DOJ desires Google to promote Chrome

The Division of Justice is . It’s in response to a 2020 lawsuit filed by the DOJ and a number of other US states that was lastly dominated upon in August. Google has, naturally, mentioned such a sale could be a horrible concept and would hurt American competitiveness within the tech business. I’m extra inquisitive about how a lot inherent worth Chrome has with out the backing of its mum or dad firm.

— Dan Cooper

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And think about a brand new trailer for its forthcoming film.

The corporate behind Legoland is teaming up with Mojang to construct Minecraft theme parks within the US and UK. . The announcement got here on the identical day because the , one other signal of the sport’s rising cultural dominance. Given I can’t transfer in my own residence with out listening to well-known Minecraft YouTuber Aphmau screech-shouting on the high of her lungs, I can’t wait to grind my tooth into powder taking my youngsters to get pleasure from each.

i.e. The factor it ought to have had from the beginning.

Somebody at Sony has lastly seen the PlayStation Portal was shipped with out its raison d’être: cloud streaming. . It solely took them a complete rattling 12 months to get round to it.

Finger pointing is going on.

Over the weekend, two undersea information cables in Europe have been reduce, with one German politician claiming sabotage. . Each Germany and Finland, two of the nations affected, say a radical investigation is in progress.

A information for the perplexed.

Sonos hasn’t had an excellent 12 months, however one spotlight has been the Arc Extremely soundbar, the primary mannequin to debut its Sound Movement expertise. . He’ll discuss you thru what it’s good for, why Sonos spent $100 million to personal it and what it means for the way forward for your own home audio.

These video games deserve higher than this.

I’ve received fond recollections of enjoying Warcraft II as a child, with “They’re destroying our metropolis!” an everyday rallying cry in me and my pal Shane’s playground video games. Sadly, it seems to be like Blizzard phoned this one in, prompting Igor to look a little bit nearer at what’s happening.