Microsoft's Deal to Acquire Activision Blizzard

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a notice that it will appeal a District Court decision not to stop Microsoft from closing its deal to acquire Activision Blizzard. Google's text generator, Bard, has finally launched in the European Union after the addition of some privacy features requested by regulators there. Nikkei reports that Sony plans to spend $2.13 billion in the next fiscal year on research and development of Fortnite-style live games and mixed reality.