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Illustration from Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed video game

Ubisoft Shares Skyrocket On Buyout Speculation

Shares in game developer Ubisoft surge after report Guillemot family and China's Tencent considering taking company private

Cloud

Microsoft Completes $75bn Activision Blizzard Buyout

CMA criticises Microsoft's conduct during antitrust probe after structural change to deal allows it to clinch regulatory approval

Enterprise

UK Regulator Approves Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase

After protracted regulatory scrutiny, final hurdle removed for Microsoft's acquisition of Activision after UK grants approval

Enterprise

UK CMA Confirms Microsoft Compromise Satisfies Concerns

UK competition regulator indicates Microsoft/Activision compromise addresses previous CMA concerns in cloud gaming

Enterprise

Microsoft Makes Concession To Win UK Activision Approval

Major concession from Microsoft as it seeks to win approval from UK's CMA for $69bn (£54bn) Activision Blizzard acquisition

Innovation

E3 Video Game Gala Event Cancelled

Organisers cancel E3 video game gala return to in-person event as long-running conference struggles to adapt to post-Covid world

CyberCrime

Oxford Teenager Arrested In Lapsus$ Crackdown

City of London police arrest seven people, including a 16 year old from Oxford, over suspected connections to Lapsus$ hacking group

Authentification

Okta Now Concedes Hundreds Of Customers Impacted By Breach

Authentication specialist Okta now admits that Lapsus$ may have in fact accessed customer data, after initially denying a breach

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Authentification

Authentication Specialist Okta Denies Data Breach

Okta says there was an unsuccessful compromise attempt in January via a third party, but it had limited potential impact to its customers

Browsers

Microsoft Investigates After Lapsus$ Hack Claim

Lapsus$ strikes again? Redmond investigating claims that Brazilian-based hacking group Lapsus$ leaked 37GB of its source code

Cloud

Google Closes Internal Stadia Gaming Studios

Another closure. Internal Stadia gaming studios is being shuttered, but Google insists Stadia cloud platform will continue

Censorship

Apple Deletes 39,000 Games From Chinese App Store

Mass purge of unlicensed gaming apps on Apple's Chinese app store, ahead of local law requiring publishers to obtain licence

Management

The Tech Sector After COVID-19

What will the tech sector look like after the COVID-19 crisis passes? Who will be the winners and losers? Silicon UK spoke with experts in their fields to gain their insights.

Cloud

Microsoft Rolls Out Juggernaut Blockchain Payments System For Gaming Industry

The new blockchain-based offering, backed by services giant EY, is expected to turn into one of the world's biggest enterprise blockchain deployments

Mobility

Tales In Tech History: Nokia N-Gage

In 2003, at its peak, Nokia tried to conquer the handheld gaming market with a console phone hybrid called the N-Gage

Vive La France: The French Tech Companies Taking On The World

The French tech scene is populated by huge multinational organisations, telco giants and emerging startups. Here are some of the most influential

Cloud

Watson to Enable In-Game Voice Interaction In Star Trek VR Game

Players in the new "Star Trek: Bridge Crew" virtual reality game will benefit from in-game voice interaction powered by IBM Watson's VR Speech Sandbox