Microsoft News Roundup: Massive Xbox leak, a lackluster Surface event, Panos Panay leaving Microsoft, and Activision Blizzard purchase provisionally approved

Wow, what a week it’s been for news. We expected the last few days to be full of Microsoft news, but what came out shocked the tech world. The biggest Xbox leak in history gave us a glimpse of an Xbox Series X refresh and a new Xbox console in 2028. We also saw Panos […]

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Microsoft purchase of Activision Blizzard provisionally approved by UK CMA

What you need to know The UK’s Competition and Markets Agency shared preliminary approval of Microsoft’s plan to purchase Activision Blizzard. The decision came after Microsoft restructured its deal, with the largest change being the sale of cloud streaming rights of Activision Blizzard titles to Ubisoft. The Competition and Markets Agency will receive third-party feedback […]

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EU Provisionally Agrees on Law That Would Force Apple to Allow Alternative App Stores, Sideloading, and iMessage Interoperability

European lawmakers have provisionally agreed upon a new law that would force Apple to allow user access to third-party app stores and permit the sideloading of apps on iPhones and iPads, among other sweeping changes designed to make the digital sector fairer and more competitive. The European Council and European Parliament said on Friday they […]

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