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The bill''s passage follows moves by Facebook, Microsoft and Google to drop mandatory arbitration clauses.

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The Nasdaq 100 slumped 1.7% in afternoon trading Thursday, with only 17 of its components gaining ground, after the technology-friendly index ran up 3.3% over the past two days. The index''s biggest gainer was Datadog Inc. stock , which shot up 14.3% over the monitoring and security software platform company reported before the open better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and provided an upbeat first-quarter sales outlook. Shares of Seagen Inc. tumbled 13.8% to pace the losers after the biotechnology company reported late Wednesday a wider-than-expected loss and provided a downbeat revenue outlook. Also acting as a big drag on the Nasdaq 100 was weakness in all four of the index''s trillion-dollar-plus market capitalization companies, as shares of Apple Inc. shed 1.7%, Microsoft Corp. dropped 2.6%, Alphabet Inc. slumped 1.5% and Amazon.com Inc. fell 1.1%. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Big Tech benefits from a surge in the need for online advertising by businesses following the covid-19 pandemic.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is falling Thursday morning with shares of Microsoft and Home Depot delivering the stiffest headwinds for the blue-chip

After the huge news about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, PlayStation players are wondering what will happen with future Call of Duty releases. Since the news broke about Microsoft’s purchase of Activision, the gaming community has gone crazy worldwide. The deal is arguably the biggest acquisition in gaming history and was even worth more than Disney’s […] Microsoft want to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo

It has been a long-term goal of Microsoft to make the Team experience equitable across high and low-performance hardware

NEW YORK , Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Megadeals within the video gaming space over the last month confirm that content really is king. Technology giant Microsoft just announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI ) for a whopping $68.7 billion , marking the biggest sale in video game history. The deal, which is far ahead of the takeover of Zynga by Take-Two for $12.7 billion , will make Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) the third-largest game company after Sony and Tencent . According to Microsoft CEO, gaming is the most dynamic and exciting category in entertainment and it''s creating exciting opportunities for companies like Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ: BRAG ) (TSX: BRAG ), Enthusiast Gaming Holdings (TSX: EGLX ) (NASDAQ: EGLX ), and Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS ) who are focused on providing the growing market with world-class content. Global B2B iGaming technology and content specialist Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ: BRAG ) (TSX: BRAG ) is continuing to expand its reach across North America , Latin America and Europe .

Microsoft says it will keep Call of Duty on PlayStation if its Activision Blizzard deal is successful. It will also bring other Activision games to Nintendo Switch, in a push thats similar to its Minecraft acquisition.

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Image: Activision Blizzard Microsoft president Brad Smith has said that it wants to bring the Call of Duty series to Switch, assuming its purchase of Activision Blizzard goes ahead as planned. Smith made the comments in an interview with CNBC, in which he once again made clear that Microsofts $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard [] Microsoft Wants Call Of Duty On Switch, Along With Other Popular Activision Blizzard Games

Microsoft says that has optimized the Microsoft Teams app on Windows to reduce power consumption by up to 50% during resource-intensive use cases such as Teams calls and meetings. The post Microsoft Teams Now Uses up to 50% Less Power During Meetings appeared first on Thurrott.com .