The world's most popular annual video game franchise, Call of Duty, will remain on Sony PlayStation for a decade longer, even if Microsoft purchases the company behind it, thanks to a new agreement announced Sunday.
Driving the news: Microsoft and Sony said Sunday that they've agreed on a deal, after more than a year of failed negotiations.
Llion Jones is about to depart Google, which means all the authors of the internet giant’s seminal “Attention is all you need” paper on artificial intelligence will have left — and nearly all have started their own venture-backed companies.
Why it matters: Like other cohorts that decamped from big technology brands to start their own ventures, it appears the era of “AI mafias” is now upon us.
The U.S. 9th Circuit of Appeals has denied two requests to extend a restraining order against Microsoft's attempted acquisition of Activision Blizzard.
The big picture: The $69 billion deal, first proposed in January 2022 to combine the maker of Call of Duty with the maker of Xbox and Windows, is blocked in the U.S. until midnight PT Friday.
