The CMA’s final Microsoft Activision Blizzard report mentions documents from September and November about next-gen Xbox consoles. These appear to be in the context of cloud gaming, so likely something similar to Keystone
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The UK government wants to make Britain “the safest place in the world to be online.” @JonPorty (https://nitter.moomoo.me/JonPorty) examines the big and sprawling Online Safety Bill and exactly what it means for UK internet regulation theverge.com/23708180/united… (https://www.theverge.com/23708180/united-kingdom-online-safety-bill-explainer-legal-pornography-age-checks)
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Discord is changing up its usernames. You'll no longer have name#0001, instead it'll just be @name (https://nitter.moomoo.me/name). Discord is prioritizing longtime users, which means the longer you’ve been on Discord, the sooner you’ll be able to choose a new name theverge.com/2023/5/3/237102… (https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/3/23710259/discord-new-username-discriminators-number-tag)
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it’s very lucky that nobody got hurt during the F1 today. What the heck was going on in the pit lane? #F1 (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23F1)
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$599 starting price for the ASUS ROG Ally. Now it’s all down to battery life and the Windows experience theverge.com/2023/4/28/23703… (https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/28/23703461/asus-rog-ally-z1-256gb-leak)
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Microsoft has signed another 10-year cloud gaming deal. This time it’s with Nware, a Spanish cloud gaming service that provides virtual PCs to stream games you own from Steam, EGS, and Ubisoft Connect
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**Response to @tomwarren:**
OK I'm gonna drop a few invites in this thread randomly instead over the next few hours (give the US folks time to wake up)
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if the ASUS ROG Ally handheld actually comes in at $699 then that’s an incredible price for the Z1 Extreme model
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Activision Blizzard stock is currently down more than 10% in pre-market trading
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here’s Roanne Sones, Microsoft’s head of Xbox devices, discussing the importance of the “experience layer” for handheld gaming PCs. Full video from @IronLordPodcast (https://nitter.moomoo.me/IronLordPodcast) right here piped.kavin.rocks/GLUCj4-WkBw (https://piped.kavin.rocks/GLUCj4-WkBw)
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Microsoft's head of Xbox devices will be part of the ASUS ROG Ally handheld launch on May 11th. I'd doubt it's much more than the usual partner stuff, but I sure hope Microsoft is seriously considering tailoring its Windows UI for Steam Deck competitors
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ASUS says its upcoming ROG Ally handheld gaming PC will be "below $1,000." The top Steam Deck is priced at $649, so it'll be interesting to see where Asus lands on May 11th theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697… (https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23697614/asus-says-the-rog-ally-handheld-will-be-below-1000)
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if you hadn’t guessed by now, it looks like the CMA will now issue its decision on Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard acquisition tomorrow morning
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I’m @tomwarren (https://nitter.moomoo.me/tomwarren) over at Bluesky 👋 bsky.app/profile/tomwarren.b… (https://bsky.app/profile/tomwarren.bsky.social)
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AMD announces Ryzen Z1 and Z1 Extreme chips for handheld gaming PCs. The Ryzen Z1 Extreme has 8.6 teraflops of performance. Details here: theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696… (https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/25/23696722/amd-ryzen-z1-z1-extreme-rog-ally)
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I wonder how many EV charging points there are in Lond… 🤯
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