Welcome to the Tech Meam Right Home for Tuesday, June 13th, 2023. I'm Brian McCulloch

today. The FTC has filed an injunction to block the Microsoft Activision tie-up, Netflix is dipping its toe into live sports,

why Larry Ellison is thankful AI showed up on the scene, the whole Reddit situation came to

ahead partially because of AI, and one guess why we're about

to get a new Beatles song here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

The Federal Trade Commission here in the United States has officially filed for a temporary

restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Microsoft's acquisition of

Activision Blizzard.

There had been a July 18th deadline for the deal to close,

so this is getting in under the wire.

Quoting, CMBC.

The FTC said it fears that should Microsoft be allowed to buy Activision,

Microsoft would have the power to quote, withhold or degrade Activision's gaming products

through price, game quality, experience on competitors offerings, or quote,

withholding content from competitors entirely.

In other words the FTC is worried that Microsoft could withhold popular games from

Activision Blizzard's library from launching on other game consoles like those sold by

Sony or it could charge more for games. from launching on other game consoles like those sold by Sony.

Or it could charge more for games that launch on other consoles.

Call of Duty is one title that has come up,

and while it's currently available across platforms,

and Microsoft has promised to continue to sell that series of

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