The British competition watchdog has blocked Microsoft’s bid to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) stopped the $68.7bn (£55bn) deal due to concerns that it would stifle competition in the cloud gaming market. In its final report on Wednesday, the CMA said that the move was “the only effective
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Japan’s ispace said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface. The startup said it was possible that as the lander approached the moon, its altitude measurement system had miscalculated the distance
A zero-emissions parcel delivery firm whose clients include ASOS is raising £10m as it tries to take on the industry’s biggest operators. Sky News understands that HIVED, which was founded two years ago by Murvah Iqbal and Mathias Krieger, has secured the Series A funding from investors led by Planet A Ventures. HIVED operates an
China will start building relay satellites that by 2030 will act as a communication bridge between missions to the moon and beyond, and ground operations on Earth, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday. A pilot of the satellite constellation will support China’s ongoing lunar exploration programme and the building of the International Lunar Research Station
The number of victims of a suspected starvation cult has risen to at least 89 after more bodies were dug up in a Kenyan forest. Most of the dead were found in shallow single and mass graves, while a few were found emaciated but later died. There are fears the death toll could rise further
A man has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for assisting Thomas Cashman, the gunman who murdered nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel. Paul Russell, 41, pleaded guilty after driving Cashman back to his van following the killing and disposing of a bag that’s believed to have contained his clothes. The judge gave Russell credit for going
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Both of Sudan’s warring factions have declared a 72-hour truce for the Muslim holiday of Eid after nearly a week of fierce fighting. CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports. #CNN #News #short
2:09 AM ET BOSTON — It was a scene Trae Young had rehearsed in his mind as a kid. Less than 10 seconds remaining. A must-win game. His team on the road, down one point. Basketball in his hands. Make a play. As TD Garden’s fourth-quarter game clock ticked down in Tuesday’s Game 5 against
The government is confident it is “on track” to meet its manifesto pledge of recruiting 20,000 new police officers, the home secretary has said. The promise was made as part of the government’s 2019 manifesto – but critics have pointed out that it has already missed the deadline, which was set for March this year.
Hollywood stars Bruce Willis and Demi Moore have become grandparents. The former couple’s eldest daughter, Rumer Willis, announced the birth of her first child on Tuesday. It comes two months after the announcement of her father’s dementia diagnosis. The 34-year-old actress introduced Louetta Isley Thomas Willis in a post on Instagram, describing her daughter –
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 11: Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on ‘Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use and
5:31 PM ET The first women’s major championship of the season is in the books. The second men’s major, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York, is three weeks away. There’s plenty of professional golf to watch this week, with the PGA Tour in Mexico, the LIV Golf League in
Florida’s infamous killer clown murder case has finally ended with the long-time suspect taking a plea deal, despite her lawyer insisting she did not pull the trigger. On Tuesday, Sheila Keen-Warren pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the 1990 shooting of Marlene Warren. Mrs Warren died after she answered the door to a clown, who
Developer Gazelle Wind Power just publicly explained, for the first time, how its newest floating offshore wind platform works – here’s why it’s a unique solution. As Electrek recently reported, Dublin-based Gazelle is currently piloting its latest, third-generation modular floating offshore wind platform in Portugal, and it’s debuting the platform’s technology at WindEurope 2023 in Copenhagen
Club holding Halliburton (HAL) reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter results before the bell Tuesday, validating our investment in the oilfield services company as it capitalizes on years of underinvestment in drilling capacity. Total revenue rose 33% year over year to $5.68 billion, topping analyst expectations of $5.5 billion, according to Refinitiv. Earnings per share (EPS) more than
7:00 AM ET Let’s predict the 2023 NFL draft, probabilistically. That’s the job of ESPN’s Draft Day Predictor, our publicly available tool that uses expert mock drafts, Scouts Inc. grades and team needs to forecast pick probabilities for prospects in the upcoming draft. In other words, we can get a better look at when the
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the virtual Meta Connect event in New York on Oct. 11, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will report fiscal third-quarter earnings after the close of regular trading Tuesday. Here
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has taken the stand at the beginning of a civil trial in Manhattan alleging his hit “Thinking Out Loud” ripped off the classic Marvin Gaye tune “Let’s Get It On”. Descendants of Ed Townsend, Gaye’s co-writer on the 1973 hit, claim Sheeran, his label Warner Music Group, and music publisher Sony
The Tailban have killed an Islamic State group leader who masterminded the Kabul airport suicide bombing that left 13 US service members dead. The US military informed the families of the 11 marines, the sailor and the soldier killed in the blast during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. About 170 Afghans were also killed