This Week in Tech 859

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal, 5G improvements, Intel's Ohio factory

• Microsoft set to purchase Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal.
• Over 100 Activision Blizzard employees stage walkout, demand CEO step down.
• Bobby Kotick Reportedly Turned Up Late and Left Early from a Meeting Meant to Reassure Employees.
• Bobby Kotick interview: Why Activision Blizzard did the deal with Microsoft.
• The movie segment!
• Airline CEOs make a U-turn, now say 5G isn’t a big problem for altimeters.
• AT&T, Verizon 5G is about to get much faster in more places - if you have the right phone.
• AT&T begins a 5G C-band rollout in a limited number of metro areas.
• Intel Reveals Plans for Massive Factory in Ohio.
• The Intel Split.
• Google starts rolling out the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's delayed December update.
• IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes.
• Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill.
• Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers.
• MEPs adopt Digital Services Act with significant last-minute changes.
• Twitter Blue on Twitter: "You asked (a lot), so we made it. Now rolling out in Labs: NFT Profile Pictures on iOS"
• Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Ensnares Spotify in Covid Misinformation Debate.
• Bitcoin drops to a six-month low as investors dump speculative assets.
• Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one.
• Faster cable internet speeds are coming, even if you don’t really need them.
• The World's First Wi-Fi 7 Demo Reached Speeds 2.4 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi 6.
• Twitter shakes up its security team.
• TikTok’s marketing chief ousted after ‘going rogue’ with bizarre campaigns.
• US athletes are told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics.
• Netflix Q4 2021: Gains 8.2 Million Subscribers, Stock Down on Forecast.
• Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot.
• We Met in Virtual Reality’ finds love in the metaverse.

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Links

• Microsoft set to purchase Activision Blizzard in $68.7 billion deal | Ars Technica
• MEPs adopt Digital Services Act with significant last-minute changes
• Exclusive: Intel Reveals Plans for Massive Factory in Ohio | Time
• The Intel Split – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Senate committee votes to advance major tech antitrust bill
• IRS Will Require Facial Recognition Scans to Access Your Taxes
• Twitter Blue on Twitter
• Google starts rolling out the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro's delayed December update
• Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department Seek to Strengthen Enforcement Against Illegal Mergers
• Joe Rogan Experience Podcast Ensnares Spotify in Covid Misinformation Debate
• Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one
• Faster cable internet speeds are coming, even if you don’t really need them
• AT&T begins 5G C-band rollout in limited number of metro areas
• Airline CEOs make U-turn, now say 5G isn’t a big problem for altimeters
• Twitter shakes up its security team.
• TikTok’s marketing chief ousted after ‘going rogue’ with bizarre campaigns
• US athletes told to use burner phones at Beijing Winter Olympics
• Netflix Q4 2021: Gains 8.2 Million Subscribers, Stock Down on Forecast - Variety
• Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot - The Washington Post
• Bitcoin drops to six-month low as investors dump speculative assets
• The World's First Wi-Fi 7 Demo Reached Speeds 2.4 Times Faster Than Wi-Fi 6