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Activision Blizzard, Inc's (NASDAQ:ATVI) Blizzard Entertainment closed the acquisition of the Boston-based studio Proletariat. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed. The acquisition will help better serve players in the multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. "Over the next two years, we plan to hire hundreds of the best developers to…

Chinese tech giants like Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) and TikTok parent ByteDance Ltd implemented fresh layoffs affecting thousands of employees in their latest round of cost-cutting, the Wall Street Journal reports. The job cuts added on to the tens of thousands of employees already axed by Chinese internet companies since late 2021 after the domestic regulatory crackdown crushed the…

In a paper published by the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications Technology, a Chinese researcher urged the Chinese military to track and monitor every satellite in the Starlink network, Bloomberg reports. Tesla, Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) chief Elon Musk’s satellite service provides internet access in over 30 countries. Ren Yuanzhen cited the pervasiveness, ability…

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA), and other tech giants striving to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster the development of industry standards. The initiatives look to make the companies' nascent digital worlds compatible. The Metaverse Standards Forum includes leading companies working in the space, from…

Credit Suisse expects Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure, as the “enterprise cloud,” to disproportionately benefit from this accelerated shift to the public cloud.

Activision Blizzard, Inc's (NASDAQ:ATVI) Workplace Responsibility Committee of independent directors dismissed allegations of rebuttal of gender harassment claims by senior officials as alleged by different media reports. The gaming giant acknowledged some substantiated instances of gender harassment. However, it denied awareness and tolerance of harassment by the officials. Also Read: Activision Blizzard Registers 22% Revenue…

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) is ditching a companywide retreat scheduled for January 2023 at Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) Disneyland - 'The Happiest Place On Earth,' Bloomberg reports. Twitter cited cost-cutting measures to reduce corporate travel behind the move. The company's occasional gathering, known as 'OneTeam,' was last held in early 2020 in Houston before the…

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are trading higher Wednesday as the overall market rises following the Federal Reserve's rate hike announcement.

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) released a fix for Windows zero-day flaw exploited by state-backed hackers.  However, cybersecurity firm Sophos noted that the fix did not feature on the list of patches included in the release. However, it confirmed the mitigation of Follina. Microsoft strongly recommended that customers install the updates for complete protection from the vulnerability. Also…