Microsoft and Sony sign deal to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation consoles

July 17, 2023
Microsoft and Sony signed an agreement to bring Call of Duty games to PlayStation consoles. As a reminder, Microsoft offered to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion. And yet, 18 months after the announcement, that acquisition hasn’t closed as several competition regulators have been concerned about the consequences on the gaming market. That’s why today’s […]

How judges, not politicians, could dictate America’s AI rules

July 17, 2023
It’s becoming increasingly clear that courts, not politicians, will be the first to determine the limits on how AI is developed and used in the US. Last week, the Federal Trade Commission opened an investigation into whether OpenAI violated consumer protection laws by scraping people’s online data to train its popular AI chatbot ChatGPT. Meanwhile,…

Corsair is buying mechanical keyboard maker Drop

July 17, 2023

Everyone seems to be buying a mechanical keyboard company these days. Corsair has one-upped them all by buying its own mechanical keyboard company. The Fremont, California-based peripheral maker today announced that it’s acquiring “certain assets” from Drop for an undisclosed, all-cash deal. “Drop has been acquired by Corsair,” Drop CEO Jef Holove wrote in a […]

Corsair is buying mechanical keyboard maker Drop by Brian Heater originally published on TechCrunch

Intel backs robotics startup, Twitter loses money, and fintech shows signs of life

July 17, 2023

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. Here’s the rundown from this morning! Stocks are largely down around the […]

Intel backs robotics startup, Twitter loses money, and fintech shows signs of life by Alex Wilhelm originally published on TechCrunch