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Microsoft has signed a 10-year contract with Nintendo, ensuring the popular “Call of Duty” game remains on the platform. Call of Duty (CoD) is at the heart of the issues surrounding Microsoft’s proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard. Sony, in particular, has made the case to...

Apple has released a security update to its Big Sur version of macOS, bringing it to version 11.7.4. Big Sur was originally released in November 2020, and has since been superseded by macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura. Nonetheless, Apple has a solid track record of providing fixes...

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has unveiled Bard, Google’s conversational AI and answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Pichai previously signaled a company “code red” in response to ChatGPT’s popularity. Executives were so concerned about ChatGPT that founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin came...

Fairphone 4 owners are finally getting a major update, with Android 12 coming to the device on February 1. The Fairphone is a different kind of smartphone, one manufactured with sustainability in mind. When the Fairphone 4 was launched in 2021, the device came pre-loaded with...

In a sign that China’s war on tech is finally over, ride-sharing service Didi is once again free to accept new signups. China has been waging war on tech companies in an effort to reign them in. As part of the crackdown, Beijing banned Didi from app stores and investigated its...

Apple appears to be expanding its goal of bringing device components in-house, with reports it plans to use its own displays in devices. According to Bloomberg, Apple is looking to reduce its reliance on Samsung and LG for its device displays. The company is eyeing the Apple...

Shopify is aiming to disrupt the workplace with a new initiative called “Chaos Monkey 2023,” one that limits meetings and Slack usage. Like many companies, Shopify is working to adjust to a post-pandemic economy, one that may be on the verge of a recession. The company is hopi...

“If someone is out and about in the physical world right now, that alone is a signal that they are in-market,” said Foursquare CEO David Shim on Live with Search Engine Land. “Location [data] . . . allows you to look back and say, ‘Pre-pandemic, who are the folks who went to...

Amazon Prime has pulled off a major win against Netflix, supplanting it as the top streaming service in the US. The latest research comes from Parks Associates, and shows Amazon Prime taking the top spot in the US for the first time in 2022. In previous years, Prime consistently...

HBO is aware of an issue with HBO Max running on Apple TV 4K devices and is working to address it. Many users have reported “can’t play title” errors. The issue seems to be impacting all generations of Apple TV 4K devices, especially those running tvOS 16.1. HBO’s SVP of...