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Lina Khan, Aiming to Block Microsoft’s Activision Deal, Faces a Challenge

Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, has pledged to usher in a new era of trustbusting of America’s corporate giants, recently...

F.T.C. Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision

The deal between Microsoft and Activision has been under review by 16 regulators around the world, but the F.T.C. is the first of three...

Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.

In recent weeks, Microsoft has accused Sony, its chief video game rival, of misleading regulators. Its lawyers have showed off game consoles, including an...

Microsoft Quarterly Earnings Show Slowest Growth in Five Years

Facing a strong U.S. dollar and weakening personal computer sales, Microsoft on Tuesday reported its slowest growth in five years.The technology giant posted an...

Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’

For years, activists and academics have been raising concerns that facial analysis software that claims to be able to identify a person’s age, gender...

Big Tech Is Getting Clobbered on Wall Street. It’s a Good Time for Them.

Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, has a longstanding philosophy that Apple should continue to invest for the future amid a downturn. It more than...

Tech Companies Help Defend Ukraine Against Cyberattacks

WASHINGTON — Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of...

Microsoft Starts Charm Offensive to Push Through Activision Deal

Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off a charm offensive in Washington to gain government approval for its $70 billion deal to buy the video game...

A Teenager Tracked Elon Musk’s Jet on Twitter. Then Came the Direct Message.

Mr. Sweeney made a counteroffer to Mr. Musk, according to the screenshots of the exchange, saying that he would abandon the account if Mr....

What Big Tech’s Riches Mean for Our Future

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns.Every few months, I concoct new ways to say...

Un adolescente rastreaba el paradero del jet de Elon Musk y lo tuiteaba. Luego llegó un mensaje directo

Sweeney dijo que se estaba quedando dormido cuando su teléfono Android zumbó a las 12:19 a.m. del 30 de noviembre. Había estado en su...

Why Microsoft Wants Activision

Even as it looks to distance itself from Sony, Microsoft’s acquisition could also strengthen its position relative to other tech giants with deep pockets...

Gamers Greet Microsoft’s Activision Deal With Guarded Optimism

Activision’s track record with some of its games also became spottier. In November, it delayed new versions of Diablo and Overwatch. That same month,...

Microsoft to Buy Activision Blizzard for Nearly $70 Billion

SEATTLE — Microsoft plans to buy the powerhouse but troubled video game company Activision Blizzard for nearly $70 billion, its biggest deal ever and...

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