Bill Gates wrote a letter to his blog about becoming a grandfather for the first time. Gates' daughter and her husband are expecting their first child in 2023. The 67-year-old billionaire philanthropist also talks about his work to combat climate change. Gates says he is inspired to help ensure that everyone's children and grandchildren have a chance to survive.
FTX executives are trying to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars in cash from hundreds of bank accounts. The company located about $720 million in cash assets, which the exchange has yet to consolidate, in U.S. financial institutions. Another nearly $500 million is already being held in U.-S. institutions, FTX's new management said.
The end of password sharing is coming to Netflix soon and it will be a challenge for both viewers and the streaming giant. The company has put off this moment for years. Researchers inside Netflix. People familiar with the situation identified password sharing as a major problem eating into subscriptions in 2019, but the company was worried about how to address it without alienating consumers. Then Covid lockdowns hit, bringing a wave of new subscribers, and the effort to scrutinize sharing petered out.
10 gamers want to block Microsoft's $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard. The lawsuit filed in a US federal court says the deal will "create a monopoly in the video game industry" Comes two weeks after US regulators filed a case with an administrative judge to block the deal.