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Jay Peters

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    Google will share more on its Android-powered “immersive XR” collaboration with Samsung later this year.

    That’s all the news we got on the platform at Google I/O, which the two companies (and Qualcomm) announced in February. Google might need to do more than that to distract from the Apple-sized gorilla that’s expected to enter the mixed reality fray in just a few weeks.

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    Jay Peters
    The EU is expected to approve Microsoft’s Activision acquisition.

    May 15th is the “likeliest date” for that to happen, according to Reuters. The approval, if it goes through, would arrive just a few weeks after UK regulators blocked the deal.

    EU decision clearing $69 bln Microsoft, Activision deal expected May 15, sources say

    [Reuters]

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    Jay Peters
    Good month for PlayStation Plus.

    PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will get access to games like the excellent Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and the weird Humanity on May 16th.

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    Jay Peters
    Behold, LG’s just-announced 49-inch UltraGear gaming monitor.

    You can read more about it on LG’s website. Wonder how it stacks up in practice to Samsung’s similarly-sized Odyssey G9.

    LG’s 49-inch UltraGear gaming monitor.
    Image: LG
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