It's not just the government on Microsoft and Activision's case these days. A group of 10 gamers filed a private antitrust lawsuit in California Tuesday to attempt to stop Microsoft from buying Activision Blizzard.
Why it matters: While the case doesn't have close to the muscle of the Federal Trade Commission's recent lawsuit to block the merger, it's a sign of just how annoyed some players are with the planned deal.
Heading into 2023, cybersecurity companies are starting to see the first signs of the economic downturn hitting their businesses.
The big picture: More companies are starting to see their customers prioritize services like incident response over more costly, proactive IT investments like transitions to the cloud.
2022 is the year everyone remembered just how little hackers need to make big trouble for companies and governments.
The big picture: For years, executives and network defenders have braced as more sophisticated attacks, like the SolarWinds supply chain intrusions, made headlines. But in 2022, most high-profile attacks could be traced back to simple tactics like phishing emails or spoofed text messages.
A bevy of proposals to limit Big Tech firms' power gave up their last gasp Monday night as Congress released the text of its year-end spending bill.
Driving the news: The spending bill, known as the omnibus, was the final ticket out of the 117th Congress to the president's desk. But major tech-related bills, including two that supporters were fiercely pushing for, failed to make it in.
TikTok on Tuesday said it will soon start explaining to users why it is recommending a particular video to them.
What's happening: The new feature, which is expected to roll out in users' main "For You" feed in coming weeks, is part of a wider effort by TikTok to be more transparent about how its content-choosing algorithm works.
Elon Musk said Monday that future polls on Twitter's policies will be limited to paying Twitter Blue subscribers.
Why it matters: It was one of Musk's first tweets since Twitter users voted for him to step down as head of the company via a poll he initiated and pledged to follow.
Google and Meta, known together in the ad industry as the "duopoly," are expected to bring in less than half of all U.S. digital advertising this year for the first time since 2014.
Why it matters: The duo's ad dominance has for years made both companies the target of antitrust investigations and lawsuits. While they still tower over digital rivals, their momentum is starting to slow as competition moves in.
Twitter's investors have divided into two camps: copacetic and apoplectic.
Why it matters: ElonMusk never intended to lead the site forever, both based on public and private comments. But investors were told that a transition would occur between the three and six month mark, not based on a crowdsourced decision just six weeks into his ownership.
The Federal Trade Commission has fined Epic Games, maker of the popular Fortnite video game, more than half a billion dollars to settle allegations of privacy violations and unwanted charges.
Critics and the stock market have looked harshly on the billions that Meta has been pouring into virtual reality and the metaverse. But CTO Andrew Bosworth defends the investment.
The big picture: Bosworth told Axios that Meta is putting what amounts to about 20% of its resources into these long-term projects, with the remainder still supporting core businesses like Facebook and Instagram.
A majority of respondents — 57.5% — to a Twitter poll posted by Elon Musk on Sunday said that he should "step down as head" of Twitter.
Why it matters: His potential resignation as the head of Twitter could end one of the most chaotic and controversial tenures ever for a CEO of a major U.S. company.
The world's response to the oracular artificial intelligence program called ChatGPT started with chuckles but has quickly moved on to shivers.
What's happening: Trained on vast troves of online text, OpenAI's chatbot remixes those words into often-persuasive imitations of human expression and even style.
Federal and state governments are practically giving away electric school buses, and if your local district doesn't have its hand up yet, it should. The math is a no-brainer.
Why it matters: Exhaust from diesel school buses makes kids sick and curbs cognitive development. Plus, diesel buses emit greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
Twitter announced Sunday it would ban accounts used to promote other accounts on other specific social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
The latest: Twitter's posts on the announcement vanished by Sunday evening. Representatives for Twitter did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment on this.
Elon Musk asked Twitter users in a poll Sunday evening whether he should "step down as head" of the company.
Driving the news: Musk launched the poll hours after Twitter faced criticism for announcing it would ban accounts used to promote other accounts on other specific social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon.
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