Microsoft has told New Zealand regulators that there is “nothing unique” about Activision Blizzard titles, in its latest bid to get its pricey merger approved. In a document presented to the Business Acquisitions and Authorizations Commerce Commission, Microsoft says that the gaming giant doesn’t produce any “must have” titles, and should therefore be permitted to…
Month: August 2022
Nathan Buckley’s five takeaways from Round 20
The Buck Stops Here. Nathan Buckley has gone through his five biggest takeaways from the weekend of footy. Buckley has touched on Sydney, Patrick Dangerfield, the Tigers-Lions thriller, Joel Selwood and Carlton. Swans have reinforced their DNA “We’re going to start with the Swans. “They have had what I would suggest is the most under-the-radar…
Retired couple on Australia’s longest pub crawl say old country hotels are best
A couple from Queensland are on Australia’s longest pub crawl, aiming to have at least one drink in every pub in the country. Andrew and Ursula Keese set themselves the adventurous task for their retirement and they believe nobody has attempted it before. “We both like to travel and we both like drinks and we…
Lies for Profit: Can Sandy Hook Parents Shut Alex Jones Down?
AUSTIN, Texas — When viral lies harm private people, are the courts their best refuge? A trial to decide how much the conspiracy broadcaster Alex Jones must pay a Sandy Hook family for defaming them attempts to answer that question. Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of Jesse Lewis, 6, who died at Sandy…
Is Pokemon UNITE free-to-play? -Dot Esports
Pokemon UNITE released in July 2021 for Nintendo Switch and Sept. 2021 on mobile devices, with both versions being completely free-to-play and featuring crossplay and full cross-progression. It follows the trend most MOBA titles tend to use, being F2P but moonlighting more as a “free-to-start” experience that has content such as playable Pokémon and other…
Cyclist Matt Wlls out of hospital after crowd crash
Two riders were hospitalized and multiple spectators required medical treatment after a crash catapulted an Olympic gold medalist into the crowd during a Commonwealth Games qualifying race on the high-banked, Lee Valley velodrome. England’s Matt Walls was treated in the stands for almost 40 minutes after both he and his bike were flung off the…
protect profits, hit workers and consumers
There’s a longstanding but unacknowledged – and often unnoticed – bias in mainstream commentary on the state of the economy. We dwell on problems created by governments or greedy workers and their interfering unions, but never entertain the thought that the behavior of business could be part of the problem. This ubiquitous pro-business bias –…