Microsoft-Activision Blizzard takeover approved by UK regulator CMA

Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this illustration taken January 18, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Britain’s top competition watchdog on Friday gave the green light to Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion takeover of gaming firm Activision Blizzard, removing the last major hurdle for the deal to close. … Read more

Oxford’s new malaria R21/Matrix-M vaccine approved by WHO

Comment on this storyComment The World Health Organization has approved a new anti-malaria vaccine, which will offer countries a cheap and more accessible option to combat one of the leading causes of child deaths in Africa. Developed by Oxford University, the R21/Matrix-M vaccine is the second vaccine to be recommended by the WHO, it said … Read more

Largest untapped UK oil field approved for development amid environmental backlash

A view of Sullom Voe Terminal, an oil and gas terminal in the Shetland Islands on September 2021. Adrian Dennis | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — British regulators on Wednesday gave approval for Norway’s energy giant Equinor to develop the controversial U.K. offshore Rosebank field in the North Sea, just off the northwest coast … Read more

Apple’s $50 million butterfly keyboard settlement is lastly permitted

The $50 million settlement over Apple’s dangerous butterfly keyboard design obtained ultimate approval by a federal court docket choose in California, Reuters reported yesterday. US District Courtroom Choose Edward Davila denied an try and amend the settlement, writing in his ruling that 86,000 individuals filed claims. That lastly places a determine on the variety of … Read more