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Microsoft to Swallow Activision Blizzard for $95 Billion
Microsoft is acquiring gaming giant Activision Blizzard in a deal worth just shy of $US69 billion (around $95 billion in Aussie terms) — which the Xbox owner says will allow it to gain access to hundreds of millions of gamers and position it as “the world’s third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony.”
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Virgin Galactic Chairman Says Nobody Cares About Genocide of Uyghurs in China
Chamath Palihapitiya, the chairman of Virgin Galactic and CEO of Social Capital, doesn’t care about the plight of Uyghurs — a Muslim-majority ethnic group that’s faced persecution by the Chinese government. Numerous reports out of China have documented how the Uyghurs have been subject to forced abortions, systematic rape, torture, and internment in concentration camps.…
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9 of the Worst Invasive Species in the U.S.
Humans are no strangers to changing the world around them, often to the detriment of plants and animals around them.
