Merger Extension – Infection Podcast Episode 445

Deadline extended for Activision/Blizzard deal, Twitter becomes X and more on this week’s episode of Infection Podcast

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• Twitter (X)

• • ‘X’ Users React To Elon Musk’s Decision To Kill Twitter’s Famous Blue Bird Logo
  • Elon Musk rebrands twitter to X, replaces bird logo on headquarters – The Washington Post
  • Another day another change – GameSpot
  • Twitter’s New 𝕏 Logo Is Actually Meant for Typing Out Math

• • Opinion

• • • Opinion | Elon Musk’s Twitter rebrand is reason to mourn – The Washington Post

• Roblox

• • Roblox aims to be ‘one of the biggest virtual economies on Earth’ through additional creator monetization tools | Massively Overpowered
  • Roblox data leak sees 4,000 developer profiles including identifying information made public | PC Gamer

• • NICK

• • • You Can Be An Extreme Storm Chaser In This Game

• • • Video: Twisted 1.20 Thumbnail

• • • Twisted [BETA] – Roblox

• China

• • The US-China tech war is really heating up | PC Gamer
  • China Ends Tech Crackdown With Fines on Tencent, Ant Group
  • China’s $40 Billion Video-Game Market Bounces Back with Blockbuster Releases – Bloomberg
  • Tencent claims another one, will become ‘majority shareholder’ of Dying Light studio Techland

• Diversity

• • Affirmative action ruling could be a blow to diversity in tech

• Microsoft

• • Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extend merger agreement to October – The Verge

• • Source: Deadline extended: an update on the Microsoft deal

• • Microsoft and Activision Blizzard Still Committed to $75 Billion Merger – WSJ
  • The FTC suspends its administrative challenge of the Microsoft Activision-Blizzard merger | Massively Overpowered