10, and so long Microsoft-branded accessories

The UK CMA blocked Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard this week. We also saw Microsoft discontinue some of its accessories and a wide range of other stories.

Windows Central

For some PlayStation fans, the block on Xbox's Activision merger is cause for celebration

"Amazing news. Glad some agency has the sense to stop monopolistic expansion"

GamesRadar

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Microsoft makes another cloud-gaming deal for Xbox despite CMA block

Microsoft and Nware, a European cloud gaming service, have signed a 10-year deal to bring Xbox Game Pass games to Nware's platform in spite of recent CMA scrutiny.

Windows Central

iPhone 15 USB-C port now looks confirmed — here's why

Apple MFi USB-C cables and USB-C EarPods are reportedly entering mass production ahead of the new iPhone 15 launch.

Tom’s Guide

Amazon earnings highlight a fairly positive quarter for Big Tech despite big cuts

Amazon reported more than $127 billion in revenue in its Q1 2023 financial earnings report.

Android Central

Microsoft's 'good guy' approach frays in UK gaming battle

Microsoft’s charm offensive with the world’s governments is starting to lose some of its luster as the software giant is confronting its toughest antitrust scrutiny since co-founder Bill Gates was in charge

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Report: Microsoft Gaming lead Phil Spencer comments on the future of Xbox, should the Activision deal fail

The Activision-Blizzard deal was nuked by the United Kingdom's regulator this week, but Xbox has sought to remind staff that the vision for Microsoft's gaming strategy will continue.

Windows Central

Ignore Microsoft’s whines about the Activision takeover. The CMA did its job

Brad Smith’s reaction to Competition and Markets Authority blocking deal is pure Big Tech entitlement

The Guardian - UK

The UK CMA has blocked Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard deal

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority blocked the Microsoft-Activision deal, citing concerns over cloud gaming

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Microsoft-Activision Deal Just Hit a Massive Roadblock

The massive Microsoft-Activision deal has hit a major stopping point, as the UK's Competition and Markets authority has officially blocked the deal.

Inverse

Nintendo Switch isn't "technically capable" of running Call of Duty well, CMA argues

The CMA blocked the Microsoft Activision merger earlier today

GamesRadar

Microsoft hits out at UK regulator's 'flawed understanding' of game industry as multi-billion dollar Activision merger blocked

The UK's competition authority refuses to allow Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Activision, ruling such market dominance would suppress innovation in new technologies like cloud gaming.

ABC News

Multi-billion dollar firm furiously attacks 'increasingly dire' UK after deal blocked

GAMING giant Activision has declared the UK "closed for business" after the government blocked Microsoft's takeover of the company due to…

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Windows Central

Shutting down arguments about Xbox Game Pass 'sustainability'

Since Xbox Game Pass came along, pundits lined up to take shots at the strategy. The disruptive service has given Xbox a foothold in the competitive gaming market, but questions of sustainability keep popping up.

Windows Central

Xbox's Activision Blizzard deal has been blocked by the UK, Microsoft to appeal

Microsoft's bid to acquire Activision Blizzard has fallen at the final hurdle, with the CMA in the United Kingdom blocking the deal.

Tom’s Guide

iPhone 15 prices could rise as Apple faces potential increased production costs

Apple could face increased chip prices when building the iPhone 15 series, which could spell bad news for consumer prices.

StockNews.com

Does Q1 Earnings Season Change Stock Market Outlook?

Stocks continue to trade below the S&P 500 (SPY) high of 4,200 from early February. Thus investors are looking high and low for clues from corporate earnings that might tell them something about future market direction. Gladly 40 year investment pro Steve Reitmeister is here to make sense of it…

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Windows Central

Xbox FY23 Q3 gaming revenue down 4% year-over-year

Microsoft's latest financials for FY23 Q3 show gaming revenue down slightly year-over-year.

Evening Standard

Does Apple’s legal victory end the dream of open access to the App Store?

Here’s why the latest chapter in this battle with Epic Games is likely to maintain the status quo in the UK

GamesRadar

Apple claims "resounding victory" over Epic in antitrust lawsuit

Apple may yet appeal one ruling, though

Tom’s Guide

Apple's not going to hold a spring event — that's probably OK

That rumored spring Apple event never materialized, but new Mac hardware is still on the way.

iMore

The 18 greatest Apple stores of all time

This is the definitive list of the 18 greatest Apple stores of all time. Period.

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"Take my money" — Apple AR/VR headset leaves tester 'blown away'

It appears that at least one person has glowing things to say about Apple’s upcoming AR/VR headset — and it's someone who’s actually used it.

Tom’s Guide

Apple headset tester changes mind — now says it ‘blows them away’

The Apple VR/AR headset just got a glowing recommendation from an alleged tester.

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