Tom Warren

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally concluded that Microsoft’s proposed Activision Blizzard deal “will not result in a substantial lessening of competition in console gaming services because the cost to Microsoft of withholding Call of Duty from PlayStation would outweigh any gains from taking such action.” The CMA still has concerns around the cloud gaming market, but a key issue over Call of Duty has now been addressed.

It feels like barely a week goes by without a prominent YouTube channel getting hacked to promote crypto scams. This time it’s Linus Tech Tips, one of the biggest tech YouTube accounts — with 15.3 million subscribers. The channel has been taken over by scammers live streaming crypto scam videos. These breaches have been happening for well over a year, and it’s beyond time YouTube helped protect creators from falling victims to this.

Just look at it. The actor behind Ninja Theory’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II transforms into a digital realtime version with stunning facial animations.

Microsoft’s Windows 11 taskbar has been frustrating for power users. Missing functionality made me declare I hated the Windows 11 taskbar shortly before the OS launched in 2021, but MIcrosoft has been slowly improving it ever since. While this probably sounds like a small thing, the ability to show seconds in the system tray clock is finally returning soon.