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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    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.

    Jay Peters
    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.

    Jay Peters
    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
    Jay Peters
    Jay Peters
    The struggles of rip and replace.

    The New York Times has a fascinating piece about the challenges some US carriers are facing in replacing Chinese-made networking equipment. Last year, we learned that the costs of the switchover had ballooned by billions.