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F.T.C. Sues to Block Microsoft’s $69 Billion Acquisition of Activision

The move by the commission signals an aggressive stance by federal regulators to thwart the expansion of the tech industry’s biggest companies.

By Karen Weise and David McCabe

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Pentagon Divides Big Cloud-Computing Deal Among 4 Firms

Contracts that could total $9 billion were awarded to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle. An earlier effort, won by Microsoft, was scrapped after rivals objected.

By Maureen Farrell

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Video Game Workers at Microsoft and Activision Take Steps to Unionize

Microsoft has remained neutral during a labor organizing bid as the Xbox maker seeks regulatory approval for its Activision acquisition.

By Noam Scheiber and Kellen Browning

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Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built

A programmer is suing Microsoft, GitHub and OpenAI over artificial intelligence technology that generates its own computer code.

By Cade Metz