🎮 Microsoft warming to regulators 📞 WhatsApp backup limits 📱 Future of mobile gaming | |
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Microsoft president softens criticism of U.K. regulator over Activison deal | Brad Smith previously criticized the Competition and Markets Authority's decision which limited its cloud gaming rights in the U.K. | Microsoft closed its historic and controversial acquisition of Activision Blizzard last year, creating a behemoth in the world of gaming. But the path to the deal didn't run smoothly, with objections from both the FTC and foreign regulators. One body that caused particular trouble for Microsoft was the U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which blocked the deal and forced Microsoft to give up various rights on cloud gaming before the acquisition could go through. At the time, Microsoft president Brad Smith criticized the decision, saying it showed "a flawed understanding of this market and the way the relevant cloud technology actually works." Now, though, Smith has softened his words. In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today program, as reported by The Verge, Smith said the regulator was "tough and fair" and that he would word his concern differently today. | |
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WhatsApp users on Android need to check their backup usage | WhatsApp backups will no longer be unlimited; they will count against Google Drive storage limits in new beta | A new beta version of WhatsApp for Android includes changes to how backups are stored that could affect many users. Previously, WhatsApp chats and media were automatically backed up to Google Drive, but these backups didn't count toward your Google Drive storage space limits, which taps out at 15GB. Now, WhatsApp will still automatically make those backups, but they will count toward Google Drive limits. That means that if you have a lot of images or videos in your chat history, you might find yourself going over your storage allowance. According to Gizmochina, which first reported news of the beta, you will get a notification 30 days before the changes are applied to your device, which you'll see in the Chat Backup settings. | |
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EXPERIENCE by Nadeem Sarwar |
I tried the future of mobile gaming | 'Playing a console-grade game on the same device I use for blogging and reading comics is nothing short of a revelation.' | I’ve never had a gaming experience more terrifying than Resident Evil: Village on a mobile device. I began my voyage into the mobile world of horror gaming with the arrival of zombie games like Dead Trigger. It’s still fun but a far cry from the game visuals suited for 2023. In the past five years, mobile game standards have risen, but they are nowhere near the experience on consoles and PCs. Many factors are to blame here, including the consistently rising standards of gaming engines breaking new ground for visual fidelity and immersion — all of which are quite taxing on the system resources, especially for mobile silicon. But serious technical strides are being made... | |
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