Movie theaters have struggled to recover from the pandemic, in part, because the once-reliable family audience has wandered. Last year, family-oriented films — largely animation — represented 17 percent of […]
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Back to news homeJudge Is Said to Let Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal Move Forward
The lawsuit was the first of the cases developed entirely under Ms. Khan, a legal scholar who rose to prominence after she wrote a critique of Amazon that went viral, […]
Crypto Meltdown? Scandals Fail to Shake the Faith of Crypto Executives.
Calling this venture quixotic doesn’t capture it. Gaming is a mature and crowded market, led by blue-chip corporations, like Sony and Microsoft, and dominated by titans like PUBG: Battlegrounds, which […]
Microsoft Gambles on ‘Nice Guy’ Strategy to Close Activision Megadeal
Early this month, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, met with Lina Khan, the chair of the Federal Trade Commission, to push for regulatory approval of Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of the […]
Epic Games, Creator of Fortnite, to Pay $520 Million Over Children’s Privacy
When Epic Games released Fortnite five years ago, the video game quickly became a cultural sensation among millions of teenagers and children. It was easy to sign up and start […]
F.T.C. Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision
The deal between Microsoft and Activision has been under review by 16 regulators around the world, but the F.T.C. is the first of three key regulators, including in Britain and […]
Can Big Tech Get Bigger? Microsoft Presses Governments to Say Yes.
In recent weeks, Microsoft has accused Sony, its chief video game rival, of misleading regulators. Its lawyers have showed off game consoles, including an Xbox, to British officials. And the […]
A Coming-Out Party for Generative A.I., Silicon Valley’s New Craze
A celebration for Stability AI, the start-up behind the controversial Stable Diffusion image generator, represents the arrival of a new A.I. boom. Read More
I Tried the $1,500 Quest Pro and Saw the Best of the Metaverse
It’s not what Mark Zuckerberg promises. Read More
24 Hours in the Metaverse Version of Facebook Was Surprisingly Fun
Every hour of the day and night with the gamers, parents, insomniacs, preteens and aspiring comedians who are the earliest adopters of the immersive, three-dimensional internet that Mark Zuckerberg has […]