Microsoft buys Activision for $69B (nice)

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/18/microsoft-to-buy-activision.html

Microsoft is buying one of the biggest names in games — if Washington lets it 

https://www.vox.com/recode/2022/1/18/22889342/microsoft-activision-antitrust-games-streaming-gamepass 

3 billion gamers — sure, if you count Candy Crush etc, but how many of those are playing Call of Duty?

Walmart is quietly preparing to enter the metaverse

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/walmart-is-quietly-preparing-to-enter-the-metaverse.html

But the video everyone has seen is old:

https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2022/1/5/22868323/walmart-metaverse-shopping-video-viral-old

Is Google taking another run at AR, not quite a decade after Google Glass?

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/20/22892152/google-project-iris-ar-headset-2024 

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US airports block rollout of 5G, one day before launch

AT&T and Verizon limit 5G service near US airports after carriers’ outcry

https://www.ft.com/content/e1f1d59f-2e9f-4f23-a80a-25dcc0274513 

Only happening in US because of different frequencies and higher power levels

But why did the issue come to light so late?

Opinion | The FAA’s 5G freakout raises a big red flag — about its competence

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/18/faa-5g-wireless-freakout-raises-red-flag/

Boeing Takes Hit as Its 777, 787 Planes Appear Susceptible to 5G Network

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/boeing-takes-hit-as-its-777-787-planes-appear-susceptible-to-5g-network/ar-AASW0GM

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The FCC proposes new data breach rules for phone companies

https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/13/22882281/fcc-telecom-data-breach-notification-rules-proposal-commission-seats

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Italians continue to prefer real coffee

https://www.italy24news.com/local/347225.html

Lol: Starbucks closes two locations in Milan because they were so unprofitable. Six locations remain.

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